employment

Preventing sexual harassment at work: An overview

Webinar Information

Webinar Title:Preventing sexual harassment at work: An overview

Date & Time:December 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

Duration:40 minutes

Full Screen

Overview on preventing sexual harassment at work, with Q&A.

Language English

Preventing discrimination because of pregnancy and breastfeeding

Webinar Information

Webinar Title:Preventing discrimination because of pregnancy and breastfeeding

Date & Time:October 29, 2014 at 11:00 am

Duration:60 minutes

Full Screen

Policy on preventing discrimination because of pregnancy and breastfeeding overview and Q&A.

Language English

Webcast on mental health disabilities and addictions

Webinar Information

Webinar Title:Webcast on mental health disabilities and addictions

Date & Time:June 18, 2014 at 12:30 pm

Duration:35 minutes

Full Screen

Highlights of the policy launch

Language English

Q&A on human rights 101

Webinar Information

Webinar Title:Q&A on human rights 101

Date & Time:July 17, 2014 at 11:00 am

Duration:30 minutes

Full Screen

Q&A webinar on Human Rights 101 eLearning

Language English

Allegations of racial profiling of migrant workers troubling: OHRC

Toronto – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took another step to eliminate racial profiling in Ontario by speaking out in the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) systemic review of the OPP practices for obtaining voluntary DNA samples. The OHRC is troubled by allegations that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) engaged in racial profiling when requesting DNA samples from migrant workers near Vienna, Ontario as part of a sexual assault investigation in October and November 2013.

Letter to Frank Fabiano, Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Thorold re: Black Hawk warrior image

Frank Fabiano
Chief Administrative Officer, City of Thorold

Dear Mr. Fabiano,

I am writing in response to your request for advice regarding the issue raised by people of Aboriginal heritage in your community who find objectionable the current Black Hawk warrior image used by local hockey teams and their associations in Thorold, Ontario.

Preventing discrimination based on mental health and addiction disabilities : An overview for employers (brochure)

June 2014 - Mental health issues and addictions are “disabilities” that are protected under the Code. For example, the Code protects people who have anxiety disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or addictions to alcohol or drugs, just to name a few.

OHRC submission to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director’s systemic review of OPP practices for DNA sampling

April 2014 - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is troubled by allegations that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) engaged in racial profiling when requesting DNA samples from approximately 100 “Indo and Afro-Caribbean” male migrant workers near Vienna, Ontario as part of a sexual assault investigation in October and November 2013.