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Osgoode Professional Development is the lifelong learning arm of Osgoode Hall Law School, one of Canada’s leading law schools.
We provide a uniquely broad and flexible range of interdisciplinary graduate-level legal education to professionals with and without law degrees.
Theories of rights and theories of discrimination
The duty to accommodate in relation to gender, disability, religion/creed, family status and other human rights grounds
The interplay between human rights legislation and other related legislative regimes
How to address competing rights
Strategic decision-making skills to resolve complaints through informal or formal processes
Understand the role of human rights agencies (Commissions, Tribunals, Advocacy Centres) and the Courts
How to identify and resolve ethical issues and issues of fairness in human rights matters
What remedies are available, including damages and innovative solutions crafted by human rights tribunals
Approaches for dealing with the aftermath of a human rights complaint
In order to obtain the Certificate, the learner must:
Approximately 35 hours of learning effort, spread over multiple weeks.