$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.
From: Discussion paper: Toward a commission policy on gender identity
‘Coming out’ as a transsexual person connotes a cycle or pattern of acknowledgement that one’s gender identity does not match one’s birth assigned sex. That cycle may begin, for example, with acknowledgement to one’s self and move toward public acknowledgement. However, for many people, this process is not linear. It does not start with denial and end with acknowledgement. It may be a non-linear process where the individual struggles with denial and acknowledgement over a period of time until coming to terms with the true gender self.
Toronto - Commenting on the horrible tragedy of September 11th, the Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Mr Keith Norton, issued a call to civic, religious and community leaders "to jointly take leadership in the fight against hatred and to be vigilant against any backlash which might be directed against innocent persons or communities. It is surely time for a show of solidarity, especially among our major religious groups, to affirm that acts of violence motivated by hate are not justified by the teachings of any faith."
Toronto - Chief Commissioner Keith Norton challenged education providers today to remove barriers that prevent students with disabilities from receiving the full benefit of their education.
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:
From: Human Rights Project Charter - OHRC, MCSCS, MGS
Following a lengthy hearing process, involving a complaint filed under the Human Rights Code by Michael McKinnon against the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, it was proposed that a joint working group of the three parties be struck to both support MCSCS’s change initiatives and to satisfy the OHRC’s need to ensure the process for change addresses its public interest concerns.
From: Charte de projet des droits de la personne - CODP, MSCSC, MSG
Après une longue procédure d'auditions concernant une plainte déposée en vertu du Code des droits de la personne, par Michael McKinnon, contre le ministère de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels, il a été proposé qu’un groupe de travail mixte, composé de représentants des trois parties, soit créé afin de soutenir les initiatives de changement du MSCSC et d’aider la CODP à veiller à ce que les changements protègent l’intérêt public.
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.