Planning bodies have been brought to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and Commission multiple times for infringing on human rights. This page summarizes key resources to help planners, developers, and community members plan in a way consistent with the Ontario Human Rights Code, as required by the Ontario Provincial Planning Statement, and in alignment with Canada's agreement with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (covenants that give legal force to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
An online community of city-builders (artists, planners, urban farmers, lawyers, teachers, tenant organizers + more). Space created by a group of BIPOC city builders who sought a safe space to share resources and build community capacity to address systemic and ongoing challenges disproportionately affecting BIPOC communities and families (for example, housing, cultural erasure, mobility and transportation quality, and exclusion)