“Xenon 2: Your Experience Awaits!” is an immersive education experience designed by BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) to support learners in developing a strong understanding of systemic […]

Our Annual Report (2024/2025) tells the story of our work and outcomes resulting from the previous fiscal year.

Vancouver B.C. – A video shows a helicopter setting fire to a dense forest. The caption that reads, “That’s how your fire started,” implying this is the cause of one […]

Misinformation: All birds are criminals The Misinformation: All birds are criminals video explores how difficult it is to know if the information you are seeing and sharing is reliable. Using a fake crime spree committed […]

Our July 2025 submission to the Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code provides an overview of BCOHRC, including the history of the Office, some of our key achievements and how we have engaged communities across B.C. to protect and promote human rights in our province.

The Strategy and Organizational Evaluation Report examines BCOHRC’s progress in advancing its strategic priorities and contributing to systemic change since its establishment in 2019.

Vancouver B.C. – The third livestreamed event in the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Beyond the Headlines conversation series will highlight how we discuss gender identity and expression with young people.   […]

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is hosting a series of live conversations on key issues facing B.C. with leading experts and community advocates. Learn more about the Beyond the Headlines discussion […]

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner has been granted leave to intervene in a case before the Court of Appeal on the rights of unhoused people living in encampments. […]

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner intervened in this case to clarify how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international human rights law applies to the rights of unhoused people living in encampments.

A workshop from BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner We envision a province in which we are all free from inequality, discrimination, and injustice. Join us for a 90-minute […]

Vancouver B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (BCOHRC) released a report today that reviews progress made by provincial public bodies on recommendations the Commissioner issued in her […]

Vancouver B.C. – In response to the City of Vancouver pausing efforts to build new supportive housing, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, and the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, […]

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is hosting the second livestream in the Beyond the Headlines series, which will highlight migrant workers’ rights. On Thursday, May 15 at 10:30 […]