Individual rights come with collective responsibility
Today, International Human Rights Day, we owe it to ourselves to understand what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Canadian Human Rights Act tell us.
Commissions working together on human rights and the use of artificial intelligence
Today on Human Rights Day, the Law Commission of Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Commission announced a joint research and policy initiative to examine human rights issues in the development, use and governance of artificial intelligence and algorithms in Canada and specifically in Ontario.
To build back better, we must build back barrier-free
As we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is an opportunity for everyone in Canada to reaffirm our commitment to inclusion and equality by reflecting on how we can eliminate barriers for people with disabilities. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions and achievements of people with disabilities across Canada.
Canada must act to ease housing inequality
As we mark National Housing Day today, Canada’s worsening housing crisis is more concerning than ever. It is unacceptable in a country like Canada that an increasing number of people are homeless, facing evictions, or cannot find an affordable place to live.
Vaccination policies and human rights: Frequently asked questions for employers and employees
Vaccination is the most important public health tool at our disposal to reduce the risk of COVID‑19. It is important that those who can get the vaccine do so – to protect themselves, their colleagues, families, friends and communities.
The Big Three: Key inclusion principles for Canadian businesses
The Big Three: Key inclusion principles for Canadian businesses, Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
We all have a responsibility for Reconciliation
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge and commemorate the devastating legacy of residential schools, where tens of thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and forcibly separated from their language and culture. Many never returned home.
Hate and racism have no place in a democracy
The hate, intolerance, and violence on display during this election was unprecedented, unacceptable, and frightening.
Press Launch of the Follow up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
Press Launch of the Follow up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador, Marie Claude Landry, Ad. E.
Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Follow-up Report to the CHRC on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador
Today, the Commission was pleased to receive the Follow up Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador. This third report on the Human Rights of the Innu of Labrador builds on two previous reports on the rights of the Innu, issued in 1993 and 2002.