Despite other Acts removing limitations periods for sexual assault claims, the Human Rights Code (“the Code”) continues to force sexual harassment claimants to bring their claims to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”) within one year of being harassed.[1] The Code has included this limitation period since 2006.[2] Expecting sexual harassment survivors to processContinue reading “The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario must remove their 1-year limitation period for sexual harassment claims”
Category Archives: Commentary
La pandémie et l’inégalité de genre
La pandémie de COVID-19 a touché les femmes plus que les hommes. En général, il parait que les travaux domestiques et la garde des enfants sont encore les travaux des femmes plus souvent que des hommes. Bien, le gouvernement a créé des programmes pour aider les gens en général, mais c’est les femmes qui restent chez eux plus souvent, selon lesContinue reading “La pandémie et l’inégalité de genre”
Feminist Law Reform 101
Submissions from Fall 2020 Feminist Law Reform with Prof. Martha Jackman:Visit the course website at: https://feministlawreform101.nawl.ca The STCA Negatively Affects Women Facing Domestic Violence By Megan Talbot The Safe Third Country Agreement (‘STCA’) between the US and Canada, under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, disproportionally affects refugee women fleeing from domestic violence. By requiringContinue reading “Feminist Law Reform 101”
Women and Persons with Disabilities Neglected by Bill C-26’s Amendments to the Canada Pension Plan
Irina Cristescu JD Candidate, 2017 Bill C-26, introduced at the beginning of October, seeks to gradually expand benefits under the Canada Pension Plan over the next decades. However, the child rearing and disability drop outs, which were available under the regular CPP benefits, will not be applied to the expanded benefits. This will disadvantage future generationsContinue reading “Women and Persons with Disabilities Neglected by Bill C-26’s Amendments to the Canada Pension Plan”
University of Ottawa Association of Women and the Law 