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Right to Read by the numbers

Code Grounds
disability
Social Areas
goods, services and facilities
Law
Ontario Human Rights Code
Resource Type
backgrounder
Activity Type
Right to Read
public interest inquiry
Discrimination Type
failure to accommodate
Organizational responsibility
duty to accommodate

October 19, 2022

The Right to Read report has garnered sustained and significant public interest and support from provincial, national and international audiences. The response has been overwhelmingly positive with leading reading experts and equality rights advocates from Canada and around the world acknowledging the report’s accuracy and significance. Interest online and through social media continues to grow. For example:

  • 17,800+ people have watched the livestream of the report release news conference on YouTube
  • Report pages on the OHRC website have garnered 115,000+ unique page views
  • 970+ people have downloaded or accessed the audiobook version of the report’s executive summary
  • Thousands of educators have joined parents, families and community groups in a series of online training events on inquiry findings and recommendations.