Philosophers’ jam: privacy and national security
BCCLA Senior Counsel Carmen Cheung and Policy Director Micheal Vonn will be presenting a talk at this year’s Spring-Summer Philosophers’ Jam, hosted by Langara College’s Department of Philosophy. The topic of […]
Bill C-51 submissions, redux
This week, the Senate’s Standing Committee on National Security and Defence continues its pre-study of Bill C-51, while an amended version of the Bill proceeds to third reading in […]
Elephants in the court
The good news first Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down mandatory minimum sentences for crimes involving prohibited and restricted firearms in its ruling on R. v. Nur and R. v. Charles. […]
Muslim women between fiction and reality: author reading and discussion
Monia Mazigh, award-winning author and human rights activist, will be reading from her novel Mirrors and Mirages, a story that follows the lives of six Muslim-Canadian women and their daughters. […]
Drone: Post-Screening Discussion with Carmen Cheung
BCCLA Senior Counsel Carmen Cheung takes part in a post-screening discussion of Drone, a film by Tonje Hessen Schei that looks closely at drone technology used in CIA military operations. […]
MayDay Social Justice Info Festival
The BCCLA will have an information table set up, complete with a background of live music, for this year’s Social Justice Information Festival! Come visit our table to find out […]
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RELEASE: Canadian human rights organizations urgently call for Bill C-51 to be withdrawn
March 30, 2015 For immediate release OTTAWA – Today, as the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security commences its clause-by-clause review of Bill C-51, the […]
Avis aux médias: Les organisations canadiennes de défense des droits humains lancent un appel urgent pour le retrait du Projet de loi C-51
30 mars 2015 Pour diffusion immĂ©diate Aujourd’hui, alors que le ComitĂ© permanent de la Chambre des communes de la sĂ©curitĂ© publique et la sĂ©curitĂ© nationale commence son examen article par […]
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 […]