Ontario Human Rights Commission

• Ontario Human Rights Commission ‘concerned’ with Cobourg emergency shelter bylaw

  The town's emergency care establishment bylaw requires shelters to be licenced, provide 24-7 security, regular maintenance, a 24/7 contact for issues and have insurance.

  Politics

  Apr 10, 2024
  
• What is caste discrimination? A closer look at new Ontario human rights ruling

  The OHRC said while caste is not a prescribed protected category, it is covered by international human rights law and hence, can be protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code.  

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2023
  
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• Community engagement, time part of effort to tackle racism in Peel policing: OHRC

  Efforts to tackle systemic racism in the Peel Regional Police service will take time and lots of community engagement, the head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission says.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2023
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• Bill Blair says he oversaw culture change at Toronto police, not everyone agrees

  Toronto police are still reckoning with systemic racism. In 2020, Ontario's human rights commission found Black residents were more likely than white to be killed by police.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2023
• Toronto school board votes to ask human rights commission to assess caste oppression

  Canada's largest school board has voted to ask the Ontario Human Rights Commission to create a plan that would address caste oppression in the public education system.

  Education

  Mar 9, 2023
• Peel police board unveils new committee to tackle systemic racism

  The overhaul comes three years after Peel Regional Police signed an agreement with the Ontario Human Rights Commission to change how policing in Peel is managed.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022
• ‘A narrative that already exists’: How Toronto police prepared to publish data confirming systemic racism

  Global News obtained the force’s communication strategy regarding the release of race-based data through a freedom of information request.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
• Ontario to revamp approach to literacy after damning report released

  Ontario says it will revamp its approach to literacy in schools after the Ontario Human Rights Commission called for change in a damning report.

  Education

  Feb 28, 2022
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• Ontario Human Rights Commission seeks public input on derogatory street, building names

  It also points to growing calls for officials to rename roads, buildings and other institutions named after historic figures, for the same reasons.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2021
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• Vaccine mandates permissible as long as those with exemptions are accommodated: Ontario commission

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission says COVID-19 vaccine mandates are "generally permissible" as long as those with legitimate exemptions are able to be "reasonably accommodated."

  Canada

  Sep 22, 2021