Race and related grounds

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) prepares this submission to provide information to the United Nations (UN) International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (Expert Mechanism). This submission aims to assist the Expert Mechanism in the preparation of their fourth report to the Human Rights Council, which focuses on systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system. This submission also aims to amplify the OHRC’s advocacy against racial discrimination, particularly anti-Black discrimination, in Ontario’s criminal justice system for the benefit of all Ontarians.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) prepares this submission to provide information to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism on the OHRC’s work over two decades navigating intersectionality from a racial justice perspective. This submission aims to assist the Special Rapporteur in the preparation of her report to the 59th session of the Human Rights Council as well as support human rights advocacy in Ontario.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is pleased to endorse the Wellesley Institute’s Consensus Statement on Race-Based Data for Health, calling on all levels of the healthcare system, including governments, organizations, and healthcare providers, to collaborate in strengthening their capacity for the collection, use, and governance of race-based data to address inequities and promote health.

Media are invited to join the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) for the release of the OHRC’s Dreams Delayed: Addressing Systemic Anti-Black Racism and Discrimination in Ontario’s Public Education System Action Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan outlines the OHRC’s strategy to address systemic anti-Black racism and discrimination in Ontario’s publicly funded education system

Today, the OHRC made a submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Bill 194, the Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, to call for embedding human rights principles in the public sector’s use of artificial intelligence.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released "From Impact to Action", its final report on anti-Black racism by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) in December 2023. The OHRC's report and recommendations underscore the importance of effectively addressing systemic racism and discrimination in law enforcement to build safer and more inclusive communities. This is the OHRC’s written deputation to the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB). It is a response to the TPS and TPSB's written update to the Board on the status of implementing over 100 recommendations provided in the OHRC’s final report.  

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the Toronto Police Services Board’s (TPSB) update on its implementation of the Policy on Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology (AI Policy), as well as the inventory of technologies and the details of their use by the Toronto Police Service (TPS), which will be presented at the TPSB meeting on January 11, 2024.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has prepared this policy statement to raise awareness of people’s rights and legal obligations to prevent and address caste-based discrimination under Ontario’s Human Rights Code (Code). 

On September 6, 2023, the Ontario Court of Appeal granted the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) leave to intervene in the case of Ontario Teacher Candidates’ Council et al. v Ontario (Ministry of Education). 

As the school year begins, we must actively and intentionally work to end the scourges of hate and violence in our education systems and communities.