Written by Glenn Kauth
Posted Date: October 31, 2011
A law graduate who lost her discrimination claim against her articling principal has once again found herself stymied at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
In a new ruling, the HRTO dismissed Anica Visic’s request for reconsideration of a decision earlier this year that there was insufficient evidence for a finding of discrimination stemming from the employer’s request for her final law school transcript.
Taco Bell is expected to appeal ruling that it violated Americans with Disabilities Act
October 25, 2011 | By
Lisa Jennings
A recent federal court decision that found Taco Bell in violation of federal and state laws protecting the rights of customers who use wheelchairs or scooters should motivate restaurant operators to comply with access rules, attorneys say.
October 28, 2011
SUMMARY
A major priority for us in the new Ontario Legislature is to get Ontario’s elections legislation strengthened to ensure fully accessible elections for voters and candidates with disabilities. We foreshadowed this on the eve of Election Day earlier this month. Visit: https://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/10042011.asp
We have a good crack at this, in the new minority government situation in the Ontario Legislature, since:
CBC News
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 3:50 PM ET
A new technology called “hearing loop” helps block out ambient noise for those who have hearing aids. (Matt Dunham/Associated Press)
Advocates for the hearing impaired are hoping a technology that drastically reduces background noise for the hearing impaired will find a home in public
spaces across Canada.
The University and the AMS have halted the installment of a wheelchair lift due to funding constraints
By Katherine Fernandez-Blance,
News Editor
25th October 2011
Louise Bark hasn’t been able to return to her volunteer position at CFRC since April because the radio station’s office in the basement of Carruthers Hall
isn’t wheelchair accessible.
