Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, hosted an event in Vancouver on Thursday to unveil a powerful mural co-designed with the youth from Britannia Secondary School and […]

Vancouver, B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC), in partnership with the Human Rights Tribunal and the Human Rights Clinic at the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS), […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Building on the success of its fully enrolled spring session, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner will be hosting another free educational session about B.C.’s Human […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Today, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) announced the release of a new tool that will allow community organizations, advocates, researchers and interested individuals to […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is disappointed by today’s B.C. Supreme Court decision limiting the power of the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration […]

In response to news of hate-fuelled marches planned in cities and towns across B.C. for Sept. 20, 2023, Commissioner Kasari Govender issued the following statement: I am very disturbed by […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Everyone deserves access to basic information about their human rights and how they are protected—whether they speak English or another language. That is why BC’s Office of […]

Vancouver, B.C. – On Thursday, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will join decision makers and community leaders in Fort St. John for a conversation about her recently completed Inquiry […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner has been granted leave to intervene in a case about whether the BC Human Rights Tribunal may make decisions about discrimination in matters […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will be in Nanaimo tomorrow speaking with community leaders about the recommendations in her recently completed Inquiry into hate in the […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will be in Penticton tomorrow speaking with decision makers and community leaders about the recommendations from her recently completed Inquiry into […]

Vancouver, B.C. – On Jun. 6, 2022, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner will hold a free, virtual session to help people understand B.C.’s Human Rights Code and how […]