Scope Personal information Personal information is recorded information about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes things such as an individual’s name, address, birth date, email address and phone number. Collection […]

B.C.’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) is committed to ensuring that the personal information you provide is protected. The personal information that you provide is collected in accordance […]

Commissioner Kasari Govender Pronounciation (keh-SAR’-ee GUV’-en-der) Biography Short bio B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, started her five-year term on Sept. 3, 2019. As an independent officer of the Legislature, Commissioner […]

The Commissioner’s Office offers free, introductory educational sessions about B.C.’s Human Rights Code, a human rights law aimed at protecting everyone in the province from inequality, discrimination and injustice. Our workshops focus on […]

A message from Commissioner Govender Human rights are never more important than in times of crisis. It is in these challenging times that it becomes critical for us all to […]

About this campaign This campaign hopes to drive more conversations about ableism. It is intended to encourage self-reflection and exploration. The campaign was developed with support from disability representative organizations, […]

Rights in detention Disproportionate detention of certain groups, particularly Indigenous people, reveal systemic and substantive inequality in the operation of the law. These public institutions are required to interact with […]

What we’re doing Our Office is committed to reducing the presence of hate in our society. Recent incidents of racism and violence across B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic are deeply […]

“Equality is important to me” What does the next generation of British Columbians think about equal rights? BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is celebrating International Human Rights Day […]

What is decolonization? Decolonization is central to the work of human rights in our society, and consequently to the work of BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commisioner. Decolonization is […]

What we’re doing While domestic protections have lagged behind, the high rates of poverty in the province violate B.C.’s obligations to respect people’s right to an adequate standard of living […]