Protecting all human rights of Albertans!By: The SUM(M)ERS &

FORD

If anyone feels that they have went through harassment or have been discriminated against, the Act allows for them to make a complaint to the Commission. The Commission’s solution process is to return the complaint to the position they would be in if they did not under go harassment or discrimination.

Commission: The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty.

Statements, publications, notices, signs, symbols, emblems

Facilities and services Tenancy (Possession of land or property as a

tenant) Employment practices, applications or

advertisements Membership in trade unions, employers’

organizations or occupational associations

Trade Union: An organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests

Race: the group of people of the same heritage Religion: system of belief and worship Gender: being male, female or even transgender, also

protecting sexual harassment Physical and Mental Disabilities: deformity, malformations

or disfigurements caused by birth, injuries or illness. Mental disabilities including mental disorder or learning disorders

Marital Status: being married, divorced, widowed, single etc. Place of Origin: birth place Family Status: being adopted, or by blood Sexual Orientation: being homosexual, bisexual or

heterosexual

The Act prohibits anyone retaliating a complaint against another person who has made a complaint or assisted someone making a complaint. The act also does not allow another person to make a complaint with an evil motive.

Retaliating: Make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.

http://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/ProtAreasGrounds.pdf