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Discrimination Media Release

Release: Letter to the Public Health Officer on the ending of the mask mandate

Vancouver B.C. – BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner issued a letter to the Public Health Officer on the end of B.C.’s mask mandate on March 16, 2022. In that letter, B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner highlighted the inequitable impacts of ending the mask mandate and urged for the Public…

March 28, 2022
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Discrimination Media Release

B.C. Supreme Court decision on family status a disappointing outcome for gender equality in B.C.

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner said a B.C. Supreme Court decision on family status impedes gender equality in the workplace. B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner was an intervenor in Gibraltar Mines Ltd. v. Harvey and saw it as a key test of B.C.’s Human Rights Code’s protection against discrimination…

March 15, 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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January 30, 2022
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