1. Human Rights and Education School Council Chairs Human Rights and Education School Council Chairs April 20, 2010

2. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 The Ontario Human Rights Code  The Code is the law in Ontario prohibiting discrimination and harassment  Promotes a climate of understanding and mutual respect for the dignity and worth of each person  Provides for equal rights and opportunities without discrimination  Aims to ensure each person feels a part of the community and able to contribute fully

3. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 The Ontario Human Rights System  Ontario’s new human rights system started on June 2008  The new system consists of three pillars  The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario  The Human Rights Legal Support Centre  The Ontario Human Rights Commission

4. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 Race Equality  Race equality is important, even if there is nobody from an ethno racial group in your school or local community.

5. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 Diversity and the Lambton Kent District School Board n 3.1 % Visible Minority Population n 3.2% Aboriginal Population n Residents whose mother tongue is neither English nor French: –Chatham-Kent - 10.2% –Lambton - 8.2% –Toronto - 49.0% –Ontario - 27.2% Source: OTF – 2008 Community Profile – Halton-Peel (Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006)

6. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 Population Trends n The population in Halton-Peel is growing at nearly three times the rate (17.2%) of the province overall (6.6%) n Milton had the highest growth rate (71.4%) of any municipality in all of Canada. n Newcomers accounted for 56% of the growth in Halton-Peel during this period. Source: OTF – 2008 Community Profile – Halton-Peel (Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006)

7. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 OHRC Concerns in Education  Equal treatment Racism Racial Discrimination Discipline Exclusion Academic Achievement Employment and Services Accommodation –Timeliness –Creed –Intersection between disability and race

8. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 Systemic Racism  Consists of patterns of behaviour, policies or practices that are part of the social and administrative structure of an organization which create or perpetuate a position of relative disadvantage for racialized persons.  Rules, procedures, policies that appear neutral on the surface but have an exclusionary impact on racialized persons.

9. Ontario Human Rights Commission Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne OHRC Presentation to Ontario School Boards, October 2009 Common Sources of Systemic Racial Discrimination  Curriculum  Formal curriculum Content Processes of instruction (books, teaching aids, teaching practices, evaluation procedures, assessment, placement)  Hidden Curriculum Educator’s personal values Unquestioned assumptions and expectations Physical environment (especially affects disabled) Social environment (marginalizes identities based on race, creed, culture, heritage etc)