Here is a list of some key human rights cases that were accepted and valid complaints under the Human Rights Code. There are more human rights complaints to explore in Canlii. For instructions on how to use Canlii click here.

It is very helpful to know what gets accepted by the BC Human Rights Tribunal. These examples give the public and the tribunal a peek into the education system. Exposure alone of these circumstances is advocacy and creates a data trail.

These cases can be used in our advocacy when communicating with the school.

EA not provided

IEP and designation not provided

Professional recommendations not included in IEP

Parents were not meaningfully consulted

Meaningful inquiry – The School didn’t investigate what the disability related barriers were and try to remove them

Equitable access to education – The Moore case

Hostile and rude teachers, not accommodating

Exclusion

Another exclusion example

Preventing a student from presenting at an assembly and mishandling an assembly incident.

Not providing reasonable accommodations – Dyslexia

Not being able to read, leaving for a private school – Dyslexia

Bullying

Allergies

Forced out of school (poor transition into high school)- paying for private school (Ontario)

Family Status (impact on the parent) – file within one year

Here is the page for a list of dismissals and timeliness applications over the last 10 years.