Rights and Advocacy
Rights and Advocacy
Know your rights. We’re here to help you understand and navigate campus policies, find support, and file and resolve complaints.
Human Rights Services
The Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion’s Human Rights Services promotes an equitable and inclusive environment free from discrimination and harassment for all members of the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) community. We provide proactive consultations and advice on human rights issues at the university. This includes consultations and advice related to human rights accommodation needs. Here you’ll also find free and confidential complaint-resolution services, and a team dedicated to the shared responsibilities we have for learning, working and living environments at TMU free from discrimination and harassment.
We manage a free and confidential complaint resolution process for issues related to 2 TMU policies: the Discrimination and Harassment Policy and the Sexual Violence Policy.
The Discrimination and Harassment Policy provides protection to all TMU community members. It prohibits discrimination and harassment in university learning, working and living environments on the basis of a variety of protected grounds. This includes discrimination and harassment that students within the 2SLGBTQ+ community may face, including, but not limited to:
- Comments and insults that ridicule, humiliate or demean people because of their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
- “Outing” or threatening to “out” someone’s sexual orientation.
- Intrusive and unwelcome questions about a person’s gender expression, including their body, physical characteristics, gender-related medical procedures, clothing, etc.
- A refusal to acknowledge and use a transgender student’s chosen name or pronoun.
The Sexual Violence Policy provides protection against sexual violence. This includes gender-based violence directed against a person because of their gender, or that disproportionately affects someone of a particular gender.
Human Rights Services is here to answer questions about these policies and can guide you through the process for filing and resolving a complaint. Connect with us for more information about options available to address any human rights concerns.
