The OHRC intervened at the Federal Court in Seeley v. CN, a judicial review of a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Tribunal had found that CN discriminated against Ms. Seeley by requiring her to relocate without considering her obligations as a parent. The Court has not yet released its decision.
OHRC interventions at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, 2011/12:
Disability and housing:
Dream Team v. Corporation of the City of Kitchener
Dream Team v. Corporation of the City of Smith’s Falls
Disability and employment:
Seberras v. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Disability and services:
Lawson v. Ontario (Community and Social Services) (16 cases; intervention begun in June 2010 is ongoing)
Zufelt v. Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Aganeh Estate v. Mental Health Care Penetanguishene
Race and related grounds:
McKinnon v. MCSCS (settlement reached in 2011)
Shallow v. Toronto Police Services Board
Claybourn v. Toronto Police Service
Leong v. Peel Regional Police Services Board
de Lottinville v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services)
Ferguson v. Toronto Police Services Board
Gender identity:
XY v. Ontario (Government and Consumer Services)
Creed:
Ketenci v. Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University
Disability:
Moore v. British Columbia (Supreme Court of Canada)
Race:
Phipps v. Toronto Police Services Board (Court of Appeal for Ontario)
Phipps v. Shaw (Ontario Divisional Court, Court of Appeal for Ontario)
Creed, competing rights:
R. v. N.S. (Supreme Court of Canada)
Creed, sexual orientation, competing rights:
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. Whatcott (Supreme Court of Canada)
Family status:
Canadian National Railway v. Seeley (Federal Court)
Housing:
City of Guelph (Ontario Municipal Board; case withdrawn when the City of Guelph repealed the bylaw in question)