Press Release: BCCLA launches electronic devices handbook to protect privacy at the border
For immediate release VANCOUVER – On August 1, 2018, the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) released the online guide […]
Nine Things You Need to Know about Bill C-59
Weighing in at a daunting 139 pages, Bill C-59 – the government’s sweeping new proposals for reforms to national security law – include some welcome changes, but also many serious […]
Latest: Canadians (and US visa holders in Canada) and the US Travel Ban
UPDATE: September 26, 2017 – New travel ban restrictions On Sunday September 24th, President Trump issued a new executive order banning almost all travel to the United States (“US”) from […]
Updated: Our National Security Consultation series
A Different Shade of Green Paper: What the government forgot to mention The federal government recently announced the launch of the much-anticipated National Security Consultation. This is an unprecedented opportunity […]
BCCLA reacts to national security consultation announcement
VANCOUVER – Today, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association reacted to the federal government’s announcement of the much anticipated national security review public consultation. Micheal Vonn, Policy Director for the […]
Repeal Bill C-51 Conference
“Repeal Bill C-51 Conference” & Discussion on how to ensure repeal DATE:        Sunday, February 28th, 2016 PLACE:     12:30 p.m. SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings Street, Room 2270 Program: Official Musqueam Welcome by Audrey Siegl PANEL […]
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 […]
“C-51 and Big Data: The Problem of Security by Algorithm” with Micheal Vonn at TRU Society of Law Students Conference
Keeping It Civil: Exploring Civil Liberties and the Charter in Canada The focus of the conference this year is to address a number of dynamic changes and topics surrounding Civil […]
Bill C-51 and Data Analytics with Micheal Vonn – Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Proposed sweeping changes to Canada’s security laws: a look at Bill C-51
Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, is a complex omnibus bill representing the most radical and sweeping changes to Canada’s security law landscape since the legislative response to 9/11. In […]
