BC Library Conference 2015
The BC Library Conference is being held May 20-22, 2015 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel to discuss and encourage collaboration on issues pertinent to libraries. This year’s theme, Creative Communities, […]
RELEASE: BCCLA reacts to sweeping new anti-terror bill
January 30, 2015 VANCOUVER – This morning the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) – the organization that is currently suing the federal government over allegations of warrantless electronic surveillance of […]
New legislation needed to protect free expression from SLAPP suits
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) represent a real and present danger to the exercise of free expression in this province of British Columbia, and across Canada. British Columbians know […]
PEN Canada, BCCLA, CCLA AND CJFE launch Censorship Tracker
Online tool maps user-submitted reports of censorship across Canada TORONTO, November 20, 2014—In response to the increasing chill on free expression in Canada, PEN Canada, BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), […]
Liberties & Libraries: Internet Policy and Intellectual Freedom in Libraries
Please join the British Columbia Library Association and BCCLA Policy Director Michael Vonn for a discussion on internet policy and intellectual freedom in BC libraries. The event is open to […]
BC Information Summit: Where’s the Balance?
The pace of change in both the freedom of information and privacy spheres keeps picking up, and won’t be slowing any time soon. Information Summit 2014 features a roster of […]
BCCLA takes University of Victoria to court on free speech
The BCCLA and a member of a University of Victoria pro-life club (Youth Protecting Youth) have filed a constitutional lawsuit naming the University of Victoria and its Student Society, seeking […]
City of Victoria ‘code of conduct’ for Councillors would censor important speech
This morning the City of Victoria’s Government and Priorities Committee of Council will consider a motion to adopt a code of conduct for its city Councillors. While we agree that […]
Sunshine Summit: Who`s Defending Your Right to Know?
What secrets is our government keeping? And who is protecting your right to know? In recognition of Right to Know Week, the Privacy and Access Council of Canada ask these […]
Content Licensing: Negotiating the Shadows
Policy Director Micheal Vonn will speak at the BC Library Association Conference as part of their Hot Topic Panel: “Content Licensing: Negotiating the Shadows”. Panel members will discuss the challenges […]