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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.

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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.

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Sparking change: Annual Report 2022/23 and Service Plan 2023/24–2025/26

Published on: October 11, 2023

Our Annual Report (2022/2023) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.

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Brief: Responding to homeless encampments

Published on: September 13, 2023

Homeless encampments are some of the most visible evidence of the failure by all levels of government to protect the human right to adequate housing. In B.C., recent years have […]

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Report: From hate to hope (Inquiry into hate in the pandemic)

Published on: March 13, 2023

In August 2021, BC’s Human Rights Commissioner launched an Inquiry into the rise of hate in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2023, the Commissioner released her findings and recommendations.

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