Disability

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In Complainant v 4 Seasons Transport, 2025 AHRC 20, the Alberta human rights tribunal ordered a complaint to be anonymized.

In Rodd v Autism Edmonton, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal allowed a complainant to add a second complainant years after the initial complaint was filed.

In Elliott v Imperial Oil Limited, 2024 AHRC 137, very broad disclosure of the complainants medical documents was ordered.

Ng v Athabasca University, 2023 AHRC 94 (Oshionebo) is a new decision where a human rights complaint was barred for being filed too late

In Swan v Syncrude Canada, 2023 AHRC 77, the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal found the dismissal was related to PTSD, but Syncrude was not responsible

In Vashisht v CitiFinancial, 2023 AHRC 44, the Alberta human rights tribunal ruled that CitiFinancial did not discriminate on the basis of family status regarding childcare

In Khatami v Legislative Assembly Office, 2023 AHRC 22 is a new Alberta human rights case where there was no perceived disability found

In Thieven v Sherlock Clothing, 2023 AHRC 9, an employee with Crohn’s disease was demoted for being low energy and it was found to be discrimination

In Haverluck, 2022 AHRC 75 a Skip driver won a discrimination complaint against Burger Boy after it refused to give him drink trays for orders with only 1 drink (he has one arm). 

In Jackson v Maskwacis Ambulance, 2022 AHRC 53, an employer argued evidence about a miscarriage should be barred for being over a year old

Zarooben v WCB is a new Alberta Court of Appeal case which determined that the WCB had improperly weighed medical evidence in denying a claim.