Minutes and Resources

This meeting was held at 12:30 PM via Zoom. Guest speaker was Kasari Govender, BC's Human Rights Commissioner, Heather Hoiness, Legal Counsel for BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.

This meeting was held at 12:30 PM via Zoom Webinar in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speakers were Aleem Bharmal, Q.C., Lawyer, Human Rights Clinic, Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS), Jonathan Blair, Lawyer, Community Law Program, CLAS, Emily Zarychta, Legal Advocate, Human Rights Clinic, CLAS, and Bethany Hastie, Assistant Professor, Peter Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.

This meeting was held at 12:30 PM at Zoom in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Laura Track, Director of the BC Human Rights Clinic,, Jennifer Khor, Director of the SHARP Clinic, , Devyn Cousineau, Member of the BC Human Rights Tribunal, .

This meeting was held at 12:00 PM via Zoom. Guest speaker was Diana Juricevic, Chair of the BC Human Rights Tribunal.

This report summarizes the activity for the Human Rights Law Section for the 2019-2020 Term.

This meeting was held at 4:30 PM via Zoom. Guest speakers were Meghan McDermott, Policy Lawyer, BC Civil Liberties Association, Laura Track, Director of Education & Human Rights Lawyer, BC Human Rights Clinic, Community Legal Assistance Society, Danielle Sabelli, Housing Lawyer, Community Law Program, Community Legal Assistance Society, and Emilie Coyle, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.

Fred Wynne, counsel for the complainant, and James Kondopulos, Michael Wagner and Brandon Hillis, counsel for the respondent, reviewed the facts and issues in the Envirocon case and the significance of the Court of Appeal's decision in February 2019 and the Supreme Court of Canada's denial of the complainant's application for leave to appeal in August 2019.

Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia Bethany Hastie discussed her recent research analyzing workplace sexual harassment complaints under human right law, with a focus on BC and Ontario as case study jurisdictions.

This report summarizes the activity for the Human Rights Law Section for the 2018-2019 Term.

This report summarizes the activity of the Human Rights Section for the 2017/2018 term.