Welcome our Fall 2018 Communications & Development Volunteers!
Join us in welcoming our Fall 2018 Communications and Development Volunteers, Kayla Phillips and Sydney Soldan! Kayla Phillips Kayla is a communications and development volunteer for the fall. She is […]
Welcome Kate Oja, Staff Counsel!
Please extend a warm welcome to Kate Oja, who joined the BCCLA as Staff Counsel in Litigation this fall. Kate was called to the bar in 2010, after obtaining her […]
Welcome to our new staff!
Join us in extending a warm welcome to our new staff members! We’re excited to welcome Latoya Farrell as the 2018/2019 Articling Student, Amy Gill as Executive Coordinator, and Emily […]
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 […]