“You probably don’t know Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal is now considering adopting potentially draconian new rules on how it will handle discrimination claims. This should worry everyone, whether they look through the eyes of a discrimination claimant or through the eyes of [...]
Archive for August 12th, 2009
August 12th, 2009 - 6:48 pm § in Human Rights & Public Policy
Human Rights Reforms Could Trigger Unfair Proceedings
August 12th, 2009 - 6:00 pm § in Rights Issues & Organizations
Human Rights Policies, Neoliberal Discourse, and the Neutralization of Human Rights Issues in Harassment and Discrimination Policies
“This paper contemplates changes in the content of harassment and discrimination policies at Canadian universities from a discourse-oriented perspective. Many analysts view these changes as “normal and natural” outgrowths of changes in human rights law. ” To read more clic[...]
August 12th, 2009 - 5:14 pm § in Rights Issues & Organizations
The Donna Young Report
“The impetus for this project is the need for a critical examination of the manner in which race discrimination complaints are handled at the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Race discrimination is one of the most elusive problems faced by human rights organization in North America. The su[...]
August 12th, 2009 - 5:05 pm § in Rights Issues & Organizations
Route 64-Another Detour on the Road to Equality: An Examination of the Current Human Rights System in British Columbia
“Bill 64, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2002, passed third reading on October 29, 2002 and was brought into force on March 31, 2003. It enacted sweeping amendments to British Columbia’s Human Rights Code, fundamentally reconfiguring the province’s human rights system.̶[...]