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 […]

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 […]

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 an adequate standard of living is The right to an adequate standard of living entitles everyone to the progressive realization of a life without poverty. This right is enshrined in […]

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, […]

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 […]

What equality and non-discrimination are  Equality and non-discrimination are foundational to our concept of human rights; at their heart, human rights are premised on human dignity and a belief that […]

What is decolonization? Decolonization is the dismantling of the process by which one nation asserts and establishes its domination and control over the land inhabited by another nation, as well […]

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 […]

Vancouver, B.C. – Systemic discrimination is a major issue in B.C. and Canada, yet many people don’t know what it is or how to recognize it. That’s why B.C.’s Office of the […]

Vancouver, B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner has launched an inquiry to quantify the use of force by police against racialized people and people with mental health issues in B.C. […]

Building on the Commissioner’s 2021 Equity is Safer report, this inquiry seeks to quantify police use of force in B.C. against people who are racialized and/or have mental health issues.