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 […]
Bill C-24 and Bill C-51: Implications for University Students
Recently, Canadian parliament passed two important pieces of legislation, namely Bill C-24 and Bill C-51. While a lot of discussion regarding these laws have focused on their impact on Canadians […]
Bill C-51and Hate Speech Laws in Canada: Implications for University Activism
Since being tabled into the parliament, Bill C-51 (now a law) has not been without controversy. In particular, provisions restricting protest rights and freedom of speech have attracted criticism from a […]
Media Democracy Days
Media, democracy, and you: how to find the news that feeds us BCCLA Executive Director Josh Paterson will join an outstanding roster of journalists, media producers, politicians, communication scholars, activists, and social […]
Freedom of expression and criticism of Israel
The BC Civil Liberties Association is deeply concerned about the effects on freedom of expression of recent changes to hate speech laws and the 2015 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]
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, […]
RELEASE – Spying on protesters: new allegations added to BCCLA’s complaint against CSIS
OTTAWA – As Parliamentary hearings into the proposed anti-terror Bill C-51 draw to a close, the BC Civil Liberties Association has filed new allegations that CSIS unlawful spied on peaceful […]
Legal workshop at The State of Extraction Conference
As part of the State of Extraction Conference, BCCLA Executive Director Josh Paterson and West Coast Environmental Law will provide a workshop on the legal rights of those protesting resource extraction […]