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July 2025 submission to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code
Published on: July 15, 2025
Our July 2025 submission to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code provides an overview of BCOHRC, including the history of the Office, some of our key achievements and how we have engaged communities across B.C. to protect and promote human rights in our province.
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Strategy and organizational evaluation report
Published on: July 8, 2025
The Strategy and Organizational Evaluation Report examines BCOHRC’s progress in advancing its strategic priorities and contributing to systemic change since its establishment in 2019.
Learn more about Strategy and organizational evaluation report
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Where we stand: Recommendations monitoring report, 2019–2024
Published on: May 27, 2025
To measure progress and assess our impact, this Where We Stand report reviews 159 recommendations to provincial public bodies issued over the Commissioner’s first term (September 2019 through August 2024)—taking stock of which of the Commissioner’s recommendations have led to change and where we must continue to push for progress.
Learn more about Where we stand: Recommendations monitoring report, 2019–2024
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Budget submission 2025/26–2027/28
Published on: April 23, 2025
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
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“We’re still here”: Report of the Inquiry into detentions under the Adult Guardianship Act
Published on: April 8, 2025
In November 2023, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner launched an inquiry into involuntary detentions under the Adult Guardianship Act (AGA). In April 2025, the Commissioner released her findings and recommendations.
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Spreading our wings: Annual Report 2023/24 and Service Plan 2024/25–2026/27
Published on: September 11, 2024
Our Annual Report (2022/2023) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
Learn more about Spreading our wings: Annual Report 2023/24 and Service Plan 2024/25–2026/27
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Rights in Focus: Lived realities in B.C.
Published on: August 19, 2024
B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner launched a report that takes a focused look at 10 key systems impacting human rights in British Columbia. Rights in Focus: Lived Realities in B.C. highlights significant […]
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Community briefs
Published on: April 24, 2024
The latest product from our Baseline Project is four insightful, research-based Community Briefs. The briefs aim to provide a snapshot of human rights issues being faced by four B.C. communities: Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Cranbrook […]
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Interim review Settlement Agreement between Maxwell Johnson Sr. and A.B. and the Vancouver Police Board
Published on: March 6, 2024
This report reviews the progress of an agreement between the Vancouver Police Board (VPB), the Johnson family (who were directly impacted by actions of the Vancouver Police), and the Heiltsuk Nation to address systemic anti-Indigenous racism in policing.
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Accessibility at BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
Published on: December 19, 2023
This report describes how our Office is taking measures to ensure our information, services and physical and digital spaces are accessible to all people in British Columbia.
Learn more about Accessibility at BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
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