New Ontario Human Rights Commission Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a new policy on the prevention of sexual and gender-based harassment in early 2011.

The policy provides a general overview of sexual and gender-based harassment, and then offers more context-specific information for employers, as well as for housing providers and educators. The policy provides examples of conduct that has been found to constitute sexual or gender-based harassment in each of these contexts. It also contains a section outlining suggested content for an anti-sexual harassment policy.