We’re a resource for all Brock community members to provide information, education, assistance, and advice on issues related to human rights, harassment and discrimination in Ontario.

This includes harassment and discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, ancestry, creed, sex, gender identification, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, receipt of public assistance (in housing), record of offences (in employment) and disability, as well as personal or workplace harassment and bullying.

Human Rights and Equity (HRE) works with many other departments and services on campus to prevent harassment and discrimination from occurring and to quickly address incidents as they arise. We assist community members with issues of harassment and discrimination in Ontario and help guide them to understand the range of options available to resolve the situation, which predominantly includes the Ontario Human Rights Code and Brock-related policies.

How to Partner with the HRE Office

The Human Rights and Equity Office is open to partnering on relevant events, activities, professional learning, and projects with staff, student groups, and faculty at Brock University. If you are interested in partnering with HRE, please follow the steps listed below:  

1. Please email your contact person in HRE (or [email protected] if you do not have a contact person). In the email, please share: the nature of the request, the intended audience, HRE’s role in the collaboration, and the type of support or partnership requested.  
2. All requests must be made a minimum of six weeks prior to the event, and ideally, HRE will be drawn in at the outset of the work to inform how the work unfolds.  
3. All requests must be Brock/Niagara/Ontario centric and correlated to human rights and equity. In addition, it’s important to note that all HRE’s work is in alignment with the Ontario Human Rights Code and other provincial and federal legislation. 

Any request will be brought to the weekly HRE meeting and the request will be responded to within two weeks.

We acknowledge the land on which Brock University was built is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.

– Brock Aboriginal Education Council, 2018