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COVID-19 AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Visit the COVID-19 and human rights page for information about general principles on maintaining best practices in human rights in Alberta.

The Commission has information about mask-wearing on our COVID-19 and human rights page. The Commission has not published or posted any online graphics or posters about mask-wearing.

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COMMISSION OFFICES

The Commission remains open. In order to comply with social distancing recommendations, there are no in-person services for conciliations, walk-in inquiry service, or appointments. Commission offices are open during regular hours for drop-off only. Tribunal offices are available by phone, email, fax, and mail.

We encourage people to communicate with us by phone, email, fax, and mail. Please contact the area of the Commission that relates to your issue:

Confidential Inquiry Line
In-person services are not available. Please use our website to find the information you need or contact the confidential inquiry line if you require further assistance.

Complaint Resolution
Conciliation meetings take place by telephone or videoconference, rather than in-person.

Tribunal Office
Tribunal Dispute Resolution (TDR) meetings take place by videoconference or teleconference, rather than in-person. Tribunal hearings take place by videoconference. See the schedule of upcoming hearings for details. If you have questions about TDR meetings or tribunal hearings, contact the Tribunal Office.
Education and Engagement
E-learning and other education resources are available online. Community engagements continue by videoconference or in-person when safe to do so.

The Commission will continue to monitor the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) situation closely.

By Ministerial Order (M.O. 27/2020), limitation periods pertaining to the Alberta Human Rights Act were suspended starting March 17, 2020 and resumed June 1, 2020. This continues to impact the set period of time some people have to make a complaint to the Commission.

INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY - SEEKING PUBLIC FEEDBACK
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has a long history of working collaboratively with Indigenous communities in Alberta to address human rights concerns. To advance and prioritize this work, the Commission has drafted an Indigenous Human Rights Strategy. As a support to this Strategy, an Indigenous Advisory Circle is also being proposed.

Have your say. The Commission is now inviting the public, especially Indigenous people and organizations, to provide feedback on the draft Strategy and proposed Advisory Circle. The deadline for feedback is May 31, 2021.

COMMISSION NEWSLETTER
Read the March 18, 2021 regular issue of the Commission newsletter.

NEW BYLAWS
On December 1, 2020, new bylaws for the Commission where approved. The bylaws are available here.

CONDEMNING RACISM IN ALBERTA
Read a message from the Alberta Human Rights Commission.

CHIEF'S MESSAGE ON RAISING OUR VOICES AGAINST ANTI-BLACK RACISM
Read a message from the Chief of the Commission and Tribunals.

REVISIONS TO THE TRIBUNAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION (TDR) PROCESS
To help further the Commission's efforts to continually improve our service provision and find efficiencies, the Tribunal Office is making changes to the scheduling process for Tribunal Dispute Resolution (TDR).

For any TDR scheduled after May 19, 2020, the Tribunal Office will schedule a date for the full-day TDR and provide that date to the parties six weeks in advance. If a party has a scheduling conflict, they have five business days to make a request to reschedule the TDR. In their request, the party must provide alternate dates that fall within 45 days of the scheduled TDR date. Any request to reschedule made more than five business after receiving the date will not be granted, unless there are exceptional circumstances (for example, an illness).

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