Articles about ‘Human rights’

Good News About Special Education

• May 20, 2014
• BakerLaw
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Toronto, ON, May 20, 2014 — It is frightening how many families have had their exceptional child excluded indefinitely from school, or have felt compelled to home school or privately educate their child because a publicly funded school did not meet their child’s needs.  » Read the rest

Family Responsibilities are Human Rights

• November 6, 2013
• BakerLaw
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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

Ministry Breaches Charter and Puts Lives at Risk

• October 21, 2013
• BakerLaw
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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
• David Baker
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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
• BakerLaw
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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

Think job accommodations are costly and ineffective? Think again.

• September 20, 2013
• BakerLaw
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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
• BakerLaw
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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
• BakerLaw
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Read the decision here.

Breakthrough HRTO interim order directing readmission of exceptional pupil with comprehensive accommodation plan

• February 1, 2013
• David Baker
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Read the full decision here.

Federal Court of Appeal orders that Canada become international leader in website accessibility in Jodhan case

• February 1, 2013
• David Baker
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Read the full decision here.