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Truth and Reconciliation Guiding Documents and Resources:
- CCAT Index – Indigenous Law (2024)
- Declaration Act Action Plan – Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care, (November 2020)
- Expanding our Vision: Cultural Equality and Indigenous People’s Human Rights, Ardith Walpetko We’dalx Walkem QC (now Justice Walkem), (2019), a report prepared for the BCHRT.
- Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 2019
- Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, 2019
- First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, 2015
Administrative Law Resources:
Paul Daly’s Administrative Law Blog: Administrative Law Matters
Mark Mancini’s Administrative Law Newsletter: Sunday Evening Administrative Review (SEAR) Newsletter
The Canadian Constitutional Law Open Access Casebook | CanLII
Principles of Administrative Law, 7th Edition, Carswell, 2020.
Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice (Issues), Margaret Leighton, Carswell.
http://www.canlii.org/en/
Canada Legal Information Institute – access to decisions of Canadian courts and tribunals
http://www.lawblogs.ca/
A directory of online Canadian Legal Resources organized by substantive subject and Canadian province
Inclusive Legal Writing:
- LSBC’s Practice Resource: Guidance for Lawyers on Using Inclusive Language (2023)
- British Columbia Law Institute’s Gender Diverse Legal Writing Guide (2022)
- BCCAT Practice Guidance – Pronouns and Forms of Address for BC Tribunals (2022)
Self-Represented Litigant Resources:
- National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP): SRL Resources (2023)
- Justice Education Society: Representing Yourself (2023)
Other Tools and Resources:
- Hallmarks of Quality Decision Making. Sourced from WCAT’s Manual of Rules of Practice and Procedure, section 17.2.1 (2021)
- Competency Assessment form (Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal)
Canadian Courts:
Canadian Administrative Law Organizations:
- Justice Education Society – AdminLawBC.ca
- Crown Agencies and Board Resourcing Office
- Ministry of Attorney General’s Dispute Resolution Office
- Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunal
- Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ)
- Saskatchewan Administrative Tribunal Association
- Manitoba Council of Administrative Tribunals (MCAT)
- Conférence des juges administratifs du Québec
- Ontario Bar Association
- Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators
- Foundation of Administrative Justice
- Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators
Law Society of BC Links:
Tribunal Independence:
- BCCAT’s Statement on Tribunal Independence, October 2023
- CLE paper titled “Tribunal Independence and the Role of Elected Officials: A Critical Examination of the Pat Pimm Conflict of Interest Opinion” by Mark G. Underhill and Matthew R. Voell. These materials were originally produced for the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC publication, Administrative Law Conference – 2014 (Vancouver, BC: October 2014). This paper is posted with the permission of the authors, but the posting of this paper does not assign their copyright to any other publisher. View Paper
BCCAT Policy and Research Committee Memorandums:
- Memorandum regarding Issues in Restructuring Tribunals prepared by the BCCAT’s Policy and Research Committee, May 2014
Cases where BCCAT acted as an intervenor:
Northern Regional Health Authority v. Linda Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42
Northern Regional Health Authority v. Linda Horrocks, Case in Brief