Edward Snowden: Big Data, Security, and Human Rights
Edward Snowden will join Metro Vancouverites for a conversation live via web-link about the power, promise and peril of big data The BC Civil Liberties Association very own policy director Micheal […]
Bill C-51 and Data Analytics with Micheal Vonn – Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Art for a Cause
In 2014, the BC Civil Liberties Association honoured one outspoken voice with a Liberty award for Excellence in the Arts for her refusal to sit idly by while her work […]
BCCLA statement on hate speech prosecution in Quesnel
The BC Civil Liberties Association is concerned about the situation of Arthur Topham, a BC resident who is being prosecuted under section 319(2) of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes speech […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to the passage of Bill C-51
Micheal Vonn, Policy Director at the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to the passage of Bill C-51, the so-called “anti-terrorism bill” by Canada’s Senate. ““We are deeply disappointed to […]
2015 CLA National Conference and Trade Show
On June 3-5, 2015, the Canadian Library Association will be holding its 70th CLA National Conference and Trade Show in Ottawa, ON at the Shaw Centre. This year’s conference theme […]
Foreign Radical: a theatrical game and panel
Theatre Conspiracy presents a mobile interactive theatre experience for 20 participants per showing to explore the issues of surveillance, security, terrorism, profiling, privacy, and freedom of expression. Participants are invited to team up, debate, […]
The right to dissent under Bill C-51: public forum
A public forum hosted by StopWar.ca will be held to discuss the implications of Bill C-51 and the right to dissent under this Bill. BCCLA’s Senior Counsel, Carmen Cheung will […]
C-51: Panel discussion on the anti-terror bill
On March 24th, a panel of legal experts and political scientists will explore the ramifications of Bill C-51, anti-terror legislation currently making its way through the House of Commons. […]
RELEASE: BCCLA files to appeal campus free speech decision of the BC Supreme Court
VANCOUVER (13 February 2015) – The BC Civil Liberties Association is asking the BC Court of Appeal to hear its lawsuit challenging restrictions on campus free speech. The BCCLA and […]