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Publications On this page you will find the Commission’s publications, including Annual Reports, advice the Commission has provided for policy makers like parliamentarians, government agencies, and United Nations bodies, as well as research conducted by or for the Commission. You will also find guides and tools developed by the Commission to help everyone understand human rights obligations and good practices within workplaces.


Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In advance of the Committee’s Development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 2nd Periodic Review - July 2019 A summary version of the submission is provided in HTML. See PDF for complete version.

Publication details

  • Submissions
  • International
  • 19/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660704760
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-117/2024E-PDF

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Submitted on the occasion of its consideration of Canada’s 21st-23rd periodic reports - July 2017 A summary version of the submission is provided in HTML. See PDF for complete version.

Publication details

  • Submissions
  • International
  • 19/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660704784
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-118/2024E-PDF

Submission to the Human Rights Committee

In advance of the Committee's development of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada's 7th Periodic Review May 2021 A summary version of the submission is provided in HTML. See PDF for complete version.

Publication details

  • Submissions
  • International
  • 19/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    978-0-660-70468-5
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-113/2024E-PDF

Driving Change

The Canadian Human Rights Commission's 2023 Annual Report to Parliament

Publication details

  • Annual reports
  • Human Rights
  • 10/04/2024
  • ISSN:
    2560-6352
  • Cat. #:
    HR1-4E-PDF

Policy template - Preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence

Template designed to help federally regulated employers develop a policy for preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence.

Publication details

  • Tools
  • Workplace
  • 05/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660684239
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-106/2-2023E-PDF

Preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence

Guide for federally regulated employers to help them develop a human rights-based approach to preventing and addressing workplace harassment and violence, and to meet their obligations under the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code.

Publication details

  • Tools
  • Workplace
  • 05/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660684192
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-106/1-2023E-PDF

Human rights-based approach to workplace investigations

Guidance and good practices to help federally regulated employers learn more about what is required to conduct workplace investigations in a way that respects people’s human rights and promotes a healthy and inclusive workplace.

Publication details

  • Tools
  • Workplace
  • 05/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660684215
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-107/2023E-PDF

Comparing compensation – No. 1 The application of the equal average method

This Interpretation, Policy and Guideline (IPG) provides guidance on the application of the equal average method prescribed in section 49 of the Pay Equity Act (the Act) through the following steps: Step 1: Create bands of comparable values of work and identify all of the predominantly female and predominantly male job classes that are in the same band...

Publication details

  • Guidance
  • Pay Equity
  • 04/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660496351
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-104/1-2023E-PDF

Comparing compensation – No. 2 The application of the equal line method

This Interpretation, Policy and Guideline (IPG) provides guidance on the application of the equal line method prescribed in section 50 of the Pay Equity Act and section 12 of the Pay Equity Regulations

Publication details

  • Guidance
  • Pay Equity
  • 03/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660496375
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-104/2-2023E-PDF

Comparing compensation – No. 3 What to do when the regression lines cross: the modified version of the equal line method

This Interpretation, Policy and Guideline (IPG) provides guidance on what to do when the initial regression lines cross when using the equal line method to compare total compensation of predominantly male and predominantly female job classes

Publication details

  • Guidance
  • Pay Equity
  • 02/04/2024
  • ISBN:
    9780660496399
  • Cat. #:
    HR4-104/3-2023E-PDF

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