$40,000 awarded in racial profiling case
Toronto - The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded Rawle Maynard $40,000 after the Toronto man was found to have been racially profiled by a Toronto Police Service officer.
Toronto - The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded Rawle Maynard $40,000 after the Toronto man was found to have been racially profiled by a Toronto Police Service officer.
Toronto - "Racial profiling has no place in our society. We have to stop debating the issue and start acting on it," was the key message delivered today by Chief Commissioner Keith Norton at the release of the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s report on the effects of racial profiling. Entitled, Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling, the Report is based on over 400 personal accounts of experiences with profiling that individuals shared with the Commission during the course of its Racial Profiling Inquiry held earlier this year. The Report looks at the human cost of racial profiling on individuals who have experienced it, their families and their communities and the detrimental impacts of this practice on society as a whole.
From: Fishing without fear: Report on the inquiry into assaults on Asian Canadian anglers
On December 14, 2007, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (“Commission”) released its Preliminary Findings of the Inquiry Into Assaults on Asian Canadian Anglers. The goal of the Inquiry was to learn more about the nature of verbal and physical assaults reported by Asian Canadian anglers that occurred in regions of southern and eastern Ontario in the summer and fall of 2007. Additional goals were to:
Le 14 décembre 2007, la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (la « Commission ») a publié un document intitulé Conclusions préliminaires : Commission d'enquête sur les agressions contre des pêcheurs canadiens d'origine asiatique. L’enquête visait à mieux comprendre la nature des agressions verbales et physiques dont ont fait l’objet des pêcheurs canadiens d'origine asiatique dans le sud et le centre de l’Ontario au cours de l’été et de l’automne 2007.
From: Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions
From 2009 to 2011, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) consulted on its mental health strategy with over 1,500 concerned individuals and groups, including approximately 1,000 people with mental health issues or addictions, as well as employers, service providers, housing providers, advocates, families and others.
From: Politique sur la prévention de la discrimination fondée sur les troubles mentaux et les dépendances
De 2009 à 2011, la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP) a mené des consultations sur sa stratégie de santé mentale auprès de plus de 1 500 parties concernées, y compris environ 1 000 personnes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale ou des dépendances, ainsi que des employeurs, des fournisseurs de services, des fournisseurs de logements, ainsi que des membres des familles et des défenseurs des droits et intérêts des personnes touchées. Le document Parce qu’on importe!
Bon nombre d’Ontariens et d’Ontariennes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale ou des dépendances sont considérablement désavantagés dans la société (pauvreté chronique, niveaux de scolarité plus faibles, insuffisance de l’accès au logement abordable, taux de chômage élevé, manque d’aides sociétales, etc.). La discrimination, qui est le fruit d’attitudes négatives, de stéréotypes et de pratiques systémiques, constitue un obstacle important et peut exacerber ces désavantages sociaux et économiques.
From: Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability
It is an unfortunate truth that the history of disabled persons in Canada is largely one of exclusion and marginalization.
From: Politique sur le capacitisme et la discrimination fondée sur le handicap
Il est malheureusement vrai que l’histoire des personnes handicapées au Canada a été largement marquée par l’exclusion et la marginalisation.
From: OHRC Response to the Race Data and Traffic Stops in Ottawa Report
On October 24, 2016, researchers from York University released their analysis of race-based data collected by the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) on traffic stops.[1] The OPS’s Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project (TSRDCP) came as a result of a human rights complaint made against the Ottawa Police Services Board by an Ottawa resident.