Category Equality Law

From Bliss to Brooks and Beyond: A Contemporary Analysis of Pregnancy Discrimination in Canada

Author: Kali Faingold Abstract The 1989 Brooks v Canada Safeway Ltd ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada marked a watershed moment in Canadian jurisprudence, firmly establishing pregnancy discrimination as a form of sex discrimination under human rights legislation. Since… Continue Reading →

Serious Enough? Troubling Civil Courts’ Assessments of the Seriousness of Sexual Harassment in Wrongful Dismissal Cases

Authors: Bethany Hastie and Sofia Cornejo Abstract This article examines how courts interpret sexual harassment in the employment law arena through a case analysis of court decisions from Alberta and British Columbia in wrongful dismissal cases involving the alleged perpetrator…. Continue Reading →

The Universality of the Human Condition: Theorizing Transportation Inequality Claims by Persons with Disabilities in Canada, 1976 – 2016

Author: Laverne Jacobs Abstract Transportation is the lifeline that connects persons with disabilities with the community, and facilitates greater opportunities for work, social inclusion and overall independence. Adequate accessible transportation has long been a concern of persons with disabilities, yet… Continue Reading →

Colour as a Discrete Ground of Discrimination

Authors: Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Jonnette Watson Hamilton Abstract Colour, as a ground of discrimination, is usually equated with or subsumed under the ground of race. We argue that colour does and should have a discrete role in human rights and… Continue Reading →

Acadianité et droits de la personne : autodétermination identitaire, membriété, langue et droit des minorités nationales

Auteurs: Mark C. Power et Darius Bossé Résumé Dans cet article, les auteurs argumentent que les lois en matière de droits de la personne peuvent servir, au Canada, de mécanismes complémentaires à la Charte permettant de réaliser l’égalité de statut… Continue Reading →

Under the Influence: Discrimination Under Human Rights Legislation and Section 15 of the Charter

Author: Jennifer Koshan Abstract In this paper, I review the approaches to discrimination under human rights legislation and the Charter, considering the Supreme Court of Canada’s historical approaches through to its most recent decisions in Moore v British Columbia and… Continue Reading →

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