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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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Discrimination
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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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.
Learn more about Sparking change: Annual Report 2022/23 and Service Plan 2023/24–2025/26
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Hate & racism
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.
Learn more about Report: From hate to hope (Inquiry into hate in the pandemic)
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Budget submission 2023/24–2025/26
Published on: October 21, 2022
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
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Finding our roots: Growing in community: Annual Report 2021/22 and Service Plan 2022/23–2024/25
Published on: September 26, 2022
Our Annual Report (2021/2022) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
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Discrimination
Submission to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General regarding immigration detention in provincial correctional facilities
Published on: April 4, 2022
BCOHRC was invited to make a submission on the human rights implications of the agreement between BC Corrections and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to use provincial prisons to detain asylum-seekers under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as the provincial government reviews the agreement.
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Detention
Equity is safer: Human rights considerations for policing reform in British Columbia
Published on: November 24, 2021
These submissions to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act (SCORPA) use disaggregated demographic data to reveal disturbing racial disparities in policing in our province.
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Building a culture of human rights: Annual Report 2020/21 and Service Plan 2021/22–2023/24
Published on: November 22, 2021
Our Annual Report (2020/2021) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
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