In a report released today, the Advocate found that the Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative (UHEI) has initiated important early steps toward human rights--based approaches and ...

Advocates told the official that three provincial laws encourage municipalities ‘to back away from a human rights-based ...

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently held a preliminary hearing to determine whether allegations made under the Human Rights Code (Code) fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour ...

Nearly a decade after Matthew Green said he was racially profiled by a Hamilton police officer, he’s still waiting for the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) to properly consider his complaint.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission recently published a policy statement (Policy) pertaining to “caste-based discrimination” under Ontario’s Human Rights Code (Code). The Policy advises organizations ...

The Law Commission of Ontario (LSO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Monday released a background report on the ongoing Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on the development of AI.

Complaint was deemed abandoned because Law, who is awaiting trial for murder, failed to provide more information by deadline ...

In celebration of Human Rights Day 2025, the HWDSB Human Rights Office (HRO) is hosting two virtual information sessions for students and parents/guardians in HWDSB. The sessions will provide an ...

The Conservative government in Canada’s largest province, Ontario, took the extraordinary step of introducing legislation suspending fundamental human rights on October 31, in an effort to ...

First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National ...

Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign returns in 2025, mobilizing communities around the world to defend ...