Using UNDRIP to Make the Police Act Better: Indigenous Law and Meaningful Remedies
In a January 22, 2026 decision, BC’s Police Complaint Commissioner applied the United Nations...
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From Retail to Health Care: Why Colleges Must Confront Racial Profiling and Micro-Discrimination
Recently, two leading experts, Dr. Lorne Foster and Dr. Les Jacobs, have just completed...
Read MoreRegulatory Oversight or Discrimination? BC Human Rights Tribunal allows key claims to proceed
A recent decision of the BCHRT serves as a reminder to regulators that human...
Read More2021 PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ROUND-UP
Professional regulatory law in the year 2021 was largely consumed with COVID-related cases...
Read MoreCLE’S SELF-GOVERNING PROFESSIONS – Angela Westmacott, Q.C. and Alandra Harlingten on the challenge of human rights issues faced by professional regulators
Regulatory authorities must ensure that their registrants and members are competent and fit to...
Read MoreTWU and the public interest: Ontario appellate court upholds law society’s refusal to accredit a body that discriminates against LGBTQ students
In our 2015 regulatory round-up (here), we described the ongoing dispute arising in the...
Read More2015 professional regulation roundup
Human rights: In October 2015, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found discriminatory conduct by...
Read MoreBC College of Veterinarians: allegations of ongoing discrimination and 10-day judicial review
We recently blogged about the human rights decision against the BC Veterinary Medical Association...
Read MoreHuman right claim by Indo-Canadian veterinarians succeeds against the BCVMA
After the longest hearing in its history – 356 hearing days – the B.C....
Read MoreRegulatory blackjack: 21 cases in professional regulation
Use of titles: Ontario’s Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 prohibits traditional Chinese medical practitioners from...
Read More2013 Conference – Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Regulation Conference: Vancouver Convention Centre, November 15, 2013 Frequently Asked Questions About the...
Read MoreNews and Events – 2013 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong
September 24, 2013: The firms of Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will...
Read More2012 Professional Regulatory Round-Up
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion continued
Last month, we asked two human rights lawyers to provide their perspective on the...
Read MoreThe Wright case: a panel discussion
In our last release we promised that we would blog about the recent decision...
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