Pandemic Triggers British Columbia to Alter the Legal Landscape for Personal Information Sharing beyond Canada’s Borders
While our new reality has brought the implementation of government measures to encourage social distancing, such as the closure of restaurants and playgrounds, government actions impacting privacy rights have been […]
COVID-19 highlights the importance of free expression rights for healthcare workers
In the wake of COVID-19, it is important that our healthcare workers have free speech protections. Responding effectively to a health crisis requires the free flow of information, especially from […]
“No One Should be Left Behind:” BCCLA Update on COVID-19
Dear BCCLA members and friends, Normally, my walk to work takes me through Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown – some of our city’s busiest and most vibrant neighbourhoods. Now, like […]
Welcome to our new staff!
We’re pleased to welcome Aisha Weaver, Leila Toledo, and Sambriddhi Nepal to the BCCLA team! Please join us in extending them a warm welcome, and learn more about them below. […]
Our new Communications and Development Volunteers!
Join us in welcoming our Winter 2020 Communications and Development volunteers. Zoe and Joeveen will be supporting our work in outreach, fundraising, and events. We are very excited to have […]
“CBSA is Not a Fair or Accountable Agency”:Why We Need Canada Border Services Agency Oversight
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers have vast powers of arrest, detention, search and seizure, and questioning of travellers. Enforcing Canadian customs and immigration laws, CBSA has even wider powers […]
A Thank You Message from Harsha Walia, BCCLA Executive Director
Dear friends and supporters, Thank you for the warm welcome I have received as I step into the role of the Executive Director of the BCCLA. I have partnered with […]
Civil Liberties and Human Rights Complainants Oppose VPD Street Check Recommendations; Disagree with Key Findings of Street Check Review
For Immediate Release Vancouver – The BC Civil Liberties Association, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Black Lives Matter-Vancouver are highly concerned about the key findings of a Vancouver Police […]
PRESS RELEASE: BCCLA and UBCIC Highly Alarmed at Increasing Police Powers in Wet’suwet’en; File Complaint about RCMP Exclusion Zone
For Immediate Release Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories – The B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are highly alarmed at the at the expanding nature of […]
Media Advisory: BCCLA to Respond to VPD Policy on Street Checks
For Immediate Release What: BCCLA media scrum to comment to VPD’s Conducting and Documenting Street Checks and Police Stops Policy When: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:30 pm PST Where: […]
