Respect for one’s gender identity is a basic human right.
Gender identity and gender expression are protected characteristics in the BC Human Rights Code. This means that employers, landlords, service providers, and other duty-bearers must not discriminate against someone due to their gender identity or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Emily Zarychta, Articling Student, October 7, 2020
As employers, grocery and retail stores, schools, and many public services implement mandatory mask policies,[1] some people are wondering whether these policies violate their human rights. The answer, as with so many legal questions is – […]
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 […]
