Meet our 2017 Summer Communications and Development Volunteers
Jacqueline Yan Jacqueline is entering her fourth and final year at the UBC Sauder School of Business as a Finance major. Due to her involvement in four extracurricular student-led clubs […]
We’re hiring: defend civil liberties and human rights as our new Community Lawyer
[POSTING IS CLOSED – WE HAVE HIRED FOR THIS POSITION] Are you the next member of the BCCLA team? We’re looking for a lawyer who is passionate about working with […]
An extraordinary victory for citizenship equality
After three years and one hundred and twenty-seven days of work, we’ve defeated the second-class citizenship bill! On Thursday, June 15, 2017 the House of Commons passed Bill C-6 which […]
Welcome Meghan McDermott, Counsel (Policy)
Please extend a huge welcome to Meghan McDermott, BCCLA Counsel (Policy). Meghan joined the BCCLA as staff counsel in March of 2017. With a B.A. in philosophy from Concordia University, her compassion […]
Welcome newly elected Board Directors
Please extend a warm welcome to our four newly elected members of the Board of Directors: Ian Bushfield Ian Bushfield is an advocate for Humanism, science and social justice living […]
No Gag: An Update
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in BC FIPA v. AGBC on January 26, 2017. We told you about this case in another blog post back in October, […]
Canadian jurisdictions need anti-SLAPP legislation
SLAPPs are civil lawsuits weaponized for censorship, and even cases that could not succeed on their merits can be strategically successful, since the litigation process is the punishment and not […]
Mémoire à propos du projet de loi C-6, Loi modifiant la Loi sur la citoyenneté, présenté au Sénat du Canada
L’Association des libertés civiles de la Colombie-Britannique (ALCCB) et l’Association canadienne des avocats et avocates en droit des réfugiés (ACAADR) se réjouissent d’avoir l’occasion de présenter au Comité un mémoire […]
Border rights: what you need to know
Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my rights at the border. In light of reports that numerous Canadians have been refused entry to the United […]
In the wake of tragedy: acting together against Islamophobia
This weekend Canada witnessed a despicable act of terrorism perpetrated against Muslims in Canada. While individuals, including children, were praying in Quebec City’s Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec a […]
