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Mental Health and Human Rights – Part 1: Challenging Stigma
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Mental Health and Human Rights – Part 1: Challenging Stigma

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 […]

CLAS Communications2020-05-15T16:21:37-07:00May 5, 2020|Tags: accommodation, Human Rights Code, human rights law, Mental Health|

Poverty kills: Why it’s time to add “social condition” to BC’s human rights law
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Poverty kills: Why it’s time to add “social condition” to BC’s human rights law

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 […]

CLAS Communications2020-04-16T14:44:24-07:00April 16, 2020|Tags: human rights, human rights law, poverty, social condition, violation|