Principal at Karas Legal Services P.C., Christopher Karas, is a litigant in some high profile cases, a licensed Paralegal of the Law Society of Upper Canada and mediator. He mainly focuses on provincial and federal Human Rights matters.

Karas is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist. He has spoken at the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, Ryerson University and York University in numerous areas including Health Canada blood and organ regulations, Canadian Blood Services' policies, Ontario Accepting Schools Act, protections under the Charter, Canadian Human Rights Act and Ontario Human Rights Code, and substantive Human Rights.  

He was the litigant in the case of Christopher Karas v. École secondaire catholique Sainte-Famille. He challenged his then French Catholic school board, CSDCCS, Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud and his school École secondaire catholique Sainte-Famille at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario when the school board barred him from putting up posters of his civil rights hero Harvey Milk and a Gender and Sexuality Alliance that Karas and his peers tried to build throughout high school. As a result, the school now has a GSA and the school board has since changed its name. The board is now known as Conseil Scholaire Catholique MonAvenir.

He is also the present litigant in the federal case of Christopher Karas v. Canadian Blood Services and Health Canada. He is challenging the MSM, men who have sex with other men, blood donation deferral policy at the Canadian Human Rights Commission to change Canada's blood donation policy. He challenged the policy when he was barred from donating lifesaving blood at a local blood donation clinic. The federal legal challenge was accepted September 3rd 2016 and could result in significant public policy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to end the policy in 2015.

He is fluent in English and French, and represents clients in both languages.

Education

YORK UNIVERSITY

B.A., Bilingual, Hons., Political Science 2021 – Present

HUMBER COLLEGE
Diploma, Paralegal Education, 2017

RYERSON UNIVERSITY
Hon. Certificate, Leadership, 2014

Activities & Affiliations

• Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada

• Member of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO)

• Member of the Anti-69 Network — Against the Mythologies of the 1969 Criminal Code Reform

• Past President of Action Positive VIH/sida

Awards & Honours

• Recipient of Youth Role Model of the Year Award 2018

• Named one of Tegan and Sara’s Legion of Queer Heroes

• Named one of 25 most influential Franco-Ontarians

Admission

• Ontario