Intervenor
BC Ed Access is available to those parents who are navigating the BC Human Rights Tribunal System in Education cases K-12 as a possible intervenor at your hearing.
What is the role of an intervenor?
An intervenor is able to provide the tribunal member with context or perspective that goes beyond what the parties can offer.
Below is content from the BC Human Tribunal Website:
“Helping the Tribunal
An intervenor may help the Tribunal by telling it:
- the social or historical context of the complaint
- other groups’ views about the complaint
- argument about how to interpret the Human Rights Code
- how a remedy might affect others
Explain:
- any special expertise or knowledge you have in relation to the issues in the complaint
- any different view you would bring
- how you can help the Tribunal to decide the complaint”
BC Ed Access is available to those parents who are navigating the BC Human Rights Tribunal System in Education cases K-12 as an intervenor at your hearing. This can be for public, private (independent) and online school options.
If you plan on taking your case to a hearing, you can apply through the BC Human Rights Tribunal process to have us as an intervener for your hearing.To learn about what the intervener role is, the legal test, and why having us attend your hearing in this role may benefit you, please read the information page on the BC Human Rights website.
BC Human Rights Tribunal Law Library – Intervenor page.
https://www.bchrt.bc.ca/law-library/guides/general-apps/ga-13/
If you would like to discuss this option with BC Ed Access, please contact Kim Block
Secretary@bcedaccess.com
Here are some other links of information about intervenors.
The Role of the Intervenor by Lindsay Waddell, December 2022
Interveners in Human Rights Cases by Linda McKay-Panos, September 8th, 2017
A case example using intervenors.
BCEdAccess Society 