By Maddie Lusk, summer law student – July 2, 2020
In every discrimination case, BC’s Human Rights Tribunal has the power to order the respondent to compensate the complainant for injury to their “dignity, feelings, and self-respect”.[1] This is often referred to simply as […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer, June 15, 2020
Anti-Black Racism and Human Rights
Human rights complaints about race-based discrimination are notoriously hard to prove. Like all complaints, the complainant must show that there was a connection, or nexus, between their protected characteristic and the negative treatment […]
This article was originally published in Transition, the magazine of Disability Alliance BC, Winter, 2019.
June 1, 2020
One of the purposes of human rights law is to identify and eliminate persistent patterns of inequality. Yet people with disabilities still face many barriers to participation and inclusion […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer, May 8, 2020
Part 3: Duty to Inquire
This week is Mental Health Week. To mark the occasion, we’ve published this three-part series on Mental Health and Human Rights.
In Part 1 of the series, we talked about the stigma […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer, May 6, 2020
Part 2 – Duty to Accommodate
In Part 1 of our Mental Health and Human Rights series in honour of Mental Health Week, we talked about human rights protections for people with mental illness. The BC […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer, May 5, 2020
Part 1 – Challenging Stigma
The Canadian Mental Health Association has named this week Mental Health Week. It’s a great opportunity to remember that mental health is a critical component of our overall health and well-being.
The theme […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer, April 16, 2020
Poverty kills.
This grisly fact has been true for much longer than COVID-19 has been around. Statistics Canada concluded in 2014 that income inequality is associated with the premature deaths of 40,000 Canadians a year. That’s equal […]
By Laura Track, Human Rights Lawyer and Educator, March 30, 2020
Top Ten Human Rights Tips for Employers during COVID-19
Employers across British Columbia are making incredibly difficult decisions right now about terminations, temporary layoffs, and how to maintain safe and healthy workplaces. Many employment lawyers have […]
Community Legal Assistance Society has recently published a press release on the critical issue of halting evictions as part of government’s response to COVID-19.
“We would like to see and help government facilitate a complete moratorium on all evictions effective immediately, much […]
By Aleem Bharmal, QC, Human Rights Lawyer
The BC Human Rights Clinic is representing an Indigenous mother in the case RR v Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) which is set to proceed to hearing at the BC Human Rights Tribunal from […]
