CHREI develops instructional materials, guides and other practical tools to promote and support DEDI at York. Handouts from our workshops, which include links to sources, are available to the participants at the end of the sessions.

We also collaborate with partners across the York community in developing online modules, tools and resources for students, faculty and staff. If you have questions about integrating any of our modules and resources into your team's DEDI plan at YorkU, send us an email at chrwkshp@yorku.ca.

View a complete list of the resources on our website listed according to theme.

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Accessible Guides

Accessible PDF Guides are available to download

Know Your Rights:
Resource Guides

These resource guides provide a succinct overview of various Human Rights issues and the applicable York policies.

Hate Propaganda: A Guide for Students, Faculty & Staff Accessible PDF (This guide is available in French)

Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Students, Faculty, & Staff Accessible PDF

Gender Expression/Gender Identity: A Guide for Students, Faculty, & Staff (Inclusive Language) Accessible PDF

Accommodating Disability: A Guide for Students, Faculty, & Staff Accessible PDF

Additional resources from Student Accessibility Services are available for faculty and students. See also: Accessibility Hub

Accommodating Creed (Religion): A Guide for Students, Faculty, & Staff Accessible PDF

Faculty Resource Guide: Teaching Students with Disabilities Accessible PDF

You can also visit the page on Filing Human Rights Complaints in this website.

Online Harassment Guide for Faculty & Staff

Students, staff, and faculty at York are working, learning, teaching, and collaborating online and in virtual spaces more and more.

Many forms of unacceptable behaviour, including personal harassment and harassment based on the grounds listed in the Human Rights Code (Ontario) (which includes sexual harassment), can take place online much the same as they might take place in person.

This guide will assist staff and faculty members in understanding when workplace harassment protections apply, where those protections are codified, what type of harassment is at issue, and where to go for recourse.

Additional Guides

Ramadan 101

This resource serves as a guide for folks interested in learning more about Ramadan, one of the most significant days commemorated by Muslims. It provides useful tips on practising allyship as well as an overview of York's policies on Accommodation.

Guides de ressources en français

Guide vers un français plus inclusif par rapport au genre du Collège universitaire Glendon

Que vous soyez à la recherche de solutions de communication pratiques pour refléter votre engagement envers l’inclusivité des personnes, ou que vous souhaitiez en savoir plus sur les concepts du français « inclusif », ce
guide est pour vous.

La propagande haineuse : Guide pour les étudiants, les membres de la Faculté et le personnel

This guide is available in English.

Looking for specific information about YU Human Rights policies ? See: YU Human Rights Policies & Procedures

Additional Resources

2025 Featured Resources

Tour participants with Clifton at the Harriet Tubman Institute

Blackness at YU - A Guided Tour of Resources for Black students

This microsite documents the resources included in a guided tour that Clifton Grant curated and led during Inclusion Week 2025. The resources and facilities appear in the order of the tour that took place on March 4, 2025.

View the tour

DEDI in Research

Upcoming in June 2025: How can DEDI Make Research Impactful and Innovative? Watch this space for resources developed by the Education Team for the Pre-Conference Workshop at the University of Mt. Saint Vincent in Nova Scotia's Our Future is Aging Conference.

Inclusion Lens

Planning an event? This Event Management Tool is designed to assist York University in engaging all peoples in events from planning, advertising, implementation to evaluation. It was developed by CHREI in partnership with the Lassonde School of Engineering.

Inclusion Lens Website

The Human Rights Praxis Project E-Book

The eBook is an experiential education tool, collaboratively created by CHREI and SimXSpace.

This resource provides an opportunity to learn and apply skills such as empathy, civility, effective communication, critical thinking and emotional intelligence which are necessary in responding effectively to situations of discrimination.

Learn More

Inclusion for whom? Housing and the cost of living at York: A Walking Tour of York University

This website documents an alternative campus tour organized by the Human Rights and Health Equity Collective during Inclusion Week 2023. It reflects on the challenges to inclusion and community in the ongoing housing and cost of living crisis that impacts many Yok students.

Learn More

Online Harassment: A Guide for Faculty & Staff

Download the PDF Guide

Overview

The Scope of York's Human Rights Policy

Faculty and staff members can still be considered to be acting in the course of their duties even when they are not physically present on campus.

You have options

If you believe you are experiencing harassment online or in virtual spaces, you have options for taking action to ensure the harassing behaviour ends and that York Community members are held accountable for their conduct or comments. Scroll and view some important basic information.

Contact a Case Advisor: rights@yorku.ca

Examples of Harassment covered

This can include: remote teaching, whether by video, phone, message board, internet chat, or some other mode of communication; while corresponding with York Community members including: students, faculty, or staff, whether by email or another method, electronic or otherwise; during Zoom or Skype video meetings or calls with students, colleagues, or staff; while using Moodle or other similar online learning platforms; and at conferences or other off-campus events or meetings; while at working lunches or dinners.

York Community Members

The common feature of the examples listed is that there is some real connection to the faculty or staff member’s work for York University at the time and in the context when the alleged harassment occurred. The alleged harasser (the person(s) you believe is harassing you) must be a York Community member. A “York Community member” is a broadly defined but generally refers to students, staff and faculty. There are other categories of people, who have special and unique relationships to York, that may also be covered by some or all of these policies.

Alleged behaviour by a Staff or Faculty Member

Option 1 – Occupational Health and Safety Act
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) addresses workplace harassment and violence.

Option 2 – using the Human Rights Code
The Human Rights Code (Ontario) also addresses harassment (and discrimination) based on a protected identity or characteristics.

Option 3 – through a Collective Agreement
Certain harassment concerns may also be addressed through the labour relations regime, as a grievance brought through the appropriate bargaining unit (where applicable). This applies to both personal harassment and Code-based harassment.

Alleged behavior by a student

If the person is a student, the Office of Student Community Relations (OSCR) oversees the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities which governs student conduct. OSCR can assist the staff or faculty member to engage the dispute resolution and/or complaint process under the Code. All complaints about student conduct or comments, whether Code-based or not (with the exception of sexual harassment), begin with OSCR.

Book a consultation with us.

York University is a large institution with a broad and diverse community of staff, students, and faculty. There are a number of policies and procedures which have been developed to ensure the needs of this community are met and to comply with legislative requirements. This network of policies can appear confusing or daunting when someone is faced with a harassing situation. CHREI is available for confidential consultations to provide summary advice and information regarding the workplace harassment protections and procedures in place at York University.

Email : rights@yorku.ca

Call: 416-736-5682