Ontario Human Rights Commission

• 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
  
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• 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
• 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
• Crown pre-charge screening would reduce racial profiling in Ontario, commission says

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission is recommending the province introduce a system that would see police consult with prosecutors before charging suspects.

  Crime

  Jul 29, 2021
• Ontario Human Rights Commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse

  The commission says it will meet with Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, and the Canadian Lacrosse Association in the coming months.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2020
• Peel Regional Police, Ontario Human Rights Commission sign agreement to root out systemic racism

  Peel Regional Police, its board and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to come up with, and implement, legally binding measures to end systemic racism in policing.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020
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• Ontario has failed to follow segregation rules, human rights commission says

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission says the province has failed to keep inmates with mental health disabilities out of segregation.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2020
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• Critics worried report on Toronto police reform will amount to nothing but ‘lip service’

  The Ontario Human Rights Commission said it is worried the report presented at Tuesday's Toronto Police Services Board meeting "will amount to mere lip service."

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2020