Accessibility

The OIPC/ORL is committed to creating inclusive, accessible services and spaces.

Effective September 1, 2024, the OIPC/ORL will be subject to the Accessible British Columbia Act (the Act).

The OIPC/ORL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Accessibility Committee (the Committee) with the Offices of the Ombudsperson, Auditor General, Representative for Children and Youth, Police Complaint Commissioner, Merit Commissioner, and Human Rights Commissioner.

Mandate and Purpose

The Committee was established to advise the Offices in their efforts to identify, remove, and prevent accessibility barriers to any individuals in or interacting with the Offices, and to assist the Offices with meeting their obligations under the Act. The MOU is intended to set out the agreement between the Offices on how the Committee will carry out its roles and responsibilities.

In accordance with the Act, the Committee’s advisory work shall be informed and guided by the principles of inclusion, respect, adaptability, diversity, collaboration, self-determination and universal design.

Read the full Memorandum of Understanding: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/media/17548/2023-08-11-joint-accessibility-mou-final.pdf

To provide feedback on barriers to individuals in or interacting with the OIPC/ORL, please email info@oipc.bc.ca or call 250-387-5629.

If you require spoken language interpretation services to provide feedback, you can do so by submitting a request to the OIPC using the following form: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/forms/individuals/#request-spoken-language-interpretation