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BCCLA’s Current Work

In most years the BCCLA participates in more than 40 public events and workshops, is involved in more than 30 active court cases, provides direct assistance to hundreds of individuals, and creates and distributes educational resources for thousands. We are always working on a broad range of civil liberties issues, from police accountability to fighting indefinite solitary confinement in prisons.

Here are just a few of the highest profile issues we are currently working on.

WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW

Shelter is Survival

We’re Taking the City to Court! On January 30, 2025, BCCLA alongside, Zee, Jason, and...

Secret Spy Hearings

In 2014 the BCCLA fought back against illegal spying by filing complaints against the Canadian...

Palestine Solidarity

Protecting fundamental freedoms is crucial to ensuring all people in Canada can engage in public...

No Justice in Isolation

Challenging “Lockdowns” in Canadian Prisons   On October 12, 2021, the BCCLA filed a lawsuit...

Ban Police Street Checks

For years the BCCLA has been advocating to ban police street checks. Street checks are...
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WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW

Demand action from Elections Canada for violating Nunavik voting rights

BCCLA is deeply disturbed by reports of people in Nunavik being denied the opportunity to...

What Does Safety Really Look Like? A Call for Police Accountability in Times of Fear

Today, election day, we are in court witnessing the only police officer who was convicted...

Media Release: BCCLA condemns UBC Profs’ perverse interpretation of University Act

For Immediate Release  (XĘ·məθkĘ·É™y̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wĂş7mesh (Squamish) and sÉ™lilwÉ™taɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC) – Today, the BC...

UBC Profs’ perverse interpretation of the University Act lays bare a hidden agenda 

Universities are a crucial social space of free expression, exchange of ideas, and academic debate. ...

Media Advisory: Mobility rights at stake in Supreme Court of Canada case  

WHAT:  BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in Canadian Civil Liberties Association, et al....

CIVIL LIBERTIES CAN’T PROTECT THEMSELVES