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April 19, 2017
Settlement relating to Toronto Police Service Memorial Wall
Settlement relating to Toronto Police Service Memorial Wall (Ontario Human Rights Commission v. Mark Saunders and Toronto Police Services Board) On November 11, 2015, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) filed an Application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) alleging discrimination in employment based on disability because of the Toronto Police Service’s (TPS) failure to include on its Memorial Wall officers who end their lives as a result of a mental health disability incurred in the line of duty.
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January 16, 2017
Summary: [Boyd Kodak] v. Toronto Police
Protecting the rights of trans persons in police custody: [Boyd Kodak] v. Toronto Police Service, Toronto Police Services Board and Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services In July 2015, the OHRC intervened in a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Application concerning the treatment of trans persons in custody.
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October 25, 2016
Cole v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care) : Challenging the funding limits to live in community settings
Background The applicant, Ian Cole, is a middle-aged man with a severe intellectual disability who lives in the community. To live in the community, Mr. Cole depends on the receipt of nursing services. The primary source of funding for the nursing services is his local Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). The maximum funding for nursing services is set out in a regulation made under the Home Care and Community Services Act, 1994.  At the time the application was filed, funding was available for nursing services to a maximum of four visits per day.
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October 14, 2016
Summary: Misetich v. Value Village – Discrimination on the basis of family status
September 2016 - The OHRC intervened in Misetich v. Value Village, a case before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), involving allegations of discrimination on the basis of family status. The OHRC intervened to ensure that the Federal Court of Appeal's decision in Johnstone v.
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September 7, 2016
Hockey Canada’s Ontario branches take important step towards transgender inclusion
  Toronto — Hockey Canada, through its Ontario branches, ushers in a new era of transgender inclusion in time for the 2016-2017 hockey season by posting transgender inclusive policies. This step is part of a settlement agreement between Hockey Canada, on behalf of its Ontario members, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and Jesse Thompson, a trans teenaged boy who played amateur hockey and courageously decided to take on the system.
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August 9, 2016
Access to locker rooms for trans amateur hockey players: J.T. v. Hockey Canada et. al.
Background This case involved a transgender boy, Jesse Thompson, who was denied access to the boys’ locker room the rest of his amateur hockey team used during the 2012-2013 hockey season. Jesse alleged that this resulted in him being ‘outed’ as trans, excluded from important team interaction and bonding, and exposed to harassment and bullying.
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June 7, 2016
Summary: Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v. Fair
On May 31, 2016, the Court of Appeal for Ontario[1] unanimously upheld decisions by the HRTO, which had found that Sharon Fair (Fair) had been subjected to employment-related discrimination by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (the School Board) and had ordered compensation for special and for general damages ($30,000) as well as an order for Fair’s reinstatement. The HRTO’s decisions had earlier been upheld by the Divisional Court.
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March 4, 2016
Segregation and mental health in Ontario’s prisons: Jahn v. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
OHRC seeks Human Rights Tribunal Order against Ontario for failing to keep people with mental health disabilities out of segregation On August 25, 2020, the OHRC filed a motion with the HRTO for an order to hold Ontario accountable for failing to meet its legal obligations under both its Jahn v MCSCS settlement and the 2018 OHRC v Ontario Consent Order to keep prisoners with mental health disabilities out of segregation.
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February 1, 2016
OHRC intervenes in racial profiling and discriminatory use of force case
  Toronto – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is intervening in Roberts v. Toronto Police Services Board, an application before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) that raises the issues of racial profiling and discriminatory use of force.
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January 6, 2016
New documentation guidelines for accommodating students with mental health disabilities
Toronto - Navi Dhanota, represented by ARCH Disability Law Centre; York University and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) have worked together to develop new documentation guidelines to access academic accommodations. The change in guidelines means that students will no longer have to disclose their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) diagnosis to register for mental health accommodations and supports.
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