The Damage Period
Anytime someone is being sued or has a human rights complaint against them, they are always looking to minimize the damage period. They don’t want to pay for your harm for 2 years, when they can only be legally responsible for 6 months. Common sense, reality and law don’t always match up. These are legal […]
The Use of Delay
One of the most powerful oppression tools that people use to make someone go away is DELAY. Creating delay, ongoing, constantly extending, makes people give up like nothing else because they start to feel hopeless that anything will ever be resolved. So…..They give up. They go away. Feel hopeless. And never return. Delay is like a magic […]
District discretion – outside recommendations – denial reasonable
This case is from Manitoba. Cases in other provinces aren’t binding, but still influential and are used nationally in human rights complaints across Canada. We absolutely need to be aware of them. This is a case to be known. This parent lost her human rights complaint and filed a judicial review. She lost that as […]
Settlements
At any time, a settlement can occur during the human rights process. The BC HRT website also states that you can request a mediation meeting at any time. Some people file a human rights complaint and then, soon after, send a demand letter. Sometimes, if you tell the school that you filed a human rights […]
“It’s how your rights are DEFINED”
Law is fluid, and it changes. It can be bendy and a brick wall, all at the same time. Fun eh? We always need to keep pushing the line. We do this when we take our cases in front of the tribunal. Now parents can file a human rights complaint against their child’s school district […]
When Should I File my Human Rights Compliant?
The BC HRT has a ONE YEAR limitation to file a complaint People often wonder when they should file their human rights complaint. Especially when they are dealing with issues that have been happening for a long time. Sometimes it is a big event that occurs. If it’s only about that one event, then you […]
A HR Decision for School Employees
There is so much to learn about human rights law when we read decisions. This decision is not an education case, but it is 100% relevant for school employees filing complaints for disability. There are people who have gone through the human rights tribunal system and have left quite frustrated. Their experience didn’t pass the […]
Is There a Financial Risk to Filing a Human Rights Complaint?
Filing a Human Rights Complaint is not the same as “suing” someone. When people say they are going to sue someone, they are talking about the civil litigation route. There are various types of courts, like small claims courts and tribunals. The Civil Resolution Tribunal is an example. “You can bring many civil law disputes […]
Compensation Amount
Getting compensation for your child who was harmed, is one of the reasons parents file complaints. Certainly not the only reason. There are lots of ways that your child can benefit beyond compensation. However, for this blog let us focus on the monetary benefits. Historically, education cases have always been low in terms of what […]
Post-Secondary Human Rights Complaint, Settlement Offer
This is a case that involves a nursing student at a post-secondary institution. Student D v. Selkirk College, 2025 BCHRT 178 [2] Student D was a student in the Bachelor of Nursing program at Selkirk College. She alleges the College discriminated against her in the area of services on the grounds of mental and physical […]
