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Visually impaired man awarded $3,000 for discrimination after potential employer cancelled interview
VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver man has been awarded $3,000 after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found a potential employer discriminated against him after learning he was visually impaired. Mallaz Khalil, a University of B.C. grad, had responded in April 2011 to a job ad...
Montreal restaurant fined after quadriplegic files human rights complaint
MONTREAL - Michel Larochelle has been using service dogs for 20 years. They help him with his daily tasks and help him manage his quadriplegia. He’s often reminded of his limitations in public places, but perhaps the harshest reminder was in August 2009 while at a...
DISABLED WOMAN’S $1.25/H WAGE WAS DISCRIMINATION, LAWYER TELLS TRIBUNAL
ST. CATHARINES, ON - Systemic discrimination underlies the case of an intellectually disabled woman who was paid a $1.25 an hour at her job, her lawyer argued at a Human Rights Tribunal reconsideration hearing. "This is one of these areas that there needs to be a...
Canada’s demographic ‘golden age’ coming to an end
Canada is at a demographic peak, but the descent will be swift and steep. A greater proportion of people are working now than ever before. The largest chunk of the population, the baby boomers, are in their highest earning years and only a tiny sliver of that cohort...
Does a Degree Matter Less if You’re in a Wheelchair?
Thousands of dollars have been spent preparing students with disabilities to take roles as machinists, social workers, computer analysts and nurses in our society, but statistics show that educational success is not necessarily meeting with workplace success. by Joe...
App gives voice to people with disabilities
Tyler Austin is one of thousands of Canadians who can now speak, thanks to MyVoice, a new technology developed by two University of Toronto students. Tyler, 18, is from Toronto and has cerebral palsy, which affects his muscle control and makes it difficult for him to...