As of August 1, 2022, bakerlaw has joined forces with Ross & McBride LLP.
Our team is excited to become part of the formidable group of human rights, employment, and constitutional lawyers at Ross & McBride. Our current and future clients will continue to receive the personalized, high-quality representation that has become synonymous with bakerlaw, and will benefit from the collaborative, cross-functional approach to complex issues that both we and Ross & McBride value. With the added resources of larger, full-service firm, this collaboration will allow us to take on new clients for the first time since October 2021. If you are seeking legal advice, please contact us at contact@rossmcbride.com
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Interesting Links
- April 10, 2014
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We’re happy to share information* about related institutions and organizations engaged in social justice advocacy. Here is a sampling of links you may be interested in:
LEGAL
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Ontario Legal Aid
- Ontario Ministry of Labour – Employment Standards
- Canadian Legal Information Institute
- HIV and AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario)
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
DISABILITY
- The Canadian National Institute for the Blind
- ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Council for Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Canadian Spinal Research Organization
- DisAbled Women’s Network Ontario
- Ontario Brain Injury Association
- Disability Research Information Page
- Ethno-Racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO)
- VoicePrint Canada – Broadcast Reading Service
- Epilepsy Toronto
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Democracy Watch
- Canada Without Poverty
- Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Watch
- Lawyers for Social Responsibility
- Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
- Centre for Social Justice
- Amnesty International Canada
*These links are here for informational purposes only and do not imply endorsements. » Read the rest
Family Responsibilities are Human Rights
- November 6, 2013
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Toronto, ON, November 6, 2013 – Bakerlaw strongly believes it is discriminatory to refuse to accommodate persons with bona fide responsibilities for the care of family members. We are pleased to be at the forefront of championing the rights of caregivers, a group who has suffered in silence for too long. » Read the rest
Law Society Should Rethink Two-Tier Articling System
- October 28, 2013
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Toronto, ON, October 28, 2013 — The Law Society of Upper Canada has been compelled to respond to disturbing evidence that its articling requirement is an impenetrable barrier for many qualified law graduates. Unless an articling position can be found within 2 years of completing law school, students already burdened with debt and hard earned expectations are removed from the licensing process. » Read the rest
Ministry Breaches Charter and Puts Lives at Risk
- October 21, 2013
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Toronto, ON, October 21, 2013 – Where medically necessary health services are not performed in Ontario, or treatment wait lists pose a risk of death or irreversible tissue damage, Ontario residents have a right to go outside the country (“Out of Country”) for treatment at public expense. » Read the rest
Canada’s Immigration System Continues to Discriminate Against People with Disabilities
- October 18, 2013
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Toronto, ON, October 18, 2013 – Historically, Canada’s immigration system was riddled with discriminatory provisions, excluding immigrants who were female, gay or lesbian, were from non-European countries, or were non-Christian based on negative stereotypes about those groups. While the system has been reformed to remove many of these discriminatory barriers, it continues to exclude people with disabilities who are deemed likely to place an “excessive demand” on health and social services. » Read the rest
Bakerlaw Introduces Guide to Accommodations in Education for Students with Disabilities
- October 16, 2013
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Toronto, ON, October 16, 2013 — Bakerlaw has developed a Guide to assist families seeking accommodations for students with disabilities in education. The Guide sets out legal avenues, both formal and informal, that will help families pursue and maintain accommodations for their children in the educational context. » Read the rest
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) celebrate ruling in Carter v. Canada
- October 10, 2013
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Toronto, ON, October 10, 2013 — The British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision today in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), concerning the constitutionality of the Criminal Code prohibitions against euthanasia and assisted suicide. The majority of the Court allowed the appeal by the Attorney General of Canada, finding that the trial judge was bound by stare decisis to apply the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Rodriguez v. » Read the rest
Think job accommodations are costly and ineffective? Think again.
- September 20, 2013
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Workplace accommodations are “low cost and high impact”, the Job Accommodation Network says. See the results of their study here.
Bakerlaw can help employers develop accommodations in the workplace. We also help employees secure accommodations. If you require assistance, please feel free to contact us for a consultation.
An End to Barriers at the HRTO for Victims of Racial Discrimination
- September 19, 2013
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Victims of racial discrimination have long been doubly victimized: first, by the alleged discriminator, and then, by a human rights process that required they prove what illicit thoughts motivated the discriminator. An almost impossible task.
In two recent, landmark decisions, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario can assume the existence of “subtle unconscious” racism, where the facts of a case support this inference. » Read the rest
Landmark HRTO decision granting accommodations and general damages to exceptional pupil
- September 17, 2013
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