Legal Resources

This guide explains how to file a complaint against police officers for misconduct and what you can expect in the process.

Lists resources that might be helpful to you if you’re not a Canadian citizen and you have a family law issue. Explains how laws in other countries can affect your legal situation, how some processes might be different, and what you can do if your residency sponsorship breaks down.

This handbook is for Chief and Council members, band managers, officers, administrators, and anyone else who works for governing bodies of First Nations communities. It’s intended to help you identify and resolve human rights issues in your organization and community.

This fact sheet is about your rights as an adult (age 19 or older) to give or refuse consent to health care. How is health care defined? What is required for informed consent? How is incapability to consent determined? When is consent not required? Who qualifies as a health care provider?

Being treated differently than others based on personal characteristics is called discrimination. The law protects you from discrimination at work. Learn your rights and options if someone discriminates against you.

The guide discusses the legal rights and responsibilities around disclosure for people with disabilities in the context of employment. Thank you to the Law Foundation of BC for making this guide possible.

The legal rights of children vary from those of adults. Learn the rights of children in several contexts, and situations where their views are considered in decisions that affect them.

Information about filing a human rights complaint with the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Answers questions such as what is considered discrimination and what is not.

While the Residential Tenancy Act is the main piece of legislation that governs tenants’ and landlords’ rights and responsibilities, section 10 of the BC Human Rights Code gives tenants further protections when it comes to discrimination in tenancies.