Policy – “Soft Policing”
Policy is known as “soft policing”. Policy is not law. It is literally a group of people coming together and making stuff up. Sometimes policy is based on evidence, and sometimes it is not. School districts have a lot of policies. I highly recommend you go to your school district site and find the policies […]
Participating in the Duty to Accommodate
If you are someone who is asking for accommodations for yourself at work or your child in school, we also have obligations under the Code to follow. If we do not follow this, than our human rights complaints can be dismissed. Rennie v. BC Ambulance Service, 2025 BCHRT 104 [29] Further, Mr. Rennie obtained a […]
New HR Decision (Section 11 & Timeliness)
ooohhhh gather around for this one! Lots of interesting learnings in this decision. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the parent who brought this decision forward. It was a win for them personally and a win for us for this analysis. Here we go. This is an exclusion case & Indigenous rights. Parent obo […]
What is Rights-Based Advocacy?
This is my personal understanding and definition of rights-based advocacy. I would answer that question by saying, “Rights-based advocacy is when you advocate through the lens of the human rights code, use various legal authorities and policies to support your advocacy, and are communicating to the school your child’s unmet disability-related needs. We then advocate […]
Co-parenting with the Government
The topic of the right to religious freedom has come up a lot. This is outside of my lane of disability writing, but I am surprised by how many parents contact me about this issue, so here is a blog on it. I want to offer two cases that I think are very important. E.T. […]
Fairness at the BC Human Rights Tribunal
There are a lot of people self-representing themselves in many legal avenues. Small claims courts, family law, and residential tribunals are just to name a few. Most people navigating the human rights tribunal are self-represented as well. What all these legal avenues have in common is that they are swamped with work, backed up, and […]
Wait Time for External Complaint Systems
Filing external complaints can take a long time BUT there are a few options to help speed things up. There are a lot of people filing complaints. Some of them are about being overcharged on bills from the government, to city bylaws, to very serious, immediate risks related to shelter. There are a large variety […]
Amending (Improving) a Complaint
I wrote my second human rights complaint at 4 am after very little sleep, was raging mad and didn’t look at it again until document disclosure time. Then I realized, opps! I need to amend my complaint. I don’t recommend you write your complaints at 4am. Lesson learned. Scream into a pillow and let it […]
New Teachers Regulation Branch Consent Resolution – Physical Contact
There is a new TRB consent resolution posted, and unless there is something that I think is relevant, I don’t blog about it. BUT this one is VERY interesting And here is why. Get a load of this! From the decision ******* 14. In determining that a reprimand and coursework is an appropriate consequence, the […]
Getting ready for IEP Season – Legally
Here is a list of relevant human rights decisions that can assist you in your advocacy at IEP time. Among decisions from hearings are decisions to not dismiss complaints and have them proceed, which are also relevant. It shows what will be considered a human rights complaint and gives you an idea of what your […]
