In recent years, the Ministry of Education has implemented its Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy across Ontario, and has also updated how schools need to approach discipline. These steps are part of a larger vision of embedding human rights into our education system. The Ministry has worked with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (the OHRC) at key points along the way, to achieve our shared vision of a school system where every student has the opportunity to succeed. These changes reflect how education services are delivered û but there is also a curriculum requirement to teach about human rights. That’s where this guide can help. First introduced in 1995, the guide offers information on Ontario’s Human Rights Code (the Code) and how to deal with complaints. This third edition has been updated to reflect the many changes that have happened in human rights over the past decade. For example, in June 2012, the Code was updated to prohibit discrimination based on the new grounds of gender identity and gender expression. We live in challenging times. As our society becomes more diverse, the human rights challenges we face become more complex, and the need to bring a solid grounding in human rights becomes more critical. This guide can serve as a starting point for what I hope will be lifelong learning about human rights, and the value of respecting the dignity, worth and inclusion of all Ontarians. This educational resource package introduces students to the Code and the roles of the three agencies that make up Ontario’s human rights system. It includes information on Code grounds and on the parts of society û called social areas û where discrimination is against the law in Ontario. It also includes activities to help you teach these concepts. You can use the activities in the order they appear, or you can choose individual exercises based on your class needs. Teaching human rights in Ontario can be used by secondary school teachers for law, history and civics courses and cooperative education programs. It can also be used in other high school courses, such as media studies, with few or no changes needed. If you are teaching Grade 8 or 9, review the materials to make sure they are appropriate for your younger students. The guide can also help if you are teaching adult “English as a Second Language” classes.

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Introduction -- About this guide -- Learning outcomes -- A note about language -- Real-life cases -- Students’ handouts and teachers’ references -- Classroom activities -- Teachers’ package -- What is the Human Rights Code? -- The Preamble sets the spirit -- The Code evolves over time -- The Code is remedial -- Activity #1: Exploring the concept of discrimination -- Activity #2: Human rights quiz -- Activity #3: The scope of the Ontario Human Rights Codes -- Activity #4: Types of discrimination û preparation -- Activity #5: Types of discrimination û using the fact sheets -- Activity #6: Debriefing the answers to the human rights quiz -- Question #1: Anthony -- Question #2: The women’s hockey team -- Question #3: Yvon -- Question #4: Maya and her friends -- Question #5: Meerai and Sean -- Question #6: Chantal -- Question #7: Michael -- Activity #7: Using the case studies -- Case study 1: Darlene -- Case study 2: Paramvir -- Case study 3: Danté -- Case study 4: Tammy -- Case study 5: Kyle -- Case study 6: Rita -- Case study 7: Cindy -- Case study 8: Maria -- Case study 9: Tawney -- Case study 10: Réjeanne -- Case study 11: Alia and Ahmed -- Case study 12: Marc -- Across the curriculum: ideas for other activities -- Language arts -- Drama -- Family studies -- History -- Media literacy -- Music -- Visual arts and multi-media -- Human rights activities in your school -- Raising awareness -- Dealing with discrimination -- Case study references -- Human rights resources -- Reference books -- eLearning materials -- Other information sources -- Canadian Human Rights Commission -- Canadian Human Rights Reporter (C.H.R.R.) -- Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario -- Human Rights Legal Support Centre -- Ontario Human Rights Commission -- OHRC publications available online û www.ohrc.on.ca -- Let us know how we’re doing -- Keep in touch -- Appendix 1: Glossary of human rights terms -- Appendix 2 û Human rights: the historical context -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Human rights In Ontario -- Appendix 3 û Human rights legislation in Canada -- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- The Canadian Human Rights Act -- The Ontario Human Rights Code -- What human rights legislation does -- Appendix 4 û Human rights in Ontario -- Human rights are everybody's responsibility -- The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) -- The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario -- The Human Rights Legal Support Centre -- Appendix 5 û Understanding discrimination in a social context û“social construction of disadvantage” -- Appendix 6 û The Code and the classroom: taking the human rights temperature of your school (for students) -- Introduction -- Objectives -- How to take the temperature -- Students’ handouts -- Human rights quiz -- Fact sheet #1: Ontario’s Human Rights Code -- Fact sheet #2: Harassment -- Fact sheet #3: Sexual and gender-based harassment and your education -- Fact sheet #4: Poisoned environment -- Fact sheet #5: Constructive discrimination -- Fact sheet #6: Systemic discrimination -- Case study 1: Darlene -- Case study 2: Paramvir -- Case study 3: Danté -- Case study 4: Tammy -- Case study 5: Kyle -- Case study 6: Rita -- Case study 7: Cindy -- Case study 8: Maria -- Case study 9: Tawney -- Case study 10: Réjeanne -- Case study 11: Alia and Ahmed -- Case study 12: Marc.