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Can a doctor refuse to treat patients because of their sexual orientation or identity?

posted Sunday, May 3, 2015

by: in Law

In February it was reported that a U.S. pediatrician refused to treat a child because her mothers were lesbians. The same thing happened to a Winnipeg couple in 2009, annd over the years many others have likely experienced similar discrimination, though the stories are often not shared publicly. The first paper I ever published was […]

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Update on adding gender identity to Canadian Human Rights Act

posted Sunday, March 8, 2015

by: in Law

Over the last few years there has been a wave of support for recognizing gender identity as a separate ground under human rights legislation. Ontario amended its Human Rights Code in 2012 to include gender identity and gender expression. Other provinces have followed suit. Even without these amendments it is often said that the ground […]

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Ontario Human Rights Commission Releases Policy on Preventing Gender-Identity Discrimination

posted Sunday, September 7, 2014

by: in Law

Trans rights have been making progress in Ontario over the past 15 years. One of the most recent steps was the release of a policy by the Ontario Human Rights Commission on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression. The policy is directed towards organizations that have or may have employees or customers […]

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