by Trish Robichaud | Jun 25, 2013 | All, Chronic Illness, Financial, Government Publications, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
When award-winning writer Varda Burstyn complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission about her treatment by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the last thing she expected was to be caught in the crossfire of a war between these government agencies. Burstyn suffers...
by Trish Robichaud | May 28, 2013 | Accommodations, All, Barriers, Hearing Disabilities, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage, Types of Disabilities
The Toronto restaurant that told a hearing impaired man to leave his service dog outside broke more than the Ontario Human Rights Act. It appears that Spring Rolls contravened a 2008 provision of the Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act which requires...
by Trish Robichaud | May 10, 2013 | Accommodations, All, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
A record-setting human rights case that cost the Hamilton public school board almost half a million dollars in back pay and damages should serve as a lesson for employers, a local legal expert says. The school board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled in...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 27, 2013 | All, Disability Statistics, Education, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Public Spaces
In the early 1990s, Terri-Lynn Garrie was one of several employees with disabilities hired to work for Janus Joan Inc. for $1.00 per hour. While her pay was later increased to $1.25 per hour, other employees, without disabilities, were earning minimum wage or more,...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 9, 2012 | All, Attitudinal Barriers, Barriers, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Intellectual Disabilities, Types of Disabilities
Overturning its previous decision, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that paying an intellectually disabled St. Catharines woman $1.25 an hour was allegedly ongoing discrimination every time she received a paycheque. In what’s being called a...
by Trish Robichaud | Nov 17, 2012 | All, Education, Human Rights Cases, Learning Disabilities, Media Coverage
Top court rules special education for North Vancouver student is not ‘dispensable luxury’ A ruling from Canada’s top court that the North Vancouver school district discriminated against a dyslexic student when it cut services that were essential to...
