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Gender identity is broadly defined as one's personal experience of their own sex, their internal sense of being male, female, a combination thereof or neither.

Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, formerly known as Bill S-211, is the country's new legislation aimed at fighting modern slavery.

A recent British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal decision has struck down a human rights complaint by a supermarket customer on the grounds that she was already compensated by the store for her complaint.

In "Kelly v. University of British Columbia (No. 4)", 2013 BCHRT 302, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal awarded the complainant, Dr. Carl Kelly, $75,000 in damages for injury to dignity.

In the wake of the Divisional Court’s decision in the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v Fair, human rights damages have been a hot topic.

On March 18, 2025, the Government of Manitoba introduced Bill 43, The Human Rights Code Amendment Act, which proposes to amend The Human Rights Code (the "Code") to include "gender expression" as a protected characteristic.

Bill S-2 remains before Parliament, creating a critical opportunity to examine what legal reform can achieve and what questions must be determined by First Nation governments and communities themselves. Through a relational ethics of care framework, this contribution to Yellowhead Institute's special report explores whether Indian Act amendments should be viewed solely as constitutional compliance or as part of a broader dialogue about relationships, responsibility, and belonging.

On January 17, 2023, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a new strategic plan for 2023 to 2025, entitled Human Rights First: A plan for belonging in Ontario.

On May 20, 2022, the Honourable Louise Arbour (C.C., G.O.Q.), former Supreme Court of Canada justice, and now Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP,...

Bill 147, Human Rights Code Amendment Act (Awarding of Costs), 2013 ("Bill 147") has passed First Reading in the Ontario Legislature and, if enacted, could significantly alter the legal landscape as it relates to the litigation of human rights issues.

The issue of reasonable accommodation has given rise to a wealth of literature and comment since it first entered the social and legal discourse of Canada and Quebec following the O'Malley decision...

Recent global events have led to an increase in Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Canada.

At the present time, Canada has two bills that are Magnitsky laws.

Canada's House of Commons has unanimously passed Bill S-226 – known as the Sergei Magnitsky law – which enables sanctions on foreign officials who violate international human rights.

In this post we describe the sanctions recently imposed by Canada on Iranian individuals and entities following the detention and, according to the Canadian government, apparent killing of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, in Iranian morality police custody.

Pre-employment drug testing in Ontario is generally not permissible; The Ontario Human Rights Commission ("OHRC’) has stated that: "Since drug testing cannot be shown to actually measure impairment...

Is an employee allowed to refuse a shift change because of their childcare provider's pick-up time? Is an employee allowed to demand remote work because of their kid's...

By now most employers know (or should know) that accommodation is a difficult process to navigate. One of the challenges that employers