“All Students are alike”
Lesson 5
“Men are born and remain
free and equal in rights.”
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The French Declaration of the Rights
of Man and of the Citizen, France,
August 26, 1789.
Rights
Legal, moral, and social claim
that people are entitles to.
Human rights
The right to receive equal
treatment, to be free from
prohibited discrimination and
harassment, and to have
access to places, services and
opportunities.
Stereotyping
Having an oversimplified,
standardized, or fixed
judgment of a people group.
Discrimination
Making distinction between
people and treating them
differently on a basis other
than individual merit.
Prejudice
A preconceived opinion based
on stereotype or inadequate
information.
Human rights codes
Legal documents that protect
people from prohibited
discrimination.
We have the right to
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Receive equal treatment
Free from discrimination
Free from harassment
Equal access to places,
services and opportunities
Canadian Human Rights Act
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Passed in 1977
Applies to federal government
Opportunity to make livelihood
Needs accommodated
Against discriminatory practices
Provincial Human rights code
Is Forced
Retirement Discriminatory?
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Administering Human Rights
•File a complaint (prima facie)
•Respondent- who commits
the discrimination.
•Mediation- intervention
between parties involved.
•Remedies- actions
Try this: scenario: Complainant/ Respondent/Mediator
.You are a students applying for a job selling tickets at an
independent movie theatre. You were refused the job,
because they were looking for someone “more mature.”
Try this: scenario 2:Complainant/Respondent/Mediator
You are a minority applying for a job at a bank for a clerk position.
You have worked at several banks before as a clerk. You did not,
get the job. Someone with less experience got it.
Try this: scenario 3:Complainant/Respondent/Mediator
You are a female who was passed over for a job as a
security guard. The job was given to a male person.
Both of you have no experience.
Grounds for discrimination
• Bona fide Occupational requirement
(Required skill)
•Affirmative Action
(advantage for the situation)
Warnings
•Constructive Discrimination
(Unnecessary requirement for the job)
•Direct discrimination
(open act of discrimination)
Responsibility of the employer
•Duty of accommodate ( adjust the requirements
or conditions to carry out duties of the job.)
•Undue Hardship- (the result of a change that
would affect the economic viability of an
enterprise, or health and safety risk that
outweighs the benefits of accommodation.
•Harassment- persistent behaviour that violates
the human rights of a victim.
•Sexual Harassment- unwelcome sexual contact,
remarks, leering, demands, inappropriate
pictures ect.
•Poisoned environment- an uncomfortable or
disturbing atmosphere created by the negative
comments or behaviour of others.
Book work
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To be submitted for mark.