CLU3M – Human Rights in Canada
Name: ______
ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
The Ontario Human Rights Commission is the agency directly responsible for ______and ______the Human Rights Code in Ontario.
The Commission has four basic goals:
1. to prevent ______through public ______and the development of ______,
2. to ______complaints of discrimination and ______,
3. to try to ______between the parties in ______and help them reach a ______, and
4. to look into situations where subtle or ______may exist.
The Ontario Human Rights Code provides ______from ______in ______areas of our lives.
1. ______—including schools, hospitals, shops, restaurants, sports and recreation organizations and facilities.
2. ______—the place where you live or want to live, whether you rent or own the premises.
3. ______—whether written or oral agreements.
4. ______—including advertisements, application forms and job interviews as well as work assignment, training, and promotions.
5. ______—such as the Ontario
Secondary School Teachers’ Federation or United Steelworkers.
Prohibited Grounds For Discrimination
Discrimination occurs most often because of a person’s ______in a particular ______in society.
The Code identifies ______prohibited ______for discrimination:
1. ______—common descent or external features such as skin colour, hair texture, facial characteristics
2. ______—family descent
3. ______—country or region
4. ______—associated with race
5. ______—social, cultural or religious practices drawn from a common past
6. ______—membership in a state or nation
7. ______—religion or faith
8. ______—discrimination can be sexual in nature, or because of gender or pregnancy. This also includes the right to breastfeed in public areas or in the workplace. Sex also includes the notion of gender identity.
9. ______—includes lesbian, gay, bisexual or heterosexual
10. ______—physical disability or disfigurement caused by injury, illness or birth defect
11. ______—18-65 years (employment); 16+ years (accommodation); 18+ years (all other areas)
12. ______—including cohabitation, widowhood, separation
13. ______—the parent/child relationship
14. ______—the status of living with a person of the same sex in a conjugal relationship outside marriage.
15. ______—provincial offences or pardoned federal offences (in employment)
16. ______—in housing only
Exceptions To Prohibited Grounds
1. an organization that serves a group protected by the Code, such as ______, ______or social institutions serving ______groups, people with ______, religious groups, etc., may choose to employ only ______of that group;
2. an employer may choose to hire or not hire, or to promote or not promote his or her own ______, ______or ______or the spouse, child or parent of an ______;
3. an employer may ______on the basis of age, sex, ______or marital status if these are ______requirements of the job.
· For example, a shelter for battered women may choose to hire only ______as ______;
· a club may only hire ______attendants to work in the men’s locker room;
· or a child care facility may refuse to hire someone ______of child molesting on the ground that the hiring would pose a ______to the children.
The Complaint Process
The Code requires the Commission to accept all ______.
The Commission maintains a ______position throughout the complaint process.
Once the complaint has been made the Commission staff will ______ it to make sure it meets Commission ______.
The Commission will then ______and ______the complaint by sending it to the ______– the person(s) or the ______that the complaint is about.
The respondent is requested to provide a ______ in writing to the ______set out in the complaint within _____ calendar ______.
Mediation
The Commission ______will work with both parties to try to ______the ______if possible.
______may lead to a ______ if both parties accept the ______of the ______.
If mediation is ______, it will be referred for ______ where an ______will be assigned to ______the complaint.
Investigation
The investigation officer conducts an ______including interviewing ______and gathering ______.
The findings of the investigation are shared ______with both sides in a ______ meeting where the officer will try to get the parties to come to a ______.
Both sides to the complaint may consult with a ______or ______at any stage of the complaint process.
Conciliation
Conciliation is a process of ______a ______with parties after the ______has been completed.
If the parties come to a ______, both will be required to sign a ______to close the matter.
If the ______refuses to accept a ______offer during conciliation, the ______may decide not to send the matter to the ______.
The Human Rights Tribunal
The Human Rights Tribunal is ______from the Commission.
The Tribunal hears ______and decides whether or not ______occurred and what needs to be done to ______the situation.
The ______is responsible for presenting ______about the complaint to the Tribunal.
The ______has the right to make separate ______.
The Commission does not ______the complainant or the ______at the Tribunal.
The respondent and the complainant may each retain their own ______.
Any party to a complaint may seek to ______a decision of the Tribunal to a ______.
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