In January 2020, the BC Human Rights Tribunal published a report after hearing from 100 Indigenous people about how they experience the justice system. The report explains how the current system fails them and the need to work collectively towards greater justice through open dialogue, incorporating Indigenous legal definitions of human rights and mechanisms for ensuring fairness and freedom from discrimination.
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Clarify special exemption
Recommendation 30: Educate employers about s. 42. Education should highlight where a fair consideration of Indigenous applicants (for example, strongly weighing Indigenous knowledge and experience) does not require an exemption.-
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Recommendation 47: Provide student opportunities, such as articling or summer jobs for Indigenous law students to increase practitioners in this area.-
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Recommendation 48: Encourage the creation of regional, or circuit, human rights clinics to both educate and assist Indigenous Peoples in filing and carrying through human rights claims. Explore options for clinics or workshops that operate regionally over time so lawyers can stick with a case, including potentially working with the three BC law schools. Clinics should be led by leading Indigenous counsel and provide representation to Indigenous Peoples, individually and collectively.-
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