Embodied Inequality: Fatness, Human Rights and Systemic Oppression in Ontario Schools

This article examines the reproduction of fat-bias and stigma in the Ontario education system. In an effort to understand fatness as a ground of discrimination, we will thoughtfully explore the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and precedent case law to understand how discrimination against fat bodies is an issue of disability discourse and systematic oppression of disabled persons. Through a close reading of the Ontario Physical Education Curriculum, this paper will identify how the current OPE curriculum discriminates against fat bodies. Keywords: Human Rights, Disability Rights, Education, Physical Education, Fatness, Fat-Activism