Teaching human rights in Ontario A guide for Ontario schools Contents Preface...............................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................2 About this guide .............................................................................................................................2 Learning outcomes ........................................................................................................................2 A note about language...................................................................................................................3 Real-life cases ...............................................................................................................................3 Students’ handouts and teachers’ references...............................................................................3 Classroom activities.......................................................................................................................3 Teachers’ package ...........................................................................................................................4 What is the Human Rights Code?..................................................................................................6 The Preamble sets the spirit..........................................................................................................6 The Code evolves over time..........................................................................................................6 The Code is remedial.....................................................................................................................6 Activity #1: Exploring the concept of discrimination...................................................................7 Activity #2: Human rights quiz .......................................................................................................9 Activity #3: The scope of the Ontario Human Rights Code ........................................................9 Activity #4: Types of discrimination – preparation ....................................................................10 Activity #5: Types of discrimination – using the fact sheets ....................................................10 Activity #6: Debriefing the answers to the human rights quiz..................................................11 Question #1: Anthony ..................................................................................................................11 Question #2: The women’s hockey team ....................................................................................12 Question #3: Yvon .......................................................................................................................13 Question #4: Maya and her friends .............................................................................................13 Question #5: Meerai and Sean....................................................................................................14 Question #6: Chantal ...................................................................................................................15 Question #7: Michael ...................................................................................................................16 Activity #7: Using the case studies..............................................................................................16 Case study 1: Darlene .................................................................................................................18 Case study 2: Paramvir ...............................................................................................................20 Case study 3: Danté ....................................................................................................................21 Case study 4: Tammy..................................................................................................................23 Case study 5: Kyle.......................................................................................................................24 Case study 6: Rita........................................................................................................................25 Case study 7: Cindy.....................................................................................................................27 Case study 8: Maria.....................................................................................................................28 Case study 9: Tawney .................................................................................................................30 Case study 10: Réjeanne ............................................................................................................32 Case study 11: Alia and Ahmed ..................................................................................................34 Case study 12: Marc....................................................................................................................35 Across the curriculum: ideas for other activities.......................................................................39 Language arts..............................................................................................................................39 Drama ..........................................................................................................................................40 Family studies ..............................................................................................................................40 History..........................................................................................................................................41 Media literacy...............................................................................................................................41 Music............................................................................................................................................42 Visual arts and multi-media .........................................................................................................42 Human rights activities in your school........................................................................................42 Raising awareness ......................................................................................................................43 Dealing with discrimination ..........................................................................................................43 Case study references...................................................................................................................44 Human rights resources................................................................................................................45 Reference books..........................................................................................................................45 eLearning materials .....................................................................................................................46 Other information sources............................................................................................................46 Canadian Human Rights Commission ........................................................................................46 Canadian Human Rights Reporter (C.H.R.R.) ............................................................................47 Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario...............................................................................................48 Human Rights Legal Support Centre ..........................................................................................48 Ontario Human Rights Commission............................................................................................48 OHRC publications available online – www.ohrc.on.ca ..............................................................49 Let us know how we’re doing.......................................................................................................50 Keep in touch..................................................................................................................................53 Appendix 1: Glossary of human rights terms.............................................................................54 Appendix 2 – Human rights: the historical context ...................................................................65 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.......................................................................................65 Human rights In Ontario...............................................................................................................66 Appendix 3 – Human rights legislation in Canada.....................................................................69 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms .........................................................................69 The Canadian Human Rights Act................................................................................................70 The Ontario Human Rights Code ................................................................................................70 What human rights