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The Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of personal characteristics. A person is either born with these personal characteristics or they acquire them later in life. These characteristics are called prohibited grounds: Race: a socially constructed way of grouping people based on stereotypical physical or social characteristics. Colour: your skin colour. Nationality: you were ...
A person cannot discriminate or harass you because of your religion. No one may impose their religious beliefs on others. The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms prohibits anyone to: treat you differently because of your religion ; make offensive and repeated comments to you related to your religion
- a) When grounds intersect. A person’s experience of discrimination is often linked to the compounding effects of multiple grounds. Based on their unique combination of identities, people may be exposed to particular forms of discrimination and may experience significant personal pain and social harm that come from such acts of discrimination.
- b) Protecting persons “associated” with others protected by the Code. In some cases, the Code can protect people who are not personally identified by one of the grounds.
- c) Perceived grounds. A person is protected under the Code if they are treated differently in a workplace because of negative characteristics that other people associate with one of the grounds.
- d) Age. The Code prohibits discrimination because of age in all social areas including employment. “Age” is defined in section 10(1) as “an age that is 18 years or more.”
Marginal note: Prohibited grounds of discrimination 3 (1) For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of ...
These grounds include primarily the grounds of colour, ethnic origin, ancestry, place of origin, citizenship and creed (religion). Depending on the circumstances, a human rights complaint of discrimination based on race may cite race alone or may include one or more related ground(s).
May 3, 2018 · The Act sets out 13 prohibited grounds of discrimination: “race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.”
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Oct 23, 2023 · It is important to acknowledge that the combined effects of multiple grounds of discrimination can have a greater impact than discrimination based on a single ground. Hate speech and violence. Hateful, racist, xenophobic and violent incidents have been rising year after year, and the COVID-19 crisis made things even worse.
