Canadian human rights commission

• Human rights complaint filed after Indigenous man, girl handcuffed outside Vancouver bank

  Lawyers for the man said the release of a transcript of the 911 call and a redacted Vancouver police report show what happened is "evidence of systemic racism."

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2020
• Innu Nation files human rights complaint over Ottawa’s child protection funding

  The complaint alleges the federal government spends more money removing children from their homes as opposed to keeping families together.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2020
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• Saskatchewan inmate files human rights complaint over mental health

  Nicholas Dinardo filed a complaint Friday with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against the Correctional Service of Canada.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2020
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• London family files human rights claim alleging discrimination against children in cancer research funding

  Kim Vander Schelde says only 5 per cent of Canadian government funds for cancer research goes to childhood cancer.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2019
• Canadian prisons ill-equipped to meet needs of older inmates, report says

  The federal correctional investigator and the Canadian Human Rights Commission is calling for the government to meet the unique needs of older people behind bars, whose numbers are going up.

  Canada

  Feb 28, 2019
• Human rights complaint filed against National Bank for racial discrimination

  A black man in Brossard has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission for racial discrimination after a routine transaction at a National Bank took a turn for the worse. 

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2018
• Air Canada flight attendants say they were lined up, graded on appearance: union complaint

  The complaint states that flight staff were directed during initial training sessions to "strut their stuff" by walking down what the document described as a "runway with a spectator section." 

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2018
• Single mother says she was forced to choose between her child and her military career

  Nash was based in Esquimalt in 2013 when she says she was told if she wanted to continue her career, she needed to decide what her priority was: work or motherhood.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2017
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• Kahnawake officials to address complaints of discrimination against biracial couples on reserve

  The complainants alleged they were singled out for having biracial backgrounds or having a partner who is considered "white."

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2016
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• Federal official: Ottawa could easily drop gender from passports

  Marcella Daye, the acting manager of policy at the commission, said having gender-neutral identity documents like passports is the number one issue transgender Canadians have raised in recent consultations with the commission.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2016