For Access to Justice Week, 2023, we’re profiling Debra Febril, a lawyer in CLAS’s BC Human Rights Clinic. Debra works to make the human rights complaints process more accessible for Indigenous Peoples.
Q: Tell us about yourself!
A: My Nisga’a name is Tsit’tuutsgum Ts’winhl Kaax Xsaak. […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer, January 2023
Recently, the provincial government made changes to BC’s Strata Property Act. The amendments remove stratas’ ability to prevent or limit rentals (section 141). They also limit stratas’ ability to set age restrictions (sections 123.1 and […]
By: Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer, July 14, 2022
Housing is an essential part of our security and health, especially to those who have mental disabilities. People with mental disabilities are especially vulnerable to precarious housing and homelessness.[1]
Housing providers including landlords, co-ops, and […]
By Emily Zarychta and Laura Track, Human Rights Clinic Lawyers, June 16, 2022
Climate change is an increasing risk to human health. The heat dome that swept across BC in June, 2021 saw temperatures soar to a record-breaking 49.6°C in some parts of the province. A […]
May 10, 2022 by Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Lawyer
Smells can be very polarizing. Take the ‘king of the fruit’ – the durian – as an example. This much-loved fruit smells so pungent[1] that the fruits are banned from Singapore’s subway systems and […]
February 14th, 2022 by Emily Zarychta, Human Rights Clinic Advocate
This blog post is a follow-up to our July 13, 2020 post: No-Pet Clauses and Human Rights. Our Clinic continues to receive many questions about this issue, and there have been some developments in the […]
On February 8, join us for a free Lunch and Learn on Human Rights!
• What: Free, online webinar on the basics of human rights.
• When: February 8, 2022, from noon to 1:30pm.
• Where: Zoom. You will be emailed a link to join the webinar […]
January 27, 2022 by Samrah Mian, CLAS Articling Student
Bullying and harassment at work hurts. People who face workplace bullying or harassment may feel humiliated, angry, and even traumatized by the experience. They’re more likely to be dissatisfied with their job, suffer from low motivation, feel […]
Image: from https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html
September 29th, 2021, by Debra Febril, HRC Advocate
The Truth:
On October 14, 2020, I went out with my spouse and 4-year-old son to grab a few things for our new apartment in the big city. We had just moved from a remote northern […]
