The Next Generation of Student Advocates
In the last year or so, we’ve had an increase in student advocacy throughout the BC Human Rights Tribunal Process. These students are doing things that not all adults can even bring themselves to do. Here is some hope for the future. All of these advocates want to make some noise about their experiences. I […]
Parents take Ministry of Education to Court – Win for Equitable Education
This case is a fascinating read. Parents took the Ministry of Education in Alberta to court. Kerber v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 98 https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/parents-take-province-to-court-over-order-keeping-some-kids-out-of-classrooms-during-strike There are two parts that stick out to me, that I think you will all find interesting. The Ministry trying to disconnect from their own orders they create and the labour shortage […]
New HRT Decision – EA taken away, IEP – VERY Informative!
We have another recent decision from the HRT and there is a LOAD of interesting stuff in here! This is a dismissal application. P (by KD) v. Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and another, 2025 BCHRT 62 Many thanks to the parent(s)/guardians who stuck it through and brought this decision […]
Individual Education Plan (IEP) – They aren’t just Words on a Page
IEP’s can play an important role in providing your child an equitable education. As written in the human rights decision P (by KD) v. Board of Education of School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria) and another, 2025 BCHRT 62 the Ministry of Education made it clear: [70] …..The Ministry says IEPs do have a legal effect and function, […]
New Human Rights Decision – Professional Recommendations in IEP
Child (by Parents) v. Surrey School District No. 36, 2025 BCHRT 85 More important learnings from human rights decisions!! This is a dismissal application. Parts of their complaint were dismissed but the part that is continuing is the allegation that the school didn’t incorporate professional recommendations into their child’s IEP. The human rights tribunal is […]
Another new HR decision – Intersecting Identity – Self-Representing Parent – A win!
I have written so many posts that start with New HR decision that it’s starting to sound ridiculous. So, yes this is another new one. I know we just had a new one a couple of days ago. I can’t tell you how exciting this is. This is the month of April, only four months […]
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 […]
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. […]
