October 11, 2023
Sparking change: Annual Report 2022/23 and Service Plan 2023/24–2025/26
Our Annual Report (2022/2023) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
September 13, 2023
Brief: Responding to homeless encampments
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 […]
March 13, 2023
Report: From hate to hope (Inquiry into hate in the pandemic)
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.
October 21, 2022
Budget submission 2023/24–2025/26
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
September 26, 2022
Finding our roots: Growing in community: Annual Report 2021/22 and Service Plan 2022/23–2024/25
Our Annual Report (2021/2022) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
April 4, 2022
Submission to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General regarding immigration detention in provincial correctional facilities
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.
November 24, 2021
Equity is safer: Human rights considerations for policing reform in British Columbia
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.
November 22, 2021
Building a culture of human rights: Annual Report 2020/21 and Service Plan 2021/22–2023/24
Our Annual Report (2020/2021) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.
August 17, 2021
Budget submission 2021/22–2023/24
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
August 17, 2021
Public Interest Disclosure Act: Annual report about disclosures for BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
The Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), B.C.’s whistleblower protection law, came into force on Dec. 1, 2019.