Human Rights Commissioner

• Tribunal ruling of discrimination against Indigenous B.C. mom faces court challenge

  The Afro-Indigenous mother, referred to as RR because she still has under-aged children, lost custody of her four children for nearly three years starting in 2016.

  Politics

  Jun 26, 2023
  
• B.C. health minister responds to human rights office’s letter on ‘hasty end’ to mask mandate

  Commissioner Kasari Govender writes that the removal of the COVID-19 mask mandate for indoor public places on March 11 will have 'profoundly unequal effects.'

  Health

  Mar 29, 2022
  
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• B.C. inquiry into hate during COVID-19 pandemic wants public to share their experiences

  Among the poll's findings were than nine per cent of people had directly experienced a hate incident, including 20 per cent of Indigenous people and 15 per cent of Asian descent.

  Crime

  Feb 3, 2022
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• Human rights office to probe ‘disturbing surge of hate’ in B.C. during pandemic

  The first public inquiry from B.C.'s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner will examine white supremacy and the "disturbing surge of hate" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Politics

  Aug 18, 2021
• B.C. Human Rights Commissioner issues guidelines on proof-of-vaccination requirements

  In guidance released on Tuesday morning, Kasari Govender said there would also have to be consideration given to the human rights of everyone involved.

  Health

  Jul 13, 2021
• Ontario’s solicitor questioned about EMDC in wake of damning letter from human rights commissioner

  The solicitor general was in St. Thomas to announce mental health funding but wound up taking questions about the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre.

  Crime

  May 24, 2019
• Anti-Indigenous racism normalized in Timmins, Ont.: human rights commissioner

  Racism against Indigenous people in the northeastern Ontario city of Timmins appears to be both pervasive and normalized, the province's chief human rights commissioner said this week.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2018