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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

As BC's Human Rights Commissioner, I am disturbed by news of hate fueled marches planned for Sept. 20. Peaceful demonstration is an important tool to protect democracy and generate debate. But I want to be very clear: the human rights of LGBTQ2SAI+ people are not up for debate.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

My role is not to make public health decisions; it's to shine a light on how those decisions may impact marginalized communities. This week’s removal of universal masking directives in healthcare settings does not uphold a human rights centered approach to public health.

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

1 year

Statement on masking in healthcare: "While I believe that we should be taking public health measures to protect marginalized and vulnerable people in all settings, healthcare, of all places, should prioritize the health of medically vulnerable people."

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Today, many children in BC returned to school during an ongoing pandemic, but without the protection of mask mandates. On Mar.16 I wrote to the Public Health Officer re the inequitable impact on immunocompromised people of ending the mask mandate, urging her to maintain it 1/2

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

2 years

Release: On March 16, 2022, BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner issued a letter to the Public Health Officer on the ending of the mask mandate. The letter and statement from the Commissioner are available here: #bcpoli

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

I have been following with great concern the removal of people and their belongings from the Hastings St encampments this morning. My Office has requested meetings with the Province and City of #Vancouver on an urgent basis and expect to meet with both later today #DTES

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

Denying the very existence of trans and gender diverse people—including calls to erase trans and LGBTQ2SAI+ people from our province’s curricula—is hate, and hate should have no place in our community or in our schools.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

As a parent, I plead with those who think they are protecting children: Erasing LGBTQ2SAI+ people from our curriculum will not change your child’s identity, but it will make schools less safe. To all young people I say: You have rights and you matter. I stand with you with pride.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

I'm paying close attention to accounts of police violence in response to Fairy Creek protests as my Office drafts its report on systemic discrimination for the Leg. Ctee. on police reform. Stay tuned for our recommendations to be released in Oct. 1/2

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

The attacks in BC last week are a stark reminder of the devastating impacts of hate and violence on those most marginalized by poverty and housing insecurity. People who are unhoused deserve protection from discrimination and violence. 1/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

5 years

I'm looking forward to being sworn in tomorrow as BC's new human rights commissioner. Stay tuned! For official news from the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner, follow @humanrights4BC . I'm honoured and excited to officially begin this journey!

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

In my lifetime, there has never been a more important time for Canada to demonstrate support for institutions of democracy. As international institutions face attacks from leaders who shirk accountability, our responsibility to respect these institutions grows stronger. 1/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

When we stand together against anti-trans hate, we stand together against all hate. I condemn these rallies for their attempts to erase and marginalize trans and LGBTQ2SAI+ people. In our schools, in our communities and across our province, there is #NoSpaceForHate

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

I have worked productively with the PHO over the last 2 years to establish practices that better account for the rights of people with disabilities, including the immunocompromised. Today I am publicly sharing my latest call to the PHO, available here: 2/2

Release: Letter to the Public Health Officer on the ending of the mask mandate - BC's Office of the...

Vancouver B.C. – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner said a B.C. Supreme Court decision on family status impedes gender equality in the workplace. B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner was an intervenor in...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Let’s not forget: Canada ran residential schools from 1831-1996 in order to “take the Indian out of the child.” Many survivors are alive today & intergenerational trauma has profound impacts on Indigenous families, communities and on our whole society. #orangeshirtday

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

Now is the time to take action to address the campaigns of misinformation and organized hate that give rise to marches like these. Hate is not the unsolvable issue it may at first appear to be.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

I share the worries about the risks of encampments to those living in these communities. Encampments are not safe or suitable alternatives to housing. However, Single Room Occupancy units unfit for habitation or displacement to other encampments does not solve the problem (1/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

I join CERD in urging Canada to immediately cease the forced eviction of Wet’suwet’en and #Secwepemc peoples, to prohibit the use of lethal weapons, and to guarantee no force will be used against them. This is a matter of fundamental human rights. 5/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

In March, my Office released results of our public inquiry into hate, including 12 recommendations to take transformative action. Today I have issued a letter calling on Premier David Eby to show how these recommendations are being urgently implemented.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Judge suspends eviction orders against homeless encampment in Vancouver, finding that: "Those individuals have a right to notice and a right to be heard, as their rights, privileges, or interests are uniquely affected."

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

The City's restrictions on media this morning are unacceptable and a violation of public trust. We should not hear stories of reporters sneaking through alleys to do their jobs. Media freedom is critical to health of our democracy - and human rights - and must be protected. (6/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Honoured to be launching this report today on importance of collecting race & other disaggregated #data . In this time of pandemic & protest, as COVID exacerbates injustices, we must commit to concrete steps to tackle systemic racism #humanrights4bc

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Canada cannot simultaneously vie for a seat at the Security Council while ignoring their obligations to other parts of the UN. It's critical to the future of human rights that Canada and BC cement the credibility of our institutions by meeting our obligations. 6/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

This week, the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called for Canada to halt three resource projects until free, prior and informed consent is obtained from all Indigenous peoples impacted by the projects. (FPIC). 2/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Cut police, build affordable housing instead, says B.C. human rights commissioner | CBC News

British Columbia's human rights commissioner says cutting the number of police officers and using the money saved to build affordable housing should be considered by a legislative committee looking...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

This is the hard work of true reconciliation, this is the hard work of democracy. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #CERD #Wetsuweten 7/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's report released today finds pervasive anti-Indigenous racism in BC healthcare. 84% of Indigenous respondents report discrimination. This is why all healthcare providers (indeed, all of us) must root out our own bias and take steps to #BeAntiRacistBC .

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

I stand firmly with women experiencing gender based violence here and always. However, I am concerned that women's safety is being used today to justify violating rights of marginalized communities with little evidence that this move is actually protecting women's safety. (4/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

CERD’s statement raises the alarm about the escalating threat of violence against Indigenous peoples in B.C. Indigenous peoples who oppose development projects on their traditional territories should never be met with violence for peaceful opposition. 4/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

As a signatory to the Convention to End Racial Discrimination, Canada has obligations to the #CERD . Moreover, BC & Canada have — or plan to — legislate #UNDRIP . As such, we have obligations to ensure FPIC exists for all impacted Indigenous groups before projects impact lands. 3/7

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Today, I'm marking an exciting milestone! #humanrights4bc

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

5 years

Deeply disturbed to see today's call to hatred in the @vancouversun . Fear - of change, the unknown, difference - is hate’s greatest fuel. Keen to get to work on these issues with @humanrights4BC ! #endhate #migrantswelcome

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

I understand that women are not being offered secure housing, nor are the City or the Province relying on evidence that shelter spaces, SROs or other encampments are safer for the women seeking protection. (5/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

Residents and service providers attest to dangers facing women along with issues of fire and other safety concerns. But today’s displacements do nothing more than scatter these same people. They do nothing to solve gender-based violence, toxic drug supply or homelessness. (3/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Released today: we are calling on the province to end migrant detention in B.C. jails via @VancouverSun

Human Rights commissioner calls on province to end migrant detention in B.C. jails

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

8 months

Many governments still struggle with what the right to housing means in practice, especially in the context of homeless encampments. For example, does the right to housing create a legal protection against forced eviction? In a word, yes. (1/3)

Kasari Govender: We need to talk about encampments

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

The terrible news from Kamloops today reminds us colonialism is not an abstract concept—it has life and death consequences for Indigenous Peoples. As a non-Indigenous person, I recognize our duty to bear witness to the truth as it gets laid bare (1/3)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

7 months

Starting this month, all employers in BC must include the expected pay or pay range in publicly advertised job postings. Transparency is an important part of pay equity, but to truly close BC's 17% gender pay gap we need more proactive action from government and employers. (1/3)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

If you have a complaint about the RCMP's actions at Fairy Creek or otherwise, you can contact @CRCC_CCETP via . You can also provide input to B.C.'s Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act via this survey until Sept 4: 2/2

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

Instead, approaches like the sweeps we’ve seen today, facilitated by significant police presence, only make many residents more vulnerable. (2/6)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Despite the many human rights issues facing Indigenous peoples, it’s clear that Indigenous people feel excluded from the human rights system here in BC. Bill 18, introduced today, is an important step forward. The next step must be banning discrimination on the basis of poverty.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Yesterday morning I wrote to the City & Province re fire order to remove people & shelters from Hastings Encampment. While safety concerns for residents are now urgent, this urgency cannot override human rights w/o exploring all reasonable alternatives 1/3

Human rights of the unhoused must be respected when removing tent city encampment - BC's Office of...

Vancouver – B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner has sent a letter to the province’s housing minister and the Mayor of Vancouver, urging them to respect human rights when removing homeless encampments...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

They deserve it through having access to mental health and addictions services, where treatment and support is so often the difference between finding housing stability or not, and they deserve it in our everyday interactions where empathy and compassion too often fall away. 3/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe says the word “disappointing” doesn’t even begin to describe how she feels about people who claim safer supply isn't the answer to the toxic drug crisis.

BC safer supply criticisms refuted by coroner | CityNews Vancouver

The chief coroner is pushing back on criticisms of safer supply after B.C. marked more than 12,000 deaths from toxic drugs since 2016.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

They deserve it under B.C.'s Human Rights Code, where discrimination on the basis of social condition is still not prohibited despite repeated calls for change. They deserve it through having access to housing, pursuant to the internationally protected right to housing. 2/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Happy Diwali from my house to yours! What a year to celebrate light over darkness, hope over despair. Wishing you peace, love, and light, no matter what the year ahead maybe bring.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Anti-racism work is vital today and every day. In the words of Audre Lorde: “Revolution is not a one time event.” #BlackShirtDay #BeAntiRacistBC #BlackLivesMatter

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

As a kidney transplant recipient, I join the many immunocompromised people calling attn to the importance of following public health guidance right now. Thanks to those in health care working tirelessly to keep us as safe as possible. #HighRiskCovid19 #gratitude #righttohealth

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

6 months

I am deeply concerned about the surging numbers of hate incidents impacting Jewish and Muslim communities here in B.C. and I am calling for immediate and sustained action to address and prevent hate in our communities. See my full statement here:

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Injunction denied! The Court: Enforcement of the order led to serious & substantial infringement of civil liberties by police officers rendered anonymous to protesters, many wearing 'thin blue line' badges. All in the name of enforcing the Court's order.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

As the stories of hate wash in, it is easy to feel powerless against the rising tide. I feel it too. But every person who speaks out, lends support or organizes in their community gives me hope. None of us can fight this alone, but our actions still matter.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

One child is one too many. Indigenous people have been truth telling about Canada’s colonial violence and genocide for generations. It is past time to listen. For crisis support call the 24-hour Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 #EveryChildMatters 🧡

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Releasing this statement today, urging us all to put human rights at the centre of our decision making during this time of crisis. #COVIDRights

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

4 years

Important #COVID19BC guidance for employers, landlords, service providers and to individuals from Human Rights Commissioner @KasariGovender about how to ensure human rights are protected during the pandemic: #bcpoli #HumanRights #COVIDrights

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

7 months

#Kelowna , congratulations on the #RallyAgainstHate ! From violent attacks on Sikhs to anti-LGBTQ2SAI+ marches, your community has faced a lot. Still, you stand up. We know connection can be the antidote to hate. I'm standing with you in love and pride.🌈

Rally against hate in Kelowna welcomes thousands | Globalnews.ca

The event was as a response to the anti-SOGI protest on Sept. 20 and many at Sunday's rally said those types of protests are causing fear among the trans community and the youth.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Breaking news: @humanrights4BC first public inquiry will be into Hate in the Pandemic. Human rights are an essential component of crisis response. We will ask: what's led to a rise in reported hate incidents during this time? How can hate be prevented in future provincial crises?

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

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B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner launches province-wide public inquiry into hate in the pandemic

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Launching our full public awareness campaign today, asking us all to ask ourselves the uncomfortable but necessary question: Am I racist? And what am I going to do about it? #BeAntiRacistBC

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

Fight racism. Work from the inside, out. It’s time to ask: “Am I racist?” Join us: #BeAntiRacistBC

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

“One of the myths that makes it hard to be Black in B.C. is that there’s little to no Blackness. Yet the lack of present-day Black neighbourhoods in Vancouver is in fact linked to the racist erasure of Blackness in the past.” #BlackHistoryMonth

Prof. Handel Kashope Wright: To celebrate Black History Month in

The UBC academic says there's a need to address what he calls the Catch-22 of Blackness in B.C.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Today, we grieve every child taken and each stolen sister. May we find truth, justice, transformation and then reconciliation. #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

7 months

I applaud the B.C. govt for officially ending its agreement with #CBSA to detain immigrants in provincial jails. Per international human rights standards, immigration detention should never be punitive. #bcpoli #humanrights4bc (1/2)

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

Eviction without consultation and suitable alternatives is a violation of human rights law & risks exacerbating other health and safety concerns—esp during a heat wave and in the context of two ongoing public health emergencies. 2/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Talked to my 5 year old today about #InternationalWomensDay and why I call myself a feminist. He tried to remember all the words so he could talk about it at school - hearing his little voice repeating the word "feminist" over and over in the back seat made my IWD.

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay we join women around the world in continuing to challenge harmful biases and misconceptions that divide us, in order to create a more inclusive and gender-equal world. #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

“Talking about race shouldn’t necessarily lead to conflict, or violence or anger, it should be a welcome discussion, but since we’ve avoided that discussion for so long we’ve really become entrenched in our myths and what we’ve learned.”

Stepping Up: How a young B.C. man pushed the province to recognize its long and vibrant Black...

After incident involving his younger sister, Markiel Simpson realized school curriculums weren’t diverse enough and began lobbying for change

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

I am very sad to hear this. What a huge loss for constitutional jurisprudence - and to human rights more generally - in this country.

Arvay Finlay LLP

@ArvayFinlay

3 years

The Arvay Finlay family is deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Joseph J. Arvay, OC QC has passed away. Details on how his remarkable life will be remembered will follow.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

A culturally appropriate response, led by the community for the community, has brought down COVID numbers in BC's South Asian community. An example of why we need to understand race and other identity factors of those who are most impacted. @humanrights4BC

Here's why COVID-19 numbers have dropped among B.C.'s South Asian population | CBC News

Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

I stand with @AlexNeveAmnesty in his hope for the decade ahead: "Quite simply, a decade that – no matter the cost, the inconvenience, the controversy or the opposing interests – puts human rights first."

Opinion: A resolution for a new decade: put human rights first

There is an urgency of responding to some of the gravest challenges of our time

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

11 months

I'm very disappointed that BC extended the deadline to completely end its agreement w/ #CBSA to Oct 31, despite assurances to my Office that delay wouldn't occur. Those held in immigration detention have committed no crime; keeping them in jail is an affront to their human rights

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

"People would prob be shocked to learn that every year, Canada locks up 100s of migrants and refugee claimants in maximum-security jails–without a trial or even a charge. Authorities now rely as heavily on provincial jails as on imm holding centres to house immigration detainees"

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

No one should experience harassment or discrimination during the pandemic due to a disability. Also, no one should have to be exposed to the virus—or excluded from public spaces—because others refuse to follow public health guidance merely as a matter of personal choice.

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

4 years

Confused about masking policies? This policy guidance from Commissioner @KasariGovender details how mask-wearing requirements must accommodate people with disabilities or medical conditions that prevent them from using non-medical masks. #HumanRights4BC

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Unprecedented damages handed down from the BC Human Rights Tribunal today.

B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black | CBC News

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who was targeted on the job for being Black.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

I have serious concerns re reports of disproportionate police response to DTES community & advocates. Community response to police situation at Carnegie cannot be disentangled from displacement of these same people. The approach we are witnessing undermines dignity & autonomy 3/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

To reduce gender inequality - and (I would add) systemic ableism - introduce paid sick leave

Kaitlyn Matulewicz and Iglika Ivanova: To reduce gender inequality, introduce paid sick leave

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

94% of immigration detainees are held for administrative reasons and pose no risk to the public - detaining them in jail violates human rights commitments, and I applaud BC for ending this practice. Now, it is up to the feds to end all migrant detention #welcometocanada

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

2 years

Today, B.C. announced an end to its @CanBorder agreement and detention of migrants in B.C. jails. “CBSA may still hold migrants in a detention centre, but this a significant first step towards affirming the human rights of detainees," said @KasariGovender .

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

We cannot act on what we do not know. This is a call for knowledge. We cannot make change without respectful relationships. This is a call to work with community. This is the time to move from words to real change. This is a call to action. #racism

B.C. could better tackle systemic racism by collecting more in-depth data: human rights commissio...

Disaggregated data provides sub-categories of information — things like ethnic group, gender, occupation or educational status, and can be used to reveal inequities.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

2 years

B.C.'s ombudsperson is renewing calls for independent oversight of jail guards in municipalities policed by the RCMP, after an investigation found one guard's conduct — in leaving a prisoner crying for help overnight — may have amounted to torture

B.C.'s ombudsperson renews calls for oversight of municipal jail guards after IIO investigation |...

B.C.'s ombudsperson is renewing calls for independent oversight of jail guards in municipalities policed by the RCMP, after an investigation by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) found a...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Here's to a year ahead of activism rooted in love. "I don’t mean any simple, sappy kind of love. I don’t mean anything cute or tame. I mean living, breathing, heart-beating love. Wild love. She can spark a movement. She can sustain a revolution." #NYE2020

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@KasariGovender

3 years

"We love you, we see you and we believe you": Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir. Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc release final report on unmarked graves at former Kamloops residential school today.

'This is heavy truth': B.C. First Nation releases report on unmarked graves at former residential...

A ground-penetrating radar specialist, along with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc leaders, on Thursday presented the findings of their report into the discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School,...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

15% of the world’s population (more than 1 billion people) are living with disability. This year's theme of International Day of People with Disabilities is invisible disabilities. An important reminder that sometimes inclusion and equity mean more than meets the eye #IDPWD2020

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

"Misogyny – an ideology that denigrates and dehumanizes women – is the underlying motive, whether the femicide takes place on a street or in a home. It is not “isolated” or “random,” but rather part of a pervasive continuum of beliefs."

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

This statistic is mindboggling.

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

4 years

#DYK Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen 878% in 2020 compared to last year? Human rights are never more important than in times of crisis. We all have a responsibility to treat each other with dignity. See something? Be an #upstander and say something.

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"Here's the thing: I hope that young people in B.C. don't kill my Mom, frankly, or David Suzuki or each other," @VancityReynolds said. "Let's not kill anyone, I think that's reasonable." Words to live by.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Also, my son and I have just discovered @Pam_Palmater 's fantastic @warriorkidspod , which is dedicated to "educating Indigenous and non-Indigenous kids together, so they can help make the world a better place for everyone."

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

Are you a parent or educator wondering how to talk to your children about residential schools? It is necessary, but difficult work. To help you, these Indigenous educators share teaching resources to assist with speaking to kids about residential schools.

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@KasariGovender

4 years

BC Rights Commissioner Sets a Path for Collecting Race-Based Data via @TheTyee

BC Rights Commissioner Sets a Path for Collecting Race-Based Data | The Tyee

A legal requirement and ‘grandmother perspective’ are needed to ensure information is used to end discrimination and address inequities, says report.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Stats Can says COVID-19 mortality rate higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities, but BC not yet collecting race based data

COVID-19 mortality rate higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities: StatsCan | CBC News

Residents of communities home to more visible minorities had a higher likelihood of dying from COVID-19 in Canada's three largest provinces, according to Statistics Canada, in a trend health experts...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Thank you to @CitizenYan for sharing his story with us! Very excited to build on the storytelling work we began with @TeresaPocock 's story of self-advocacy. #ILoveMyHumanRights

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

We’re launching our new “I love my human rights” video series next week featuring @CitizenYan . Hear him share his story with Commissioner @KasariGovender during our live watch party May 26 at 3 p.m. PDT on Facebook: #ILoveMyHumanRights #HumanRights4BC

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

5 years

On this #InternationalDayForEradicationOfPoverty , let us not forget that the opposite of poverty is justice and equality. #EndPoverty

Women's Budget Group

@WomensBudgetGrp

5 years

'Poverty has a female face. Women amore likely than men to be poor. Women are more likely to act as the ‘shock absorbers of poverty’ going without food, clothes or warmth in order to meet the needs of other family members when money is tight.' #EndPoverty

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Excited to be launching this new resource!

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

Wondering how to talk about human rights with your students or children? We've developed a Human rights 101 learner pack with activities and resources for educators and learners. #HumanRights4BC

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Kasari Govender

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2 years

A good question: will BC address systemic racism in immigration detention? "B.C. is at a crossroads. It can continue business as usual. Or it can end its complicity in CBSA’s systemic racism by cancelling its immigration detention contract with the agency"

Efrat Arbel and Ketty Nivyabandi: Will British Columbia address systemic racism in immigration...

vancouversun.com

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

1 year

Former NHL star Trevor Linden calls attention to 'staggering' rate of concussions for domestic violence survivors: 7,000 survivors are concussed for every 1 NHL player. Linden calls on men and boys to call out one another for abusive behaviour of any kind

Former NHL star calls attention to 'staggering' rate of concussions for domestic violence survivors...

Hockey legend Trevor Linden saw countless lives disrupted and careers cut short by concussions during his 19 seasons in the NHL, but the former captain of the Vancouver Canucks says he was "stunned"...

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

5 years

#dreamjob alert!

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

5 years

Join a great team! We're looking for people to lead our education & engagement, and research & policy departments. #jobs

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5 years

Today's increase to legal aid tariffs in #BC is a critical step forward. The new funding shows progress toward meeting BC's obligation to provide an accessible and sustainable legal aid system. 1/3

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Every child matters.

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@KasariGovender

4 years

Dr. Henry has issued a public health order to give physicians and nurse practitioners the ability to prescribe safer pharmaceutical alternatives to help slow the province's overdose crisis.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

5 years

I share Representative Jennifer Charlesworth's deep disappointment in the fed gov't decision to appeal this decision. #decolonize #reconciliation #CHRT

RCYBC Youth

@RCYBCyouth

5 years

"I wish to express my extreme disappointment at today's action by the federal gov't to fight a Cdn Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering compensation for First Nations children and families..." Read the Rep's statement here: #CHRT

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

This is the second time in as many weeks that our flags are at half-mast due to white supremacist hate. We stand with the Muslim community. We share your grief. #LdnOnt #Islamophobia (1/2)

NCCM

@nccm

3 years

BREAKING: The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is beyond horrified and demands justice after the horrific hate-motivated car attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario who were out for a walk on Sunday evening.

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Kasari Govender

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3 years

It is fortuitous that we are holding the opening ceremonies for our inquiry into hate during #Diwali . I hope you can join us in starting us out in a good way today, celebrating light & hope in times of darkness. #HumanRights4BC

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

3 years

TODAY: B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, @KasariGovender is conducting an inquiry into hate incidents in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us on Nov. 4, 2021 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. PST online at the Inquiry's opening ceremony. #HumanRights4BC

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@KasariGovender

3 years

#NeverForget #16Days #EndGBV

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@KasariGovender

2 years

As a young Toronto woman dies after being set on fire, experts call for violence against women and girls to be treated as a hate crime, an issue we are examining in our Inquiry into hate in the pandemic

Toronto woman set on fire: Violence against women and girls should be treated as a hate crime

Last week, a young woman died after being set fire on a Toronto bus. Police are investigating it as a hate-motivated act. Why is violence against women not treated more often as a hate crime?

theconversation.com

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Early on in the #COVID19 pandemic, many raised concerns about the rise of anti-Asian rhetoric. As many people feared it might, this talk has escalated into discrimination and now violence.

Assault on elderly man in Vancouver a hate crime: VPD

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

11 months

Very happy to see today's news of Ontario ending its immigration detention contract with the federal government, following many other provinces incl BC. This is another important step toward the broader goal of ending immigration detention altogether

Another Canadian Province To End Immigration Detention in Jails

Ontario’s government is terminating its immigration detention contract with the federal government, the latest in a slew of provinces to put an end to the abusive practice.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

This #16Days , I'm working to channel my inner @TaranaBurke . As she says, this numbness we sometimes feel about gender-based violence is about an accumulation of feeling rather than an absence of it. Always working to translate this overwhelm into action.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

3 years

Women — especially ones who weren't earning much to begin with — are bearing the brunt of the job losses, as they made up a majority of the work force in hard-hit sectors like hospitality, retail and food.

Pandemic job losses threaten to leave women behind permanently, RBC warns | CBC News

The pandemic's job losses have hit women particularly hard, and a new report from RBC says the effects could be potentially long-lasting.

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Kasari Govender

@KasariGovender

4 years

Really excited to be launching this film today, featuring activist and poet @TeresaPocock #HumanRightsDay #DisabilityRights #i ❤myhumanrights

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

@humanrights4BC

4 years

On #HumanRightsDay , we're celebrating BC's champions for change! People like @TeresaPocock , a woman with Down syndrome, who fought to decide where she lives. Who do you think guides BC towards greater equality and dignity? Chime in at #I ♥️myhumanrights

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