Cincinnati Goddamn: Post-screening discussion with Micheal Vonn on police accountability
Micheal Vonn, Policy Director at the BCCLA, will speak at a post-screening discussion of Cincinnati Goddamn presented by DOXA Documentary Film Festival. The film draws on the deaths of two […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 – One year after LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez’s death, rights organizations condemn federal failure to make CBSA accountable
Immigration detainees still at risk, say groups VANCOUVER and MONTRÉAL (February 12, 2015) – A year after Canadians learned of the death of LucĂa Vega JimĂ©nez in immigration detention, human […]
(A few) changes worth celebrating: update on non-conviction information and police information checks
We got word this week that the provincial government has finally released the new province-wide policy on the kind of information that can be disclosed by the police on employment- and […]
Making Privacy Meaningful in a Digital Age
By Kassie Seaby, University of Ottawa Law Student and BCCLA Volunteer, and Raji Mangat, BCCLA Counsel It is beyond trite to say that we live in a digital age. For […]
BCCLA and Pivot respond to Civilian Monitor report on the IIO’s Gregory Matters shooting death investigation
“In the Matters case, it is impossible now to make things completely right,” says Civilian Monitor appointed to review the Gregory Matters investigation [Civilian Monitor quotes in italics] VANCOUVER – […]
BCCLA reacts to revelations of CBSA deaths in custody
VANCOUVER – Josh Paterson, Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, reacted today to reports that at least nine individuals have died in the custody of the Canada Border […]