Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Location

Canadian Policing Research

Resource

e-Books

Alternate Title

Stratégie relative aux droits de la personne dans le domaine de la santé : document de consultation publique.

Authors

• Ontario Human Rights Commission, issuing body.

Publishers

• Toronto, Ont. : Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (13 pages)

Note

Cover title.
"November 2009".
Issued also in French under title: Stratégie relative aux droits de la personne dans le domaine de la santé : document de consultation publique.
The original document was published on the public website of the Government of Ontario. © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2009. Reproduced with permission.

Summary

"The purpose of this consultation document is to: describe the human rights protections related to mental health disabilities that are available under the Human Rights Code (Code), describe the OHRC’s current work in this area, provide a summary of the key issues that have been raised with the OHRC so far, lay out areas of focus the OHRC is considering and solicit feedback."--Introduction.

Subject

• Ontario - Human Rights Code.
• Mentally ill - Civil rights - Ontario.
• Discrimination against the mentally ill - Ontario.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Human rights law and policy -- 3. The OHRC’s current and past work on mental health -- 4. What the OHRC has heard -- 5. Proposed approaches -- 6. Next steps -- Endnotes.