On Thursday, April 8, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) is hosting “Meet B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner: A chat about human rights and the grandmother perspective.” We invite you to bring a warm drink and snack to tune into a chat between Kasari Govender, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Sharon Thira, BCOHRC’s Executive Director of Education and Engagement, Elder Shane Pointe of the Musqueam Nation, and Elder Barb Ward-Burkitt of the Fort McKay Nation. The Commissioner looks forward to sharing how her experiences with family and other caring relationships ground her interest in human rights. By centering the grandmother…
Updated May 19, 2021
On Wednesday, May 26, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) is hosting a virtual screening of our new “I love my human rights” video series with a story featuring Vancouver’s Brandon Yan. Yan is the Executive Director for Out On Screen, a B.C. film and education non-profit that runs the Vancouver Queer Film...
On Thursday, April 8, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) is hosting “Meet B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner: A chat about human rights and the grandmother perspective.” We invite you to bring a warm drink and snack to tune into a chat between Kasari Govender, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Sharon Thira, BCOHRC’s Executive Director...
In 2020, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner released the report: Disaggregated demographic data collection in British Columbia: The grandmother perspective. The report calls on government to collect race-based and other disaggregated data to illuminate systemic inequalities and injustices. It cautions, however, that the process of collecting, storing and sharing data is of critical...