About the Human Rights Commission

The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission   Expanded online version
Fact Sheet 2 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Our annual reports
(bilingual, about 45 pages each)

 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98
 1999-00 (also available online in PDF (407 KB) or Word (344 KB))
 2000-01 (also available online in PDF (177 KB) or Word (286 KB))
 2001-02 (also available online in PDF (237 KB))
 2002-03 (also available online in PDF (320 KB))
 2003-04 (also available online in PDF (570 KB))
 2004-05 (also available online in PDF (462 KB))  New
 

Planning and Renewal

 Public consultations
 Your comments sought about these draft documents
 Toward a World Family (Ferris Report)
 1989 report on human rights reform in New Brunswick by Charles Ferris (270 pages)
 Thirty-Five Years and Looking Forward!
 Survey and discussion paper published in 2002 (17 pages)
 Summary of consultations
 Summary of consultation meetings held in 2002 and 2003 (17 pages)
 The Commission's Strategic Plan
 One page overview of Stategic Plan
 Position Paper on Human Rights Renewal
 Recommendations published by the Commission in February 2004 (10 pages)

Equality in Action, The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission; 30 Years in Review
History of the Commission from 1967 to 1997 (115 pages) 

Submissions

 The Right to Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value: a Fundamental Human Right PDF (325 KB)
 Submission on pay equity to Wage Gap Roundtable in 2003 (19 pages)
 Pay Equity Act (Bill 77)
 Presentation to Standing Committee on Law Amendments in 2004 (3 pages)

 
   About the Human Rights Act

The New Brunswick Human Rights Act   Expanded online version
Fact Sheet 1 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Human Rights in New Brunswick video
Part 1 of Vision for Equality video series (26 minute North American VHS cassette with workshop manual)
 
Guidelines: Exceptions

 BFOQ's, BFQ's and the duty to accommodate  Printer-friendly version (PDF)
 Main exceptions and duties under the Human Rights Act (10 pages)
 Special programmes
 Guideline on affirmative action (9 pages)
 

Guidelines: Procedure

 Delegation of compliance functions
 Authority of the Director to close complaints (4 pages)
 Time limit extension for complaint initiation
 Criteria for allowing complaints to be filed after one year (1 page)
 Privileged communications
 Use of "without prejudice" information (3 pages)
 

Guidelines: Prohibited Grounds

 HIV/AIDS  Printer-friendly version (PDF)
 General criteria for investigation (3 pages)
 Political Belief or Activity
 Guideline on discrimination due to political belief or activity (7 pages)
 Pregnancy
 Guideline on pregnancy discrimination (10 pages)
 Social Condition
 Guideline on discrimination based on social condition (8 pages)

 
   About Employment

Employment Conditions and Practices
Fact Sheet 4 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Employment Agencies
Fact Sheet 5 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Job Advertisements
Fact Sheet 6 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Pre-employment Process   Expanded online version
Fact Sheet 7 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Workplace Accessibility
Fact Sheet 8 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Sexual Harassment   Online
Fact Sheet 9 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Combatting Harassment video
Part 3 of Vision for Equality video series
(27 minute North American VHS cassette with workshop manual)
 
Employment Guidelines

 Accommodating Physical and Mental Disability at Work
 (28 pages)
 Drug and Alcohol Testing at Work
 (15 pages)

 

   About Housing and Public Services

Public Services
Fact Sheet 3 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Housing
Fact Sheet 10 (2 pages; printed or e-mail)

Housing Guideline   Online
(20 pages)

 

   Educational Resources for Equality

Learning Together About Rights and Responsibilities
Teacher's guide with 27 activities for students in grades 1 to 8 relating to human rights in general, appreciation of diverse cultures, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. (157 pages)

Rights and Responsibilities: the 4th and 5th R's of Education
A common sense guide to human rights education for adults with 31 activities to combat stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and racism (104 pages)

Vision for Equality video series
Four-part video series on one North American VHS cassette (2 hours) with 39 page workshop manual

Foundations for Fairness video series and study guide   More information
Human Rights are Everybody's Business poster   View poster
28 cm x 43 cm (11" x 17") full-colour poster with URL & phone of NBHRC

Human Rights Day certificate
Two-colour reproduction of certificate signed by Premier declaring September 15 to be New Brunswick Human Rights Day (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm, 8.5" x 11")