Transgender people still face discrimination and bigotry
Marie-Claude Landry’s interview, for a video (video only available in French) on discrimination against transgender people in Canada.
Our correctional system : CHRC states that we must do better
Speaking Notes of Marie-Claude Landry, Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission. Presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights On the Human Rights of Prisoners in Canada
Ten years is long enough
Ten years ago today, a journey began to address an issue that had been ignored for far too long. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, along with the Assembly of First Nations, filed a complaint on behalf of Indigenous children who were taken into the child welfare system and away from their families.
New genetic non-discrimination law will promote privacy and human rights in Canada
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission are welcoming the coming into force of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act, as an important step for privacy and human rights in Canada.
Presentation to the Independent Senators Group on Bill C-16
Speaking Notes for Marie-Claude Landry, Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
For persons with disabilities in Canada, education is not always an open door
People with disabilities in Canada are facing overwhelming barriers and challenges within our schools, says Canada’s human rights watchdog in a new study released today. In a report, entitled “Left Out: The treatment of persons with disabilities in Canada’s education system,” the Canadian Human Rights Commission finds that persons with disabilities in Canada are not receiving the quality education they need to later thrive and succeed in the workforce.
Let’s bring it back to the children
“Ensuring that children are given equal opportunities to thrive, regardless of their individual challenges, is the best way of ensuring human rights for all,” says Chief Commissioner Landry in the report’s opening message. “How they are treated today, will determine, in large measure, how they will treat others tomorrow.”
Updated federal policy on substance dependence now available for Canadian employers
The purpose of the guide is to help Canadians employers understand, first and foremost, that substance dependence is a form of disability protected by the Canadian Human Rights Act. This means that when an employee is dependent on drugs or alcohol, an employer has an obligation to accommodate and support their recovery.
This happened in our lifetime
“The Canadian Human Rights Commission commends today’s apology to members of the LGBTQ2 communities. This is long overdue for so many Canadians and for equality rights activists and advocates across our country.”
What will Canada’s future Prime Ministers have to apologize for?
This weekend, the world will be celebrating the International Human Rights Day. In 1948, after bearing witness to some of the most inhumane tragedies of modern times, the nations of the world reacted in the only way they saw fit — to codify its promise to humanity the core values of equality, justice and human dignity. And so was written the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was not an apology, per se. But it was an acknowledgement of the horrors that had occurred, and a promise that they would never happen again.