by Trish Robichaud | Sep 8, 2017 | Accessible Education, Commentary, Human Rights Cases
Stop telling people what they need. Ask them — and then listen to the answers. By Danielle S. McLaughlin, Director of Education Emerita, Canadian Civil Liberties Association As a temporarily able-bodied person (TAB), I am getting very tired of hearing about people...
by Trish Robichaud | Sep 1, 2017 | Accessible Education, Human Rights Cases, Service Animals
Ontario’s human rights tribunal says Kenner Fee’s family failed to prove that having his black Labrador Ivy in the classroom would help him with his education. By Michelle McQuigge,The Canadian Press Thu., Aug. 31, 2017 Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ruled that a...
by Trish Robichaud | Aug 2, 2017 | Accessible Documents, All, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
TORONTO — Ontario’s privacy commission says the provincial government significantly overcharged an advocacy group fighting for information on accessibility law compliance in the province and must now hand over the material. Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian...
by Trish Robichaud | May 12, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
‘Who am I going to ask? A stranger in the passport office?’ Andrew Gurza said to himself when denied help By Shanifa Nasser, CBC News A Toronto man with cerebral palsy is accusing Passport Canada of failing to accommodate him after an attendant refused to...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 15, 2017 | Attitudinal Barriers, Human Rights Cases, Physical Disabilities, Public Spaces
Human rights complaint filed against Danforth Avenue tavern By Joanna Lavoie, East York Mirror Haily Butler-Henderson just wanted to use the restroom at a local bar and grill. Instead, she said, she encountered discrimination against a person with a disability. The...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 10, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces
Mary Taylor plans to go to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal over disability accommodation conflict By Kate McGillivray, CBC News – A 94-year-old woman with a disability says she’s planning on going to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal after the company...
