Vancouver B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) has taken further steps to build accessibility into its work by relaunching its main website, bchumanrights.ca, with accessible design […]

Vancouver B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) has released educational resources to help workers in the restaurant and taxi industries understand their responsibilities to people who […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) has published a new resource to share answers to frequently asked questions on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) hiring […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner launched a report today that takes a focused look at 10 key systems impacting human rights in British Columbia. Rights in Focus: Lived […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Today, the BC Human Rights Tribunal issued a decision affirming its ability to hear cases about allegations of online hate speech. This came as part of the […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will release a report that highlights 10 key human rights issues impacting people across the province. Media are invited to register for an […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Today, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner intervened in a case before the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) involving allegations of hate speech and discriminatory speech published on the internet. […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Today the B.C. Legislative Assembly voted unanimously to reappoint Kasari Govender, KC, as Human Rights Commissioner for British Columbia. Commissioner Govender will serve a second five-year term […]

In reaction to protest encampments arising on B.C. campuses, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender has issued the following statement: As protest encampments spring up on campuses across B.C. and […]

The exhibit will provide an immersive experience of the rise of hate that was documented in the Commissioner’s Inquiry into hate in the pandemic and the large-scale works of art […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, is welcoming the B.C. government’s introduction of anti-racism legislation today. The Anti-Racism Act (ARA) was tabled in the B.C. Legislature this […]

Vancouver, B.C. – What is the state of human rights in B.C.? That is the question B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner has been seeking to answer through her Office’s multi-year Baseline […]