Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Today is #orangeshirtday, a day where we reflect on the impact and harm that residential schools inflicted on Indigenous communities. Today, MHRC staff wear their orange shirts to honour those impacted by residential schools and reflect on the ways in which its legacy lives on in our child welfare, justice and education systems. We all have work to do to ensure that #everychildmatters! Image Description: a screen capture of a video conference meeting, showing MHRC staff wearing their orange shirts.

As of October 13, 2020, Manitobans who are nonbinary will be able to display an X as their gender identifier on their Manitoba driver’s license or identification cards. Additionally, all Manitobans will have the option to leave their gender unspecified on their driver’s license or identification card by opting to have the gender field left blank. This is an important step forward for the rights of non-binary Manitobans! Congrats to all involved in the introduction of this important change! #humanrights #manitobahumanrights

On October 4, we honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, 2sLGBTQIA+ peoples in Manitoba. This memorial day is an important opportunity to take time to remember those who are missing or murdered, as well as acknowledge the broader issue of violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2sLGBTQIA+ peoples across Manitoba. It is also a time to revisit the Calls to Justice outlined in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Final Report, which can be found here: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/ It is important that we each do our part to end the human rights violations which are the root cause behind the staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2sLGBTQIA+ people. #MMIWG2S

Today is #orangeshirtday, a day where we reflect on the impact and harm that residential schools inflicted on Indigenous communities. Today, MHRC staff wear their orange shirts to honour those impacted by residential schools and reflect on the ways in which its legacy lives on in our child welfare, justice and education systems. We all have work to do to ensure that #everychildmatters! Image Description: a screen capture of a video conference meeting, showing MHRC staff wearing their orange shirts.

Today is the first day of a public hearing under The Human Rights Code. Over the course of the next three days, the Manitoba Human Rights Commission will be calling evidence to prove that the complainant in this case was discriminated against on the basis of his disability when he was denied access to a Manitoba hotel/resort because he uses a service animal. The Commission hopes that this case will affirm the fundamental right of persons with disabilities who rely upon service animals to access public spaces without obstacles or barriers. For a copy of the hearing notice, visit: http://manitobahumanrights.ca//upcomi/publicnoticewebb.pdf

***Media Release A recent decision of the Manitoba Human Rights Adjudication Panel recognizes the right of a First Nations child with disabilities, and his family, to access health care services on an equal level with other Manitobans. The case centers around a young man named Dewey who lives with his family in Pinaymootang First Nation and experiences a variety of intellectual, cognitive and physical disabilities. Dewey’s mother filed a human rights complaint alleging that...Continue reading