Kasari Govender

• ‘Bullying’: B.C. leaders back inclusive education material as anti-2SLTBQIA+ rallies planned

  Kasari Govender says peaceful demonstration protects democracy and generates debate, but the human rights of the trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ community are "not up for debate."

  Politics

  Sep 19, 2023
  
• Voices from 6 regions of B.C. missing from human rights survey: Commissioner

  British Columbia's human rights commissioner says contributions from the Thompson-Okanagan, Cariboo, Kootenays, north coast, northeast and Nechako are missing.

  Politics

  May 24, 2023
  
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• Parental rights score ‘important win’ in B.C. court: Human rights commissioner

  Kasari Govender says the decision "is an important step forward" in protecting those whose parental duties change during employment, conflicting with workplace responsibilities.

  Economy

  Apr 24, 2023
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• Fighting hate requires new strategies, B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner says

  More than 2,600 people participated in the survey, 930 of whom said they witnessed or experienced hate incidents during the pandemic.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2022
• 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
• ‘It is time to act’: Report on B.C. policing finds ‘disturbing pattern of discrimination’

  'The time for debate about whether systemic racism exists in policing is over,' the report funded by the B.C. human rights commissioner reads.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2021
• Indigenous supporters of Coastal GasLink slam UN, B.C. human rights commissioner for criticism

  B.C.'s human rights commissioner and a United Nations anti-racism committee have called for the pipeline to be suspended over Indigenous opposition.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2020