Welcome newly elected Board Directors
Please extend a warm welcome to our five newly elected members of the Board of Directors! Hasan Alam Hasan Alam received his Juris Doctorate in Law from the University of […]
A note from the President on TWU
Dear fellow BCCLA members, I am writing to you about the Board’s recent decision to change our position on whether Trinity Western University should be granted accreditation for its proposed […]
Welcome Mark Hosak, Director of Community Engagement
Please extend a huge welcome to Mark Hosak, who joined the BCCLA as Director of Community Engagement in 2018! Mark brings a background in fundraising, communications, and organizing from his […]
We won! BC Supreme Court ends indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons across Canada.
On January 17, 2018, the B.C. Supreme Court issued its decision in BCCLA and JHSC v. Attorney General of Canada, 2018 BCSC 62. The Court declared that the sections of […]
Meet our 2017 Fall Communications & Development Volunteers
Rozali Telbis Rozali has been passionate about human rights and civil liberties for many years; she was involved in the Human Rights Educator Program while pursuing her B.A. in Political Science […]
BCCLA reacts to procedural decision in assisted dying case
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 For immediate release VANCOUVER, B.C. – Today the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued a decision in response to the BCCLA’s application for a faster, more efficient […]
Ewert v. Canada
Ewert v. Canada is a case being heard by the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday, October 12, 2017, challenging the use of prisoner risk assessment tests that can be […]
Latest: Canadians (and US visa holders in Canada) and the US Travel Ban
UPDATE: September 26, 2017 – New travel ban restrictions On Sunday September 24th, President Trump issued a new executive order banning almost all travel to the United States (“US”) from […]
Welcome to our new staff!
Please extend a huge welcome to our new staff members Dylan Mazur, Iman Baobeid, and Amrit Bhangoo!
Robyn Moro, A Plaintiff in BCCLA’s Challenge to Medically Assisted Death Laws, Dies
For immediate release Robyn Moro, one of the two individual plaintiffs in the BCCLA’s legal challenge to Canada’s assisting dying laws, has died. Robyn was a 68 year old woman from […]
