by Timi | Sep 7, 2022 | Accessible Communities, Employing People with Disabilities, Events, Hearing Disabilities, Human Rights Cases, Legislation, Up-coming Event
To position persons with disability as agents in their narratives and experts of their own experiences, event organizers commissioned professional artist Anne K Abbott to create promotional materials for the speaker series. Learn more about Abbott at...
by Trish Robichaud | Oct 8, 2020 | Accessible Employment, Barriers, Business Case for Accessibility, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Disability Statistics, Employing People with Disabilities, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Types of Disabilities
As whole industries pivoted to remote working at the beginning of the pandemic, most office-based employers quickly realized that workers can stay productive while at home. Despite a massive shift in working culture, the COVID-19 crisis proved that businesses can...
by Trish Robichaud | Nov 9, 2017 | Accessible Transportation, Human Rights Cases
A Guelph woman alleged she was discriminated against on the basis of disability and age by: Kenneth Armstrong, Guelph Today Deputy CAO Colleen Clack says the city will immediately implement orders made against it during a recent Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario...
by Trish Robichaud | Nov 7, 2017 | Events, Human Rights Cases
When: December 11, 2017 – December 14, 2017 Where: Sheraton Parkway North, Richmond Hill, ON Trish Robichaud will be participating as a panelist on Wednesday December 13, 9:30 am for the: Speaking Out for Equality – Stories of Courage panel Read more...
by Trish Robichaud | Sep 22, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Intellectual Disabilities
TORONTO — A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after two Toronto police officers were recorded mocking her during a traffic stop. Francie Munoz argues the behaviour displayed by Const. Sasa Sljivo and...
by Trish Robichaud | Sep 10, 2017 | Human Rights Cases
In the US, when it comes to your employer watching you at work, the law is clear: it can, and it probably does. By Davey Alba, Technology Reporter, BuzzFeed News, New York. The company you work for has wide latitude to peek into your Slack chats, monitor which sites...
