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Experiences of mental health issues
Recommendation 34:
Extend limitation periods for human rights complaints to 5 years (to take into account the trauma victims face), while allowing a claimant to seek an extension to the limitation period if the claimant has extenuating circumstances reasonablydemonstrating why they were unable to file a formal human rights complaint within the 5-year limitation period.
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Recommendation 8:
Expand training on conflict resolution, de-escalation skills, nonviolent crisis intervention and working with people with mental health disabilities. This should be designed in conjunction with mental health experts and people with lived experience.
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Recommendation 52:
Expand training on conflict resolution, de-escalation skills, nonviolent crisis intervention and working with people with mental health disabilities. This should be designed in conjunction with mental health experts and people with lived experience.
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Recommendation 46:
Expand the mandate of, and allocate funding to, the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital to house prisoners with serious mental health disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of BC Corrections on a long-term basis.
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Recommendation 9:
Ensure that panel members grant detainees a reasonable recess to review evidence presented by detaining facilities that did not form part of the pre-hearing disclosure.
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Recommendation 78:
Ensure post-use of force medical assessments include an assessment of the prisoner’s mental state and any potential impact on the prisoner’s mental health. When indicated, monitor and treat prisoners for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Recommendation 40:
Ensure post-use of force medical assessments include an assessment of the prisoner’s mental state and any potential impact on the prisoner’s mental health. When indicated, monitor and treat prisoners for for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Recommendation 56:
Eliminate the use of Emergency Response Teams in regional treatment centres and on mental health units. Ensure decisions to deploy the ERT consider the potential traumatic impact of the team on the prisoner and weigh the potential for psychological harm against the potential benefit of using this high level of force. Amend policy to reflect this.
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Recommendation 339:
Development of an emergency management course on the intersecting vulnerabilities of gender, class, race, age, and disability as well as violence…(p.36)
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Recommendation 30:
Develop organizational and workplace policies and practices that are fair, equitable and free from discrimination, harassment or retaliation against anyone, including racialized and/or Muslim employees who work for the organization or those who receive services from it.
Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
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Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
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2019
2019
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