Former Lawyers File Human Rights Complaints, Allege Accessibility Issues in Manitoba Courts – Accessibility News International

October 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / built environment

‘I’ve had multiple judges apologize to me for how inaccessible the courtroom is,’ says Mike Reimer CBC NewsPosted: Oct 20, 2020 Two former lawyers have filed human rights complaints against the province, saying Manitoba’s law courts are not fully accessible for people living with disabilities. Mike Reimer and Peter Tonge left the profession in part […]

Winnipeg lawyers file human rights complaint over inaccessibility of Manitoba court buildings – Winnipeg

October 20, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, David Ireland, Law Courts, Manitoba courthouses, Manitoba Human Rights Commission, Mike Reimer, News, Peter Tonge

A pair of former Winnipeg lawyers have each filed complaints with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission Tuesday, citing multiple incidents of discrimination throughout their careers. Peter Tonge and Mike Reimer, both of whom live with disabilities, say there are a number of barriers for anyone using a wheelchair or walker who is attempting to […]

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal orders nanaimo strata to take action on barriers that trapped woman in condo – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

September 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

A Nanaimo woman who has fought for accessibility improvements that would allow her to go to and from her home without help has won her human rights complaint. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/b-c-human-rights-tribunal-orders-nanaimo-strata-to-take-action-on-barriers-that-trapped-woman-in-condo/ Related

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal orders nanaimo strata to take action on barriers that trapped woman in condo – Accessibility News International

September 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / built environment

Bethany LindsayCBC NewsPosted: Sep 17, 2020 A Nanaimo woman who has fought for accessibility improvements that would allow her to go to and from her home without help has won her human rights complaint. A Vancouver Island wheelchair user who has spent years asking her strata for changes to make it possible to go to […]

BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

June 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / International, Mobility

I, an individual who requires a scooter for mobility, assured the driver that I was physically capable of securing myself without the driver’s assistance after the driver indicated that they were not comfortable securing my scooter due to the proximity and associated COVID 19 risks. The driver still refused to allow me to board the […]

BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People – Accessibility News International

June 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / Transportation

By Lyle AttfieldJune 22, 2020 I was denied access to the bus identified above because the driver refused to let me board citing COVID 19 related safety concerns. I, an individual who requires a scooter for mobility, assured the driver that I was physically capable of securing myself without the driver’s assistance after the driver […]

Ontario’s New Democratic Party and the Ontario Human Rights Commission Press the Ford Government to Take Substantially More Action to Address Ontarians with Disabilities’ Urgent Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

April 22, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Here are even more calls for the Ford Government to take substantially more action to address the urgent needs of Ontarians with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. Below we set out four important recent documents showing this crisis. The first three are from the Ontario New Democratic Party, and the fourth is from the Ontario […]

N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilities – Halifax

March 4, 2019 / by BBG Security / Beth MacLean, Canada, Disability Rights Coalition, Discrimination, Health, Hearing, Joseph Delaney, News, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, Nova Scotia Human Rights Inquiry, Politics, Sheila Livingstone, Violated Human Rights

[ad_1] A human rights inquiry has found that the human rights of three people with intellectual disabilities were violated by confining them in a Nova Scotia hospital ward for more than a decade. The applicants in the case – Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone – had argued that the province should […]

Six employees file human rights complaints against UBC alleging discrimination – BC

October 3, 2018 / by BBG Security / BC Human Rights Tribunal, Education, Health, UBC, UBC Discrimination, UBC Employees Discrimination, UBC Sex Assault, UBC-Okanagan, University if British Columbia

[ad_1] The University of British Columbia (UBC) is facing several human rights complaints for allegedly denying employees promotions, terminating them because of a disability or for being pregnant. The Association of Administrative and Professional Staff is the union that represents about 4,500 UBC employees. Executive director Joey Hansen said the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has […]

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