13-14 Human Rights

Question 1

What is the commitment of the Toronto Police Service regarding human rights?

Answer 1

The protection and promotion of human rights in both the workplace and in the delivery of police services

This includes providing fair, respectful, and unbiased work environments and policing services.

Question 2

According to the Ontario Human Rights Code, what is the right every person has regarding employment?

Answer 2

Equal treatment without discrimination or harassment based on various prohibited grounds

These grounds include race, sex, age, disability, and more.

Question 3

List three prohibited grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Answer 3

• Age
• Race
• Gender Identity

Question 4

What are the protected social areas under the Ontario Human Rights Code?

Answer 4

• Accommodation (housing)
• Employment
• Goods, services and facilities

Question 5

How is harassment defined under the Ontario Human Rights Code?

Answer 5

Engaging in a course of vexatious comments or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome

This can include both one-time incidents and repeated incidents.

Question 6

True or False: Harassment can only occur through repeated incidents.

Answer 6

False

Harassment can include a one-time incident if it is particularly egregious.

Question 7

What constitutes a poisoned or toxic environment in a workplace?

Answer 7

Harassment or discrimination creates a hostile, negative, intolerable environment

This can undermine work performance and cause emotional and psychological impacts.

Question 8

What does the term ‘discrimination’ mean under the Ontario Human Rights Code?

Answer 8

Any distinction, conduct, or action based on prohibited grounds that excludes, denies benefits or imposes burdens on individuals or groups

This includes actions that limit access to benefits available to others.

Question 9

Fill in the blank: The _______ refers to the independent provincial government agency that receives Human Rights Code complaint applications.

Answer 9

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)

Question 10

What is the role of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)?

Answer 10

To provide leadership for the promotion, protection, and advancement of human rights

The OHRC does not receive Human Rights Code complaints.

Question 11

What is meant by ‘systemic discrimination’?

Answer 11

Organizational policies or practices that create or perpetuate a position of relative disadvantage for some individuals/groups

This is based on prohibited grounds.

Question 12

Define racial profiling.

Answer 12

Racially Biased Policing occurs when race or ethnicity is inappropriately considered in enforcement decisions

This includes actions where race is used as a factor in policing.

Question 13

Who is referred to as the ‘complainant’ in human rights complaints?

Answer 13

The person initiating a Human Rights Code complaint

Question 14

What does ‘respondent’ mean in the context of a Human Rights Complaint?

Answer 14

The member who is the subject of a Human Rights Code complaint

Question 15

True or False: Steps taken by a supervisor as part of performance management or discipline are considered harassment.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

What is meant by ‘stereotyping’ under the Human Rights Code?

Answer 16

Attributing particular roles and characteristics to people based on a prohibited ground

Question 17

What does ‘offensive material’ refer to in the context of the Human Rights Code?

Answer 17

Possession, reproduction, or circulation of material that may be considered harassment