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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
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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General
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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General
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
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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General
Published on: October 21, 2022
This submission was presented to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
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General
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
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
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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General
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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