Sixty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its famous declaration that, even today, remains as the most important statement ever to be formulated. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes “the inherent dignity” and “the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family.”

BY POPULAR REQUEST: Professor Emeritus Terence G. Ison's Speech to the Health & Safety and WCB Conference Delegates, Nov. 25- 27, 2010 at the Sheraton Centre. Click here for more information.

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(TORONTO) - OFL President Sid Ryan is urging Toronto Police Association President Mike McCormack to call upon his members to own up to the beatings of innocent members of the public during the G20.

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(TORONTO) - Every minute of every day, a woman or child is sexually assaulted; each week, 1-2 women are murdered by a current or former partner; violence against Aboriginal women continues to mount – so far 582 Aboriginal women have been documented as missing and likely murdered; homicide is the #1 killer of women in the workplace; women with disabilities are 1.5 to 10 times as likely to be abused as non-disabled women, depending on whether they live in the community or in institutions.

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December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.

Our ally in the fight for women’s equality urgently needs your financial support.  The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is the only national organization that works to ensure our courts and policy makers recognize the equality rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for women and other marginalized persons.

Fri., Dec. 3, marks the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities and gives prominence to issues of access, inclusion and equality. It also shines a spotlight on the need for urgent government action in support of the full involvement of persons with disabilities.