Resources

• Ableism and Accessibility
• Access to Justice
• Additional Law Society Resources
• Coach and Advisor Network - Law Society
• Coaching/Networking/Mentoring Resources
• Diversity in General
• Gender Equality and LGBTIQ2S Resources
• Government Organizations
• Human Rights Code/Human Rights Policy
• Human Rights/Diversity Policy – Law Society Resources
• Indigenous Legal Resources
• Justicia Project - Law Society Resources
• Legal Ethics
• Legislation
• Mental Health Issues
• Race and Racism
• Racism in the News and Popular Culture
• Requirement to Acknowledge Human Rights Laws
• Research and Reports – the Law Society’s Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group
• Statistics on Race and Diversity
• Tools for Measuring Statistics
• Workplace Violence, Harassment, and Misconduct

Ableism and Accessibility

• Accessibility rules for businesses and non-profits
• Common Barriers to Participation Experienced by People with Disabilities  

Access to Justice

• The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG)

Additional Law Society Resources

• See the Law Society’s Equity and Diversity pages for additional reports, model policies and publications  

Coach and Advisor Network – Law Society

• Coach and Advisor Network  
• “Law Practice Coach and Advisor Initiative” – Final Report to Convocation, January 28, 2016 – Mentoring and Advisory Services Proposal Task Force

Coaching/Networking/Mentoring Resources

• Menteer – a mobile app for finding mentors and mentees
• “App service Menteer wants to help you find a mentor” CBC Radio article

Diversity in General

• “Cultural Competence: An Essential Skill in an Increasingly Diverse World” (Toronto: LawPRO Magazine, 2014, Volume 13, Issue 2) 
• “Diversity and Inclusion Charter annual report 2015” Law Society of England and Wales
• “Diversity League Table 2015” Black Solicitors Network
• “Federation of Law Societies of Canada – Suitability to Practise Standard” – Report to Convocation, November 21, 2013 – Professional Regulation Committee (topic relates to setting a national standard for the “Good Character Requirement” that includes respect and adherence to human rights and equality principles during the licensing process)
• Keynote address to the Leadership Conference of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, held on September 28, 2006, in Mississauga, Ontario
• Legal Leaders for Diversity and Inclusion (“LLD”)
• Princeton University’s anonymous hotline for complains of discrimination, harassment, and other violations of policies and regulations
• Raj Anand, “Real Change? Reflections on Employment Equity’s Last Thirty Years” in Carl Agócs, Employment Equity in Canada: The Legacy of the Abella Report (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014) [no link available]
• Sabrina Lyon and Lorne Sossin, “Data and Diversity in the Canadian Justice Community”, Vol. 10, No. 5 (2014) Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12/2014
• Stonewall Top 100 Employers (An Inclusion index that details aggregate inclusion information about legal workplaces and workplaces in other industries)
• The Law Firms Diversity and Inclusion Network (“LFDIN”)
• “What Gets Measured Gets Done: Measuring the ROI of Diversity and Inclusion” Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Gender Equity and LGBTIQ2S Resources  

• “Increasing Gender Diversity In Corporate Leadership” Queen’s Printer for Ontario
• Justicia Project
• Pride at Work Canada’s LGBT Inclusion Index
• “Grossly Indecent: Confronting the Legacy of State Sponsored Discrimination Against Canada’s LGBTIQ2S Communities” The Just Society Report by Egale
• “Sexual Orientation and human rights (brochure)” by the Ontario Human Rights Commission
• “Gender identity and gender expression (brochure)” by the Ontario Human Rights Commission

 

Government Organizations

• Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
• Ontario Ministry of Labour
• Public Services Health & Safety Association

Human Rights Code/Human Rights Policy

• A policy primer: Guide to developing human rights policies and procedures
• Guide to your rights and responsibilities under the Human Rights Code
• Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition

Human Rights/Diversity Policy – Law Society Resources  

• Legislative Framework for Human Rights/Diversity Policies (HTML) (PDF)
• Key Concepts in Drafting Human Rights/Diversity Policies (HTML) (PDF)
• Addressing Recruitment, Retention and Advancement in Human Rights/Diversity Policies (HTML) (PDF)
• Sample Policies (PDF) (Word)

Indigenous Legal Resources

Reports

• Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
• The Ipperwash Inquiry - Final Report
• The Iacobucci Report – First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries
  • Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan
  • Feathers of Hope: Justice and Jurie 
• The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Final Report  

Residential Schools Settlement Agreement

• Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, May 8 2006

UNDRIP

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Law Society Indigenous Framework

• Law Society Indigenous Framework (Convocation, June 29, 2017)

Law Society Aboriginal Bar Consultation

• Final Report: Aboriginal Bar Consultation

Practice Guidelines

• Practice Guidelines for Aboriginal Law Proceedings, Federal Court
• Guidelines for lawyers working with Indigenous People (Law Society of Ontario)

Gladue

• R v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688
• Gladue Sentencing Principles (Video, 4 Modules, Resources and Glossary)
• Gladue Primer (Legal Aid, British Columbia)

 

  

Justicia Project - Law Society Resources

• The Justicia Project is the Law Society's innovative initiative designed to support the retention and advancement of women lawyers in private practice.

Legal Ethics

• Paralegal Competencies (s 3 specifically)
• Paralegal Rules of Conduct
• Rules of Professional Conduct (Lawyer)
• Tahlia Ruth Gordon, Steve A. Mark, Christine Parker, “Regulating Law Firm Ethics Management: An Empirical Assessment of the Regulation of Incorporated Legal Practices in NSW” (2010) Journal of Law and Society
• The Entry-Level Barrister Competencies (ss 19 and 192 specifically)
• The Entry-Level Solicitor Competencies (ss 19 and 192 specifically)

Legislation

• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, S.O. 2005
• Canadian Human Rights Act, R.S.C., 1985
• Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990
• “Diversity and Inclusion Charter” The Law Society of England and Wales
• Law Society Act, R.S.O. 1990
• Law Society By-Laws
• Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990
  • Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
• O. Reg. 191/11: INTEGRATED ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS
• “Policy and Guidelines on Racism and Racial Discrimination” Ontario Human Rights Commission

Mental Health Issues

• Law Society Member Assistance Program
• LSUC’s Long-Term Mental Health Strategy – approved in April 2016 Convocation Report  

Race and Racism

• “For a More Inclusive Profession – The Forum Project” Barreau du Québec
• Ontario Human Rights Commission, Racial discrimination, race and racism
• Projet Panorama, a project aimed at recruiting, retaining and advancing lawyers from ethnocultural groups within law firms and legal departments in Québec
• “Racialized communities strategy” Legal Aid Ontario
• “Towards a new OHRC policy on racial profiling” Ontario Human Rights Commission

Racism in the News and Popular Culture

• Black Lives Matter Toronto Twitter
• “Ontario Establishing an Anti-Racism Directorate: Government Working to Advance Equality for All Ontarians” Queen’s Printer for Ontario
• #OscarsSoWhite hashtag
• “U of T to track race-based data of its students” Toronto Star
• “What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood” The New York Time

Research and Reports – the Law Society’s Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group

• “Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Working Group – Final Report,” EAIC Report to Convocation for Decision and Information – December 2016. 
• Developing Strategies for Change: Addressing Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensee s Consultation Paper – October 2014
  • Consultation Fact Sheet
• Results from Consultant Engagement Process - Stratcom Final Report
• Equity Advisory Committee Submission in Response to Stratcom Report
• Results from Community Engagement Process:
  • Results from Informal Engagements
  •  Community Liaison Report
• Law Society Studies and Scan of Best Practices

Statistics on Race and Diversity

• Statistical Snapshots of Lawyers and Paralegals (Law Society)
• 2011 National Household Survey Highlights: Factsheet 2
• Annual Report of the office of the Correctional Investigator 2014-2015
• “Social Justice Tribunals Ontario: 2013-2014 Annual Report” Social Justice Tribunals Ontario (stats on the type of issues in the applications received at the Human Rights Tribunal)

Tools for Measuring Statistics

• “A Diversity Self-Assessment Tool for Law Firms” Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Appendix F of the Stratcom Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees Final Report (March 11, 2014) – use the survey questions in the appendix as a foundation for LSUC inclusion surveys
• Canadian Bar Association, “Measuring Diversity in Law Firms: A Critical Tool for Achieving Performance” (Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 2012) [no link available]
• “Count me in! Collecting human rights-based data” Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Diversity Data Analytics – Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
• “Diversity data collection” Solicitors Regulation Authority
• Workplace Violence Risk Assessment Tools

Workplace Violence, Harassment, and Misconduct

• Constance Backhouse, Donald McRae and Nitya Iyer, “Report of the Task force on Misogyny, Sexism and Homophobia in Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry”, June 26, 2015
• Understand the law on workplace violence and harassment