The Human Rights Legislation Group is composed of unit heads from all academic and non-academic groups on campus or their designates.
The group is co-chaired by Stephanie Simpson (AVP Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion) and Melissa Seal (Queen's Legal Counsel). The purpose of the group is to provide units with the information they need to understand the constantly evolving landscape of human rights related legislation in order to prevent breaches of human rights.
Some of the pieces of legislation discussed include: the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and its standards, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Employment Equity Legislation.
The group holds periodic meetings to exchange information that will help units understand these changes, how they will affect the workplace and the skills required to meet our legal obligations. Interested individuals should email hrights@queensu.ca for information on attending the meetings or for access to resources.
Access each of the meeting minutes listed:
- Meeting 35: Poisoned Work Environment
- Meeting 34: May 01 2023 - Sexual Violence and Gender-based harassment (PART II)
- Meeting 33: February 18 2022 - Sexual Violence and Gender-based harassment (PART I)
- Meeting 32: November 11 2021 - New Harassment and Discrimination Policy
- Meeting 31: June 10 2021 Artificial - Intelligence, Human Rights and Hiring Discrimination
- Meeting 30: February 26 2021 - Academic Accommodations
- Meeting 29: October 29, 2020 - Religious Discrimination
- Meeting 28: May 01 2020 - COVID-19 and Human Rights
- Meeting 27: October 30 2019 - Accent/Language Discrimination
- Meeting 26: May 29 2019 - Racial Profiling, Racial Discrimination, and Stereotyping
- Meeting 25: February 28 2019 - Disability, Stigma, and Employment 2018
- Meeting 24: December 12 2018- Accessible Education
- Meeting 23: March 09 2018 -Sexual Harassment/Violence in the Workplace 2017
- Meeting 22: December 01 2017 - Race and Indigeneity in Recent Case Law
- Meeting 21: June 16 2017 - Family Status and Social Media in Recent Case Law
- Meeting 20: January 27 2017 - Gender Identity and Gender Expression in Recent Case Law Discrimination in the Workplace
- Meeting 19: September 23 2016 - Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Meeting 18: June 9 2016 - Discrimination, Hiring and Records Management
- Meeting 17: March 3 2016 - Contemporary Human Rights Cases
- Meeting 16: November 5 2015 - Round-Up - Contemporary Human Rights Cases
- Meeting 15: June 8 2015 - Accommodation
- Meeting 14: December 8 2014 - Sexual Harassment/Assault and Damages
- Meeting 13: June 24 2014 - Media in Today's Environment
- Meeting 12: October 2013 Round-Up (Students with Disabilities, Prima Facie, Place of Origin)
- Meeting 11: February 19 2013 - Accommodation
- Meeting 10: October 30 2012 - Indigenous Issues
- Meeting 9: April 27 2012 - Round Up (Complaint Resolution Process, Civil Actions)
- Meeting 8: Mental Disability
- Meeting 7: June 2011- Round-up (Freedom of Speech, Family Status, Racial Discrimination, Religious Accommodation, Sexual Harassment Investigation
- Meeting 6: December 2010 - Bill 168
- Meeting 5: September 28 2010 - Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in a University Setting
- Meeting 4: Apr 2010 - Religious Discrimination and Accommodation
- Meeting 3: Nov 2009 - Accessibility and Accommodation
- Meeting 2: March 2009 Workplace Harassment
- Meeting 1: October 2009 - Introduction