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Towards Mentally Healthy Workplaces: MHCC Supports Innovative Human Rights Conference

Stigma surrounding mental health problems is a major barrier preventing people from seeking help in the workplace. With more than 500,000 Canadians missing work each week because of mental illness and with approximately $51 billion each year lost to the Canadian economy because of mental illness, employers and employees are seeing the need for holistic workplaces that put emphasis on mental health, as well as physical health.

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  • 2014-03-13

CHRC statement on the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act

The Canadian Human Rights Commission commends the Government of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations on reaching an agreement to proceed with the final drafting and introduction of the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act.

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  • 2014-02-10

Statement by the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Canada’s First Report under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Canadian Human Rights Commission sees the CRPD, which came into force for Canada in April 2010, as a critically important milestone in the struggle of people living with disabilities to enjoy the same rights and opportunities as any other member of Canadian society.

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  • 2014-02-20

Improve Access to Justice for Aboriginal Women in Canada: Canadian Human Rights Commission Annual Report

The report presents key findings from a series of roundtable discussions the CHRC held with Aboriginal women from across Canada in 2013. During the discussions, the women were invited to share their experiences. Many of their stories cited the complexity of the human rights complaint process, language barriers, lack of awareness, lack of support and fear of retaliation as barriers to accessing human rights justice.

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  • 2014-03-04

Reconciliation with Aboriginal People is important for all

By David Langtry - As published in the Winnipeg Free Press, March 26, 2014.

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  • 2014-03-28

Willful blindness and the need for healing

The TRC was set up as part of a class-action settlement, the largest in Canadian history, of a lawsuit brought on behalf of tens of thousands of survivors of the schools. They are called "survivors" because the horrific physical and sexual abuse so many endured didn’t kill them. The TRC’s mandate is to uncover these uncomfortable truths and help us move toward reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

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  • 2014-03-26

Accommodation makes social inclusion possible

Speaking Notes for Mr. Langtry - Opening Remarks for CASHRA 2014

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  • 2014-06-11

Statement by the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies

The Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA) acknowledges that Canada’s First Report under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) identifies a wide range of legislation, policies and programs in place at all levels of government to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities in Canada.

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  • 2014-04-03

Acting Chief Commissioner David Langtry to be inducted as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission Honorary Witness

Acting Chief Commissioner David Langtry will be inducted as a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Honorary Witness at the Alberta National Event in Edmonton. This will be the seventh and final event marking the painful legacy of the Indian Residential Schools.

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  • 2014-03-25

Canadian Human Rights Commission Lauds UN Report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The CHRC commends James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, on the release of his report, The situation of indigenous peoples in Canada.

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  • 2014-05-13

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