Based on their unique combination of identities, people may be exposed to particular forms of discrimination and may experience significant personal pain and social harm that come from such acts of discrimination. a) When grounds intersectĪ person’s experience of discrimination is often linked to the compounding effects of multiple grounds. For a list of Commission policies, refer to Appendix A. The Commission has developed policies that outline in more detail how the Code applies to grounds such as family status, age (older persons), sexual orientation, race, disability, gender identify, sex (harassment, and also pregnancy and breastfeeding) and language (may be connected to ethnic origin, place of origin, race and ancestry).
This section describes specific parts of each of the grounds of the Code, and highlights points that are distinctive or particular to each of the grounds.
