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Budget submission 2021/22–2023/24
Published on: August 17, 2021
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
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Public Interest Disclosure Act: Annual report about disclosures for BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
Published on: August 17, 2021
The Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), B.C.’s whistleblower protection law, came into force on Dec. 1, 2019.
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Open letter calling for a national strategy for the collection of disaggregated health data
Published on: August 17, 2021
Burchill, John, Anne Clennet, Charles Dent, Raj Dir, Kasari Govender, Christine Hanson, Marie-Claude Landry, Lesley McCullough, Carey Majid, Marc-Alain Mallet, and Brenda Picard, Open letter calling for a national strategy for the collection of disaggregated health data, June 5, 2020.
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Policy statement: COVID-19 pandemic
Published on: July 16, 2021
This statement is intended to provide guidance to employers, landlords, service providers and each of us as individuals about how to ensure that human rights are protected and balanced against urgent public health priorities.
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A human rights approach to proof of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on: July 12, 2021
This document calls for a human rights-based response to the pandemic, even as more people get vaccinated and transmission rates drop.
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Disaggregated data: Summary of recommendations to prevent harm to communities
Published on: June 28, 2021
In the fall of 2020, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) released a report with recommendations on how to collect, store, use and disclose disaggregated data in a way that furthers the aims of equity and justice without reinforcing marginalization.
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Adding “social condition” as a protected ground to B.C.’s Human Rights Code
Published on: January 22, 2021
This brief provides an overview of increased instances of discrimination on the basis of social condition within the current context of COVID-19, as well as previous reports and consultations that have documented the extent of this systemic discrimination.
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Reimagining human rights in B.C.: Strategic Plan 2020/21–2024/25
Published on: December 21, 2020
Our five-year Strategic Plan (2020/21–2024/25) lays the foundation for all our work by outlining our vision, mandate, theory of change, guiding principles, strategic priorities and approach to understanding our impact on promoting and protecting human rights in the province.
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Laying the foundations: Annual Report 2019/20 and Service Plan 2020/21–2022/23
Published on: December 21, 2020
A key accountability mechanism for our work is the Commissioner’s yearly budget, service plan and annual report submission and presentation to the all-party Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
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A human rights approach to mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on: November 4, 2020
This policy guidance from B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender details how mask-wearing requirements must accommodate people with disabilities or medical conditions that prevent them from using of non-medical masks.
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