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		<title>Rights tribunal orders Ottawa fire department to pay disabled retiree six-figure settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA — Ottawa taxpayers are on the hook for what should be a six-figure settlement after a tribunal found that the city’s fire department unreasonably failed to accommodate a former employee hurt in a workplace accident in 2003. In a recent decision, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ordered the City of Ottawa to pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access, Equity and Human Rights Community Funding Program (AEHR)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AEHR grant applications are due 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 AEHR Program Guidelines (PDF) &#160; The Access, Equity and Human Rights (AEHR) Investment Funding Program is an investment funding program that helps the City of Toronto achieve its social, economic and cultural goals by working to achieve a positive race relations and human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excessive Overtime Doubles Depression Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yosie Saint-Cyr Now I know what ails me! But seriously speaking, it does not surprise me at all. A January 25, 2012, British research study published in PLoS ONE Journal indicates that people who work 11 or more hours a day have double the odds of becoming depressed compared with those who don’t work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto police settle G20 human rights case against paraplegic man</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trish at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Wendy Gillis, Staff Reporter, TheStar.com Toronto police have settled a human rights claim filed by a paraplegic man arrested during the G20 summit, but the terms will not be made public due to a confidentiality clause. Gabriel Jacobs, a panhandler paralyzed from the waist down, filed a claim with the Human Rights Tribunal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your Employees Comfortable Disclosing Disability?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans with disabilities are most likely to disclose their disability when they need an accommodation or have a supportive supervisor and are least likely to do so if they fear they will lose a job, or fail to gain one, by doing so. But lack of disclosure could impact the workplace in a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accommodating Bipolar Disorder in the Workplace, Part I: Disclosure and Stigma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Bader, Ph.D. Bipolar disorder, as well as being a mental illness, is also a disability. It is protected in the United States under the Americans With Disabilities Act, while in Canada it is protected under provincial Human Rights Acts. Employers are not only obliged to ignore bipolar disorder when considering hiring decisions, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>StopGap Ramp Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trish at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses are working with a not-for-profit www.StopGap.ca to arrange portable ramps for stores that have ONE STEP preventing people with mobility devices from entering. At this time ramps are being provided to businesses for FREE sponsored by Home Depot. A short film about how the StopGap initiative is raising awareness about barriers in our built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewing Candidates with Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job interviews play a critical role in the hiring process, allowing employers the opportunity to identify the individual who possesses the best mix of knowledge, skills and abilities for the position available. When interviewing a candidate with a disability, some employers find themselves nervous about how to act or uncertain about how to act and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaf Man Fights DND Over Lost Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerome Lessard, The Intelligencer &#160; Jeffrey Stringer has won the first round of a five-year discrimination battle with the Department of National Defence. But the hearing-impaired former drafting technician at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton said he is not done fighting. Recently, the Department of National Defence (DND) was ordered to pay the 41-year-old civilian more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Complaint Says Toronto Zoning Restrictions Discriminate Against People with Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol at PF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press &#160; Ontario’s human rights tribunal will weigh a challenge to Toronto’s zoning rules that experts say could affect how municipalities across the country integrate housing for people with mental illness or disabilities. City lawyers had asked the tribunal to throw out a complaint against rules that restrict the number [...]]]></description>
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