22 Apr. 2024
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) is aiming to eliminate anti-Indigenous discrimination within the province’s healthcare system.
The OHRC is working with Indigenous partners to develop human rights policy guidance to put a stop to this phenomenon, which the commission describes as “long-standing and widespread”.
“Indigenous-specific discrimination is pervasive throughout our healthcare system,” said Patricia DeGuire, chief commissioner, OHRC, “This is intolerable. The commission calls for immediate and practical change.”
Nearly six in 10 (58.6%) of Indigenous workers have experienced discrimination in their current workplace, according to a previous ComIT.org report.
Survey of Indigenous peoples’ lived experiences