Office Closure for Visits
To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, our offices will be closed to visits from the public until further notice. Our intake lines will remain open and our staff will be working remotely.
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The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario: An Accessible Forum for Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism
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Amendments to the Judicial Review Procedure Act: deadline to file application is now 30 days
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See HRLSC's response to COVID-19
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Do you have questions about your human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic? Call us for free legal advice
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Culturally safe services for Indigenous People
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HRLSC: Laureat of the Amethyst Award
Welcome to the Human Rights Legal Support Centre
The Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC) offers human rights legal services to individuals throughout Ontario who have experienced discrimination contrary to Ontario's Human Rights Code. Our services may include legal assistance in filing applications at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), and legal representation at mediations and hearings.
Useful Tools
Video: Defending your human rights in Ontario – what you need to know
This video takes Indigenous people through every-day discrimination scenarios at home, when shopping and at work. It provides information about Ontario’s Human Rights Code and how to get free legal help from the Human Rights Legal Support Centre. The video is a joint project of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres and the Human Rights Legal Support Centre, funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario.
Workplace Sexual Harrassment: what are your rights?
Survivors of sexual harassment and violence in the workplace and in other specific social settings (for example, in schools, at your doctor’s office, on campus) have the right to protection under Ontario’s Human Rights Code. This is in addition to participating in a criminal process, or, as an alternative to a civil lawsuit. Claims of sexual harassment can be filed directly at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. If you want to pursue a claim, you can obtain free legal services from the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.
Steps to Justice
Steps to Justice, led by CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) gives comprehensive online information on common legal problems that people experience in family, housing, employment and other areas of law.