Services and public facilities Archives - BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

Advisory: Upcoming B.C. Human Rights Code public educational session on services

Vancouver, B.C. – On October 19, 2022, BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner will hold a free, virtual session to help people understand B.C.'s Human Rights Code and how it can help address discrimination, with a specific focus on services that are usually available to the public. The Code…

October 17, 2022

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

A young Black man in a wheelchair, outside on a sunny day.

Detention

Immigration detention in provincial correctional centres

April 4, 2022

Three diverse women are looking at a laptop.

General

Budget submission 2021/22–2023/24

August 17, 2021

An older white man is standing in an alley with his hands in his pockets and looking into the distance proudly. He is wearing a colourful assortment of clothing with a jean jacket, orange hat, and blue glasses.

General

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

August 17, 2021

A Black woman wearing a mask and health care worker scrubs is looking into the camera.

General

Open letter calling for a national strategy for the collection of disaggregated health data

August 17, 2021

A middle-aged Asian woman wearing a light blue medical mask is looking into the camera.

COVID-19

Policy statement: COVID-19 pandemic

July 16, 2021

A young woman wearing an orange hijab is receiving her vaccine.

COVID-19

A human rights approach to proof of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 12, 2021

A young Indigenous woman is turning to look into the camera behind her. She is in an outdoor setting.

Discrimination

Disaggregated data: Summary of recommendations to prevent harm to communities

June 28, 2021

An older Black man with a weathered and wise face is looking into the camera.

Poverty

Adding “social condition” as a protected ground to B.C.’s Human Rights Code

January 22, 2021

Two diverse young women are walking their bikes along a sidewalk and wearing masks while in conversation with one another.

COVID-19

A human rights approach to mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic

November 4, 2020