Decolonization

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner is granted intervenor status in cases that will test B.C.’s Declaration…

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Supreme Court has granted B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner leave to intervene in two cases—Gitxaala Nation v. Chief Gold Commissioner of B.C. et al. and Ehattesaht First Nation v. His Majesty the King in right of B.C. et al.—that will mark the first legal tests of B.C.'s…

January 6, 2023
Decolonization

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner applies for intervenor status in cases that could set important precedent…

Vancouver B.C. – BC's Human Rights Commissioner has filed applications for leave to intervene in two cases concerning B.C.'s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act). The Declaration Act was passed by the provincial government in 2019 to affirm the application of the United Nations Declaration on…

December 15, 2022
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Discrimination Media Release

B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner will audit the implementation of settlement agreement between Vancouver Police Board…

Vancouver, B.C. – On Dec. 20, 2019, Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter went to the Bank of Montreal (BMO) branch on Burrard Street in Vancouver and tried to open a bank account. After looking at the pair's identification documents, including their government-issued Indian status cards, BMO staff called 911 to report…

September 28, 2022
Hate & racism

Hundreds speak out against hate as Inquiry reaches mid-point for public participation

Vancouver B.C. – More than 1700 people who either witnessed or directly experienced a hate incident have participated in an online survey for the Inquiry into hate during the pandemic. British Columbians are sharing stories about being assaulted, verbally abused, threatened online and accosted in grocery stores. People report experiencing…

February 24, 2022
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Budget submission 2021/22–2023/24

August 17, 2021
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Public Interest Disclosure Act: Annual report about disclosures for BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

August 17, 2021
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Open letter calling for a national strategy for the collection of disaggregated health data

August 17, 2021
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Decolonization

Disaggregated demographic data collection in British Columbia: The grandmother perspective

September 29, 2020