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A policy primer: Guide to developing human rights policies and procedures
Approved by the Ontario Human Rights Commission: June 19, 1996Revised by the OHRC: December 2013Available in various accessible formats1. IntroductionThe Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) states...
View Article7. Accommodation policy and procedure
A. Description and rationaleUnder the Code, organizations are required to prevent and remove barriers and provide accommodation to the point of undue hardship. The principle of accommodation arises...
View Article8. The duty to accommodate
Under the Code, employers and unions, housing and service providers have a legal duty to accommodate the needs of people because of their gender identity or gender expression, unless it would cause...
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Gender identity and gender expression (brochure)
People who are transgender, or gender non-conforming, come from all walks of life. Yet they are one of the most disadvantaged groups in society. Trans people routinely experience discrimination,...
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Human Rights and Rental Housing
Learn about your rights and responsibilities in rental housing under the Ontario Human Rights Code.This e-learning video is for the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. The module has been...
View ArticleLetter to Hon. Madeleine Meilleur re: Accounting professions legislation
Hon. Madeleine Meilleur Attorney General of Ontario 11th Flr 720 Bay St Toronto ON M7A 2S9Dear Minister,Re: Accounting professions legislationIt has come to the attention of the Ontario Human Rights...
View ArticleMessage from Interim Chief Commissioner Ruth Goba – Global Accessibility...
Toronto2015: Let’s build an accessibility legacyThe upcoming Pan Am and Parapan Am Games are an exciting opportunity to showcase the many ways Ontario is a world leader. One notable accomplishment...
View ArticleOpinion Editorial: Political will needed to end carding
Mr. Andrew Phillips Editor, The Toronto Star One Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E6Via email: aphillips@thestar.caThis week Mark Saunders was sworn in as Chief of the Toronto Police Service. He...
View ArticleSummary of the HRTO’s Reconsideration Decision in Tang v. McMaster University
The allegationsThe applicant, Jason Tang, was a graduate student at McMaster University. While he was a doctoral student in the Medical Sciences Graduate Program, he suffered a sports injury and was...
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Example 6 - Charter right v. Charter right: Niqab case
Niqab caseRead the following news clipping about a recent competing rights case. This is an example of Charter rights (creed and sex) versus another Charter right (right to a fair trial).You can also...
View ArticleDiscrimination based on disability and the duty to accommodate: Information...
The Ontario Human Rights Code The Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) is the law that provides for equal rights and opportunities, and freedom from discrimination. The Code recognizes the dignity and...
View ArticleDiscrimination based on disability and the duty to accommodate: Information...
The Ontario Human Rights Code The Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) is the law that provides for equal rights and opportunities, and freedom from discrimination. The Code recognizes the dignity and...
View ArticleDiscrimination based on disability and the duty to accommodate: Information...
The Ontario Human Rights Code The Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) is the law that provides for equal rights and opportunities, and freedom from discrimination. The Code recognizes the dignity and...
View Article8. Duty to accommodate
Under the Code, employers and unions, housing providers and service providers have a legal duty to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities who are adversely affected by a requirement, rule or...
View Article9. Undue hardship
Organizations covered by the Code have a duty to accommodate to the point of undue hardship. Some degree of hardship may be expected – it is only if the hardship is “undue” that the accommodation will...
View Article10. Other limits on the duty to accommodate
While the Code specifies that there are only three factors that will be considered when determining whether the test for undue hardship has been met (cost, outside sources of funding and health and...
View ArticleSummary: Misetich v. Value Village – Discrimination on the basis of family...
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...
View ArticleCole v Ontario (Health and Long-Term Care) : Challenging the funding limits...
BackgroundThe 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....
View ArticleOHRC policy position on medical documentation to be provided when a...
Under the Ontario Human Rights Code (Code), employers, unions, housing providers and service providers have a legal duty to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities who are adversely affected...
View ArticleAccommodation and medical documentation: New OHRC policy statement offers...
Toronto – On February 1,following the launch of its updated Policy on ableism and discrimination based on disability, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) will release a new policy statement on...
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