Register Now! PLE Learning Exchange Spring Symposium: June 7, 2013
Date Friday, June 7, 2013
Time 8:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Place 519 Church Street, Toronto
Contact Vivien Green
Phone 416-408-4420 ext. 835
Email info@plelearningexchange.ca
"From Information to Action: Building Our Public Legal Education Capacity" is the theme of this year's Learning Exchange Spring Symposium.
New report cards evaluate protections for migrant workers across Canada
The CCR has issued a series of report cards summarizing how the provincial and federal governments protecting the rights of migrant workers in the "low-skilled" streams of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Terminated Transgendered Employee Awarded $22,000 and 8 Months Back Pay by HRTO
The Ontario legislature added "gender identity" and "gender expression" as prohibited grounds of discrimination to the Human Rights Code (the "Code") in the summer of 2012. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ("HRTO") had previously recognized discrimination against transgendered-people to be prohibited on the basis of "sex", thus the Code amendments were seen by many to be largely symbolic – a formal acknowledgment of the challenges faced by one of the most marginalized groups in society. Now, one of the first decisions to consider accommodation of "gender identity" has been released.
Save the Date: June 6: Access Awareness Symposium
Date Thursday, June 6, 2013
Time 3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Panel Discussion; 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Reception
Place Law Society of Upper Canada, 130 Queen St. West, at University Avenue - enter at eastside doors facing Toronto City Hall
Contact To register or to discuss any accommodation needs, contact the Equity Initiatives Department at the Law Society
Phone 416-947-3413 or 1-800-668-7380, Ext. 3413; TTY 416-644-4886
Email equityevents@lsuc.on.ca
Registration for ARCH's Access Awareness Symposium: “Achieving Autonomy and Inclusion for Racialized People with Disabilities. Examples from Immigration and Family Law" is required by June 4.
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation
This is a survey of conditions in the United States from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 23: Resistance continues to Omnibus Crime Bill
Date Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Place Friends House Meeting Room, 60 Lowther Avenue (just north of Bloor, near St. George Station), Toronto
Hosted by the Law Union of Ontario's Prison Justice Committee, this is a follow-up to their earlier meeting on ways to prevent the implementation of the omnibus crime bill.
Racial profiling: Toronto police settle human rights complaint with man who was pulled over
With the assistance of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, the complaint went to a full tribunal hearing before the police board and force said they wanted to settle.
Do-it-yourself-law -- a trickle becomes a deluge: Goar
The Toronto Star's Carol Goar discusses the new study that provides an eye-opening profile of people who represent themselves in court.
Report from Peterborough YWCA on Women and Family Court
This report is a study of issues that women in domestic abuse situations encounter as they navigate the Peterborough Family Court.
No Wage Ghetto: Unpaid Internships in Ontario's Retail Sector
This blog post focuses on a recent example of unpaid internships in Ontario's retail sector - unpaid internships are on the rise and there has been little coverage of this disturbing trend.
