EQUALITY ACCESS TO SERVICES AND GOODS

Every person has a right to equal

treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability.

ORGANIZATION
- WHO
(World Health Organization )

* Marital status: whether you are married, single or divorced. * Disability: (a) any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement that is caused by bodily injury, birth defect or illness and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, a brain injury, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack of physical co-ordination, blindness or visual impediment, deafness or hearing impediment, muteness or speech impediment, or physical reliance on a guide dog or other animal or on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device, (b) a condition of mental impairment or a developmental disability, (c) a learning disability, or a dysfunction in one or more of the processes involved in understanding or using symbols or spoken language (d) a mental disorder, or (e) an injury or disability for which benefits were claimed or received under the insurance plan established under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997;

- CHRIO
(Canadian Human Right international organization)

-- Ontario Human Right Code NOTE: The right under section 1 to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities without discrimination because of age is not infringed by the provisions of the Liquor License Act and the regulations under it relating to providing for and enforcing a minimum drinking age of nineteen years.

FREEDOM FROM DISCIMINATION

ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHT CODE

Every person who is an employee has a right to freedom from harassment in the workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression by his or her employer or agent of the employer or by another employee.
--Ontario Human Right Code

Who to turn to ?
Association of University Women):

- AAUW(American

non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. -

RAINN (Rape, Abuse

& Incest National Network)

The right to equal treatment without discrimination because of sex includes the right to equal treatment without discrimination because a woman is or may become pregnant.

Harassment because of sex in workplaces

Harassment: engaging in a course

of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome;