December 10, 2019
BC’s Human Rights Commissioner celebrates Human Rights Day!
Each year, on Human Rights Day, people around the world mark the anniversary of United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—the first time in our history that […]
December 6, 2019
BC Human Rights Commissioner statement on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Vancouver– 30 YEARS AFTER THE ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE MASSACRE, THE HATEFUL IDEAS THAT LED TO THE MURDER OF 14 WOMEN ARE STILL WITH US. In 1989, a gunman walked into an engineering […]
October 24, 2019
BC’s Human Rights Commissioner applauds initial steps to implement UNDRIP in B.C.
VANCOUVER – Today, the Province of British Columbia introduced legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). “The legislation introduced today is an important […]
September 3, 2019
B.C.’s new Human Rights Commissioner takes Oath of Office
Victoria, B.C. – Kasari Govender was sworn in by Acting Clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd as B.C.’s new human rights commissioner at the Legislature today. The Office of the Human Rights Commissioner […]