Harassment is defined in subsection 10(1) of the Code as "engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.”
Centring human rights in Ontario’s workplaces
OHRC releases its 2022–23 annual report: Building on the Legacy: Collaboration, Action and Accountability Towards an Inclusive Society
the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released Building on the Legacy: Collaboration, Action and Accountability Towards an Inclusive Society, its 2022–2023 annual report.
OHRC Director of Policy, Education, Monitoring and Outreach calls for a province-wide anti-hate strategy
Summary:
Recently, OHRC Director of Policy, Education, Monitoring and Outreach, Juliette Nicolet, joined Radio-Canada - Jonction 11-17 for an interview calling for a province-wide anti-hate strategy, to galvanize and support public action.
OHRC Submissions on proposal for regulations under the Education Act, related to school boards and local police services
March 5, 2026
Introduction
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) welcomes the opportunity to offer this submission on a proposed regulation under the Education Act, which would govern requirements on school boards to provide local police services with access to school premises, permit local police services to access and participate in school programs, and implement school resource officer programs.
This regulation allows police services to implement programs for students as young as three years old, without approval from a school board.
Combatting anti-Indigenous discrimination and harassment in retail settings
Labour for Palestine response from Chief Commissioner
CIJA response from Chief Commissioner
Letter on the Peel District School Board Anti-Racism Policy
The OHRC believes the Peel District School Board’s Anti-Racism Policy is the most comprehensive such policy in Ontario, and may serve as a leading practice to inspire other Ontario school boards to create or revise anti-racism policies.
OHRC statement on protecting and upholding human rights during the “monkeypox” outbreak
As the world grapples with the ongoing “monkeypox” outbreak, several very concerning human rights issues have been exposed.
OHRC statement on the National Summit on Islamophobia
This past year, the OHRC has repeatedly denounced the escalating hate that is targeting religious and racialized communities. It is essential that we all take steps, and take them quickly, to stand in solidarity, as individuals and through our organizations, to call out Islamophobia and racism and reject the hatred and the violence it begets.