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Under the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code), employers, landlords, and service providers must accommodate people with disabilities. In other words, organizations have a duty to make changes in order to meet the needs of workers, tenants, customers, or clients with disabilities. The right to accommodation ensures that people can work productively, live independently, and access services open to non-disabled people. In this article, we outline the human rights principles of accommodation. Accommodations that follow these principles create a society that respects all people.

Principles of Accommodation. Read full article.

Under the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code), employers, landlords, and other service providers must accommodate people with disabilities. In other words, organizations have a duty to make changes in order to meet the needs of workers, tenants, customers, or clients with disabilities. The right to accommodation ensures that people can work productively, live independently, and have access to services open to non-disabled people.

The Right to Accommodation. Read full article.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) writes policies to help people understand what types of discrimination are. In addition, these policies outline how to prevent and respond to different forms of discrimination. According to the OHRC’s Policy on Ableism and Discrimination based on disability, discrimination includes creating a poisoned environment. Organizations must maintain an environment that prevents ongoing incidents of harassment, and respond to any incidents that do occur.

Poisoned Environment. Read full article.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) writes policies to help people understand what types of discrimination are. In addition, these policies outline how to prevent and respond to different forms of discrimination. According to the OHRC’s Policy on Ableism and Discrimination based on disability, discrimination includes harassment. Moreover, the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) forbids harassment in employment and housing. Organizations must maintain an environment that prevents incidents of harassment, and respond to any incidents that do occur.

Harassment. Read full article.

The Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) protects people from discrimination on the basis of disability. Under the Code, workplaces, landlords, and other services must not discriminate on the basis of disability. In other words, all people must have equal opportunities to benefit from employment, housing, and other services. However, the Code allows organizations to provide more opportunities for protected groups. These opportunities in work, housing, or service lessen the disadvantages of discrimination that people may experience.

Lessening the Disadvantages of Discrimination. Read full article.