Learn about HRO Services
How can the Human Rights Office help?
The Human Rights Office (HRO) provides safe, timely, confidential and impartial advice, support, referrals and information to members of the SFU community on issues related to human rights.
Policies
The Human Rights Office is responsible for administering the Human Rights Policy (GP 18) and Procedures at the university. The policies outline that the office provides advice and support to the SFU community on the following issues:
- Discrimination
- Harassment based on a protected ground (such as sexual or race-based harassment)
- GP 18 retaliation.
HRO Activities
In addition to providing confidential advice and support, the HRO also:
- Receives complaints of discrimination, harassment based on a protected ground, and GP 18 retaliation from members of the SFU community.
- Facilitates resolution of complaints through voluntary informal resolution, mediation, and/or referrals to investigation.
- Advises on non-disability related academic accommodation for students (e.g. religious accommodation).
- Implements and promotes education, awareness, prevention, and training to address discrimination, harassment based on a protected ground, and GP 18 retaliation.
- Acts as an impartial advisory and information resource for members of the SFU community, including with respect to the duty to accommodate, policy review, and conflict resolution coaching.
- Systematically collects data and maintains annual statistics, without identifying information, for the purposes of community education and reporting to the SFU community.
Further Resources
For more information about the complaint process, support services, and more, you can access the following resources: