Keeping Your Child’s Information Private
There is a way to keep your child’s information private as you go through the BC Human Rights Tribunal process (BC HRT). If you want to request that something specific happen you can email your case manager and they may tell you that you need to submit an application or they may be able to […]
What is the Ask? Email Writing for School Advocacy.
Before I jump into the theme of this blog, I do want to mention that if you email someone in the district (head office) and you don’t cc: the principal, the email you send to the district will be sent to the principal of your kids’ school first. They will check in with them before they touch base […]
Why a Diagnosis
Why a Diagnosis? I worked as a school secretary and one day one of the teachers needed support from the principal for one of her students in the class. The principal was new and so she quickly went to the student files, plucked out the child’s file, flipped through it to make sure there wasn’t […]
Trying to Collaborate in Good Faith
Trying to collaborate in good faith and discuss “reasonable accommodations” can be the real murky (stressful) part of the accommodation process that has the most potential for disaster. This is where we are at our most vulnerable. Here is why. (Please read every single word of the next paragraph. Twice if necessary.) As part of […]
Why Can’t we Just Sue the Government?
Good question! Many parent(s)/guardians are asking this question. What they are experiencing in the education system is mass systemic discrimination and they are wondering how in the world is this allowed to happen?? Doesn’t the Charter protect our rights? Let’s tear this question to bits. Why can’t we just sue the government? Funding When you […]
“this family needed help beyond what I’m trained for” (para 58)
This was a statement by made by the Acting VP in a human rights decision. X by Y v. Board of Education of School District No. Z, 2024 BCHRT 72 [58] Y asked the Acting VP in cross examination how the break from the classroom would have been restorative for X had it […]
Daycare Termination and Disability
RE: New Human Rights Case linked to daycare and termination of daycare services due to a perceived disability. Mother obo Child v. Daycare, 2024 BCHRT 251 Since we all have most likely struggled with daycare issues at some point, I am posting this case. It is a very interesting case. A situation that parents find […]
Let’s Talk about Hindsight!
How is hindsight an important issue to understand in education? Well, if anyone is going to claim that their child is experiencing discrimination and go through the human rights tribunal process, a defence the school could use is “hindsight” . Student by Parent v. School District BCHRT 237[99] Next, in B v. School District, 2019 […]
Barriers! Barriers! Barriers!
When we discuss equity, accessibility the human rights code and accessibility legislation it is ALLLL about removing barriers. Therefore when we advocate for our kids, any advocacy grounded in rights-based advocacy is going to focus on barriers. 1. Human Rights Code In X by Y v. Board of Education of School District No. Z, 2024 BCHRT 72 […]
NEW – OIPC Decision – Coquitlam School District
A New OIPC Decision was posted on April 15th involving the Coquitlam School District. Order F24-30 This is quite a unique decision involving a school district, compared with other decisions I have read. Particularly because I have never seen this section of the FIPPA used before. Section 14 – Solicitor-client privilege. In some decisions involving all […]
