The Organizing Against Racism and Hate (OARH) program was initially established to help small communities collaboratively find ways to address incidents of racism and hate crime. In 2016, this provincial program was expanded to include four new urban communities – Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and Burnaby.
ANHBC is one of 32 communities listed as OARH members in British Columbia and is operating as the lead for the Vancouver OARH Committee. Our goal is to create a network to address ongoing issues of racism and hate crimes in our community. The Vancouver OARH Committee will create community protocols to respond to incidents of hate and will also raise the public awareness. The ANHBC Central Office will be responsible to report and record any incidents reported that are related to racism and hatred.
For more information on the Vancouver OARH Committee, please contact Ken Hsueh, Information, Referral and Office Administrator, at ken@anhbc.org. 604-875-9111 ext 100
If you are a victim of a hate crime, or have witnessed a hate crime, help is available through victim services and other resources.
Contact Vancouver Police Hate Crime Unit Det. / Cst. Jacquie Abbott of the Hate Crimes Unit can be reached at 604-717-9993 or jacquie.abbott@vpd.ca.
- Speak to a Victim Service Worker by calling VictimLink BC at 1-800-563-0808 (confidential and multilingual)
- Contact Police Based Victims Services by calling 1-877-869-0720.
- Contact the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 (confidential and multilingual)
If you experience discrimination, you can file a complaint to Canadian Human Rights Commission
Mail your written complaint to:
Canadian Human Rights Commission
344 Slater Street, 8th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1E1
Call and make your complaint to our National Call Centre:
Toll Free: 1-888-214-1090
TTY: 1-888-643-3304
Fax: 613-996-9661
For other OARH offices in BC, Please Click here
MEDIA RELEASES
December 7, 2017 - ANHBC Condemns Acts of Racism and Hate
