B.C.’s Human Rights Code: Educational sessions

These free 90-minute introductory session will focus on B.C.’s Human Rights Code and explore your rights and responsibilities under the Code.

The upcoming session covers the areas of housing, employment and services. Whether you are a landlord, tenant, employer, employee, service provider or service  user, there is a legal obligation to have human rights protected in these areas.  Please join us during these interactive sessions and learn about your rights and responsibilities.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session learners will be able to:

• Situate B.C.’s Human Rights Code in other human rights laws  
• Consider how these laws apply to our rights and responsibilities.  
• Recognize the personal characteristics that are protected under B.C.’s Human Rights Code and in which areas they are protected 
• Identify discrimination under B.C.’s Human Rights Code  
• Explore the organizations and processes that make up B.C.’s human rights system, and how they work together. 
• Become familiar with additional factors to consider when identifying discrimination. 

Event details

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. PT

Method: Virtual, via Zoom video conferencing

How to join the event

• Please register (https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6yt4eHElRK-MkqYwZyZDuQ) or
• Please contact [email protected] to register

A note on accessibility and interpretation

Zoom generated closed captioning and translated captions will be available at this event. If you have other accessibility requirements, including ASL interpretation, please contact us at least two weeks prior to the event at [email protected].

Simultaneous interpretation is available for this session if requested in advance. If you have a translation request, please contact us at [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the event.

Participant engagement and group sessions

Due to the large number of participants attending webinars, the content of these sessions has been developed for a broad audience and participant engagement will be limited to polls, reflection and posting in the Q&A.

We welcome your requests for a customized and more interactive session for your organization or group. Please contact us through our Event Request page.

To support our limited capacity and for optimal planning, we prefer six months’ notice. Our team will follow up on all requests to discuss your needs.