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Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day that honours the children who never came home and Survivors of Indian Residential Schools and their families and communities. The ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and its resulting intergenerational trauma on Indigenous Peoples requires specific work to redress these harms and rebuild relationships.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a two-year update on the Right to Read Inquiry report (R2R/Inquiry report), in collaboration with Dyslexia Canada.

 TORONTO - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the Daniel G. Hill Human Rights Awards. The purpose of these awards is to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions towards changing the human rights landscape and honour their achievements of advancing, promoting, and fostering a human rights culture across Ontario.  

TORONTO – Today, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released Fostering a Human Rights Culture in Ontario, its 2023–2024 annual report. It is a snapshot of the actions taken and results achieved by the OHRC last year to advance human rights.

 In a decision issued on April 2, 2024, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down sections of the Safe Streets Act that prohibit panhandling in certain circumstances, effective immediately.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recently learned that on February 28, 2024, Cobourg’s Town Council passed a by-law to license and regulate Emergency Care Establishments, which will be implemented on March 28, 2024.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released "From Impact to Action", its final report on anti-Black racism by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) in December 2023. The OHRC's report and recommendations underscore the importance of effectively addressing systemic racism and discrimination in law enforcement to build safer and more inclusive communities. This is the OHRC’s written deputation to the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB). It is a response to the TPS and TPSB's written update to the Board on the status of implementing over 100 recommendations provided in the OHRC’s final report.  

On Thursday, March 14, 2024, the Divisional Court dismissed an application for judicial review in the case of London Catholic District School Board v Weilgosh.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission on the proposed Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. This submission concerns Section 8 amendments to the Employment Standards Act relating to Canadian experience and artificial intelligence.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the Toronto Police Services Board’s (TPSB) update on its implementation of the Policy on Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology (AI Policy), as well as the inventory of technologies and the details of their use by the Toronto Police Service (TPS), which will be presented at the TPSB meeting on January 11, 2024.