Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Given the federal and provincial directives around social distancing and flattening the curve for potential infections, the CLAS Office will be closed to the public effective Wednesday March 18th, until further notice. The length of this closure […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Sexual harassment in the workplace is an unfortunate reality for many British Colombians, yet studies have shown it still goes under-reported. In fact, a 2017 study of Canadian working women showed that more than half of them […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) and the Ending Violence Association of British Columbia (EVA BC) launched a new program today geared to help workers facing sexual harassment on the job. Called […]
By Aleem Bharmal, QC, Human Rights Lawyer
Updated May 6, 2021
The BC Human Rights Clinic is representing an Indigenous mother in the case RR v Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) which is set to proceed to hearing at […]
Human Rights Award to be presented to Sustainabiliteens
Sustainabiliteens is this year’s recipient of the Renate Shearer human rights award.
This award, presented annually on International Human Rights Day, recognizes a group or individual’s significant contribution to advancing human rights, dignity, and justice […]
CLAS is hiring a full-time Finance Officer who will work closely with the Executive Director as well as the Managing Director (“Senior Management”). The key responsibilities of this position are to assume the primary day-to-day responsibility of the financial-related activities of […]
It is with great pleasure that the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) announces that Jacqui Mendes will be the new Executive Director of CLAS, commencing January 6, 2020. Jacqui will join CLAS with over 25 years of organizational leadership experience in […]
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories
VANCOUVER, BC / OTTAWA, ON – On November 6, 2019, the Community Legal Assistance Society (“CLAS”) will be at the Supreme Court of Canada arguing that powerful companies like Uber should not be able to […]
CLAS is hiring a new full-time Executive Director to lead the organization into the important next phase of its history, building upon the strong foundational achievements of the past 48 years. We are pleased to announce that we have retained Leaders […]
