Here is a list of my blogs on human rights or the process of external complaint systems. For a complete list of my blogs that include advocacy topics click here or visit my other website called Speaking Up BC.
2025
Post-Secondary Human Rights Complaint, Settlement Offer
Amending (Improving) a Complaint
Wait Times for External Complaint Systems
Fairness at the BC HRT
Co-parenting with the Government
What is Rights-Based Advocacy?
Part 6 – Pulling it all together
Part 5 – Duty to facilitate
Part 4- Duty to consult
Part 3 – Meaningful Inquiry
Part 2 (b) – The Reasonable Justification Test
Part 2 (a) – The Discrimination Test
Part 1 – Power of the Human Rights Code
New HR Decision…and it’s Loaded
Participating in the Duty to Accommodate
National Accessibility Week
Policy – “soft policing”
Another new HR decision – Intersecting Identity – Self-representing parent- A win!
Accepted Human Rights Complaints in Education
New HR Decision – Professional recommendations in IEP
Individual Education Plan (IEP) – They aren’t just words on a page
New HR Decision – EA taken away IEP – Very informative
Parents take Ministry to Court – Win for Equitable Education
The Next Generation of Student Advocates
“It depends”
Duty to Accommodate – Meaningful Inquiry
Evidence of Harm. Effective advocacy in Education
New Human Rights Complaint – Denied EA, Complaint Accepted
Settlement and Mediation Information
Let us always remember
What is the Human Rights Tribunal’s take on Exclusion?
2024
Families are Advocating – A Year in Review for HRT & OIPC and Media
5 Rules on how to be Untouchable
Who does Society care about?
Why Can’t we Just Sue the Government?
“this family needed help beyond what I’m trained for” (para 58)
The BC Human Rights Code Supersedes ALL other Laws, if Conflict Arises
Daycare Termination and Disability
Let’s Talk about Hindsight
Barriers! Barriers! Barriers!
The Financial Costs to Human Rights Complaints in Education
TRB Complaints = HRT Dismissal? NOPE!!
Dear Advocates,
NEW – OIPC Decision – Coquitlam School District
ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia – Human Rights Education Case
(March 18th) NEW Education Human Rights Decision by Self-Representing Parent
Making a Human Rights Complaint
News Articles on Recent Human Rights Partial Win by Parent in Education
2023
Self-represented Parent of Child’s Education Discrimination Case – Partial Win – Human Rights Tribunal
Family Status – Human Rights Complaints in Education
To NDA or not to NDA? That is the Question…
Responding to Dismissal Applications
Late filing – Timeliness of Complaint
Free Speech Protected for Advocacy
What is Fatal to a Human Rights Complaint in Education?
Family Status Protection
Human Rights – Deaf community – ASL access – Education
2022
Why is Documentation so Important?
Human Rights Declaration from MoECC
What You Need to Know About the Teacher’s Regulation Branch -Decision Letters (Professional Conduct Unit)
GROUNDBREAKING BC HRT – ACCEPTS PARENT ADDED ON CHILD’S HR COMPLAINT
Human Rights – Lunch and Learn
2021
All blogs in this year are on my advocacy page www.speakingupbc.com
