Education Law
Priority Area
ARCH’s work in education law focuses on the access, accommodation and inclusion of children with disabilities in Ontario to primary and secondary public education. Ontario’s Human Rights Code protects people with disabilities from discrimination when they receive services. This includes children with disabilities who receive public education services.
ARCH’s activities in education law include:
- conducting law reform, public and continuing legal education and community development projects in education and human rights [see services for community];
- providing summary legal advice to students with disabilities and/or their parents regarding education issues and the duty to accommodate in schools [see services for individuals]; and
- providing legal representation to students with disabilities in brief services or test case litigation [see services for individuals]. To qualify for legal representation, clients must meet Legal Aid Ontario’s financial eligibility guidelines.
Related News
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May 6, 2010ARCH staff lawyers, Kerri Joffe and Robert Lattanzio, presented at the 2010 CAPSLE Conference in Calgary on Inclusive Education and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
Significant Cases
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Wynberg v. Ontario (2006), 82 O.R. (3d) 561
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Auton (Guardian ad litem of) v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [2004] 3 S.C.R. 657, 2004 SCC 78
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Eaton v. Brant County Board of Education, [1997] 1 S.C.R. 241.
Publications and Submissions
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April 26, 2010ARCH staff lawyers, Kerri Joffe and Robert Lattanzio, presented at the 2010 CAPSLE Conference in Calgary on Inclusive Education and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
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January 15, 2010ARCH supports the campaign for the 21st International Congress on the Educatiion of the Deaf to pass a resolution that formally apologizes and renounces the 1880 ICED Milan Resolution.
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September 1, 2009ARCH staff lawyers attended the 2nd international conference at the University of Warsaw, Poland entitled ‘Education for All’. Our presentation discussed a human rights approach to...
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May 17, 2007Submission on Bill 212, an Act to amend the Education Act in respect of behaviour, discipline and safety, May 17, 2007 ARCH made written and oral submissions to the Standing Committee on General...
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ARCH makes recommendations to revise The Safe Schools Act to correct steps taken backward for students with disabilities. The Act has resulted in segregation of students with disabilities which is...
