Advisory Archives - BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

Advisory: Embargoed release and launch event for final report of the Inquiry into hate

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will release the final report of the Inquiry into hate in the pandemic on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at an in-person joint media and community event that is being livestreamed across the province from 10:00am to 11:30am PDT. Media are invited…

March 3, 2023

Advisory: Media are invited to receive embargoed release of final report of the Inquiry into…

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, will release the final report of the Inquiry into hate in the pandemic on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at an in-person joint media and community event that is being livestreamed across the province from 10:00am to 11:30am PDT. Media are invited…

February 28, 2023

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

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

Advisory: Upcoming B.C. Human Rights Code public workshop on legal rights and obligations in the…

Vancouver, B.C. – On November 16, 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 outlines rights and responsibilities when it comes to employment. The Code protects against discrimination in relation to employment, housing…

November 14, 2022

Hate & racism