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As incidents of hate speech rise, when can employers legally sanction workers?
Daniel Lublin
world
Columbia, Cornell and other colleges face U.S. inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia
FILE - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather for a protest at Columbia University, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. I(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
british columbia
Israel, Hamas conflict causes surge of discrimination, B.C. human-rights commissioner says
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the devastating events in and around the Gaza Strip are causing a surge of discrimination and violence targeting Jewish and Muslim people. B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks after releasing the final report on her inquiry into hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
report on business
Facebook class action in Quebec can go ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal
FILE - This photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F, in Paris on Jan. 17, 2017. Nearly 200 former content moderators for Facebook are suing the company and a local contractor in a court case in Kenya that could have implications for the work worldwide. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
canada
Military members can now take sexual misconduct complaints to human rights commission
Canada's military has created a new program to gradually phase out its old housing benefit after hearing feedback from members who were set to lose the payments. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march in Calgary on Friday, July 8, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approves $23-billion First Nations child welfare settlement
Cindy Blackstock, executive director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, holds a press conference in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2016. The number of newborns taken into care dropped dramatically as birth alerts ended across Canada, but child welfare experts warn ceasing the practice cannot be the only step governments take to keep families together. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
british columbia
B.C. court decision a ‘significant win’ for parental rights, commissioner says
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Govender is calling a recent court decision for a workplace discrimination case involving the mother of a young child "a significant win for gender equality." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
B.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination
British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
newsletter
Why racialized women are feeling ‘erased’ at work. Plus, how to kickstart your career as a newcomer to Canada
elegant black business woman checking mobile in elevator
football
NFL coach Brian Flores’ discrimination case going to court
FILE - Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores stands on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Jan. 9, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Flores can pursue some of his discrimination claims against the league and its teams in court rather than through arbitration, a judge ruled Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
opinion
University of Toronto medical school report reveals the shameful realities of antisemitism today
Marsha Lederman
canada
Quebec’s human rights commission drops nearly 200 cases after Supreme Court decision
Jeremy Gabriel speaks to the media at the Quebec Appeal Court Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
soccer
The U.S. and Iran beef is what politics has become at the World Cup
Cathal Kelly
sports
Canadian captain Atiba Hutchinson to wear FIFA-approved ‘No Discrimination” armband
England's Harry Kane gestures wearing a black armband with a sign "No discrimination" during World Cup group B soccer match between England and Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
british columbia
Western Canada: Danielle Smith’s first week as Alberta premier overshadowed by defence of the unvaccinated
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Smith says she didn't mean to trivialize prejudice faced by minority communities when she suggested unvaccinated people have experienced the most discrimination she has ever seen in her lifetime. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
Danielle Smith is Alberta’s premier now, not a radio host or columnist. She should know her words carry weight
Kelly Cryderman
canada
Alberta First Nations file human rights complaint over supports for disabled adults
A sign greets people on the Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary near Gliechen, Alta., on June 29, 2021.Representatives from Siksika and two other First Nations in southern Alberta have filed a human rights complaint against the federal government for alleged discrimination against adults with developmental disabilities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
Danielle Smith’s disastrous first week on the job as Alberta Premier
Gary Mason
alberta
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith walks back comment about unvaccinated
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, on Tuesday October 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
politics
Federal government wants 2020 class-action suit filed by Black civil servants dismissed
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, right, looks on as he joins Nicolas Marcus Thompson, Executive Director of the Black Class Action Secretariat to hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Black civil servants file complaint to United Nations over alleged racism, discrimination by federal government
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
report on business
How to know if you’re facing workplace sexism or ageism
Former CTV anchor Lisa LaFlamme
opinion
Human Rights Tribunal decision highlights risks for firing workers when an illness is involved
Daniel Lublin
football
Miami Dolphins to lose two draft picks; owner suspended for tampering
FILE - Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gestures at the end of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, on Oct. 24, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a six-month investigation stemming from Brian Flores' racial discrimination lawsuit against the league. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FIle)
opinion
Tech against discrimination: The importance of diverse design
Karima-Catherine Goundiam
sports
Denver Broncos add Condoleezza Rice to ownership group
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State and Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice looks on during the during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S., April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
opinion
The problems with the federal data-privacy bill will disproportionately hurt marginalized Canadians
Erica Ifill
u.s. politics
Biden to sign executive orders seeking to counter state actions he sees as anti-LGBTQ
President Joe Biden speaks during the opening plenary session of the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. Biden announced the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity last week as he kicked off the summit, which gathered leaders from 21 countries across the Western Hemisphere, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci
canada
Indigenous leaders to study racism linked to status card use at banks, retailers
Judy Wilson, Chief of Neskonlith Indian Band and Executive Member of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, speaks during a news conference on the impact of Bill C-58 on Indigenous communities, in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 4, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
report on business
Former executive sues CIBC for $1-million over sexual, racial discrimination
FILE PHOTO: The new Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) logo is seen on a building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
world
WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated
FILE PHOTO: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), looks on during a news conference after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
baseball
Rachel Balkovec to manage first game with Class A Tampa
Tampa Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec, right, chats in the dugout with center fielder Jasson Dominguez, while making her debut as a minor league manager of the Tarpons, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, before a baseball game against the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Lakeland, Fla. Balkovic is the first female to manage a professional baseball team. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
football
Six state AGs warn NFL to fix ‘hostile’ workplace culture
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from reporters at a press conference following the close of the NFL owner's meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)