It is essential, therefore, that Toronto District School Board programs, curriculum, teaching methods and management practices support the values embodied in this policy. 3.3 Supervisory and Managerial Personnal Supervisory and managerial personnel have a specific duty to implement the policy. This duty includes prevention of and response to discrimination and harassment and the education of staff, students and the school community. Failure to take measures to address discrimination and harassment in the learning and working environment may have legal implications for the Board. Disability Ethnic origin Family status Gender Gender identity Marital status Place of origin Race Sexual orientation Socio-economic status 4.2 Forms of Discrimination Discrimination is defined as unfair treatment of a person or group based on the grounds listed above.
Sexual harassment is a particular form of harassment.
It can take the form of a sexual advance, request for sexual favours or sexual flirtation or banter made by any person, including a person in a position to grant, confer or deny a benefit, privilege, or advancement, where the person engaging in such conduct knows, or ought reasonably to know, that it is unwelcome. Sexual attention by an employee toward a student is unacceptable under any circumstances and shall constitute a violation of this policy Failure to reasonably accommodate a person short of undue hardship on any of the grounds covered by this policy. Discrimination against individuals because of their relationship or association with a person or persons identified by a prohibited ground of discrimination under this policy. Reprisals which may include threats, intimidation, denial of opportunity or undue negative focus on the rights of individuals or groups who claim and enforce their rights under this policy. Poisoned learning environments include inappropriate or non-inclusive curriculum and pedagogy, bias or discriminatory barriers in existing policies, programs, or assessment procedures, and discriminatory comments made by teachers and other employees.