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We are a diverse union of over 7000 members including carpenters, carpenter apprentices, lathers, millwrights, floorlayers, piledrivers, industrial workers and many other construction trades and school board employees. We are the largest union representing construction workers in British Columbia, Canada’s most westerly province.

The BC College of Teachers is a statutory body. Its mandate is to regulate the education profession in the public interest. It is empowered through legislation to ensure that educators who work with students in BC classrooms are competent and suitable for the important role they play in society.

The Coroners Service of British Columbia is responsible for the investigation of all unnatural, sudden and unexpected, unexplained or unattended deaths. It makes recommendations to improve public safety and prevent death in similar circumstances.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is an independent, quasi-judicial body created by the B.C. Human Rights Code. The Tribunal is responsible for accepting, screening, mediating and adjudicating human rights complaints. The Tribunal offers the parties to a complaint the opportunity to try to resolve the complaint through mediation. If the parties don't resolve the complaint, the Tribunal holds a hearing.

Review panels are mandated to adjudicate whether or not a patient should continue to be detained in a mental health facility after hearing evidence from the facility and from the patient.

The Pension Corporation is one of Canada's largest pension benefit administrators, serving the boards of trustees for the largest public sector pension plans in British Columbia, and representing over 300,000 active and retired plan members, and about 800 plan employers.

The College of Dental Surgeons of BC assures British Columbians of professional standards of oral health care, ethics and competence by regulating dentistry in a fair and reasonable manner.

The function of the appeal board is to hear appeals regarding the licensing of community care facilities, the registration of assisted living residences and the licensing of early childhood educators.

The Tribunal is an independent quasi-judicial body that manages a final appeal process for clients of the Ministry of Human Resources who wish to appeal a “reconsideration decision“ under the Employment and Assistance Act, the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act or the Child Care Subsidy Act.

British Columbia's Forest Practices Board is an independent public watchdog that reports to the public about compliance with the Forest Practices Code and the achievement of its intent.

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) is independent from government and monitors and enforces British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).

The Investment Dealers Association of Canada is the national self-regulatory organization and representative of the securities industry. Our Members include more than 190 investment dealers who play an essential role in the Canadian economy by raising capital for governments and businesses and by helping individuals and institutions invest with confidence in open and fair capital markets.

The Labour Relations Code (the "Code") establishes the Labour Relations Board. The statute grants the Board exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine applications and complaints under the Code and to make orders under the Code that it deems appropriate.

As the independent governing body for all BC lawyers, the Law Society protects the public interest in the administration of justice and sets and upholds standards for the legal profession.

The Liquor Control and Licensing Branch issues licences for making and selling liquor (either by the glass or bottle) and supervises the service of liquor in licensed establishments.

The Provincial Court is the first level of court in British Columbia. The Court's jurisdiction includes criminal, family, child protection, small claims, and traffic cases.

The Passenger Transportation Board (the “Board”) approves applications to operate inter-city buses and passenger directed vehicles in British Columbia, and decides appeals on administrative sanctions initiated by the Registrar of Passenger Transportation.

The Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA) has responsibility under the Private Career Training Institutions Act to: Provide consumer protection to the students and prospective students of registered institutions; Establish standards of quality that must be met by accredited institutions; Establish and manage the Student Training Completion Fund.

The mandate of the Public Service Commission, as an independent agency reporting to Parliament, is: to recruit and appoint qualified persons to the Public Service; to conduct investigations and audits; to protect political impartiality of the Public Service.

The Real Estate Council is a regulatory agency established by the provincial government. Its mandate is to protect the public by enforcing the licensing and licensee conduct requirements of the Real Estate Services Act.

The University, named after explorer Simon Fraser opened in September 1965. In less than 40 years SFU has gained an international reputation for its strengths in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as for its innovative interdisciplinary and professional programs.

WCAT was created by Bill 63, the Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002. Effective March 3, 2003, this independent tribunal replaced the Workers' Compensation Review Board and the Appeal Division of the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB).

The Review Division was created in 2002 as a result of amendments to the Workers Compensation Act (the "Act") that made significant changes to the workers' compensation appeal process.

The Workers' Compensation Board of B.C. (WCB) is dedicated to promoting workplace health and safety for the workers and employers of this province. We consult with and educate employers and workers and monitor compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.

The Yukon Surface Rights Board (the ‘Board’) is a tribunal which, primarily, resolves access disputes between those owning or having an interest in land (surface rights holders) and those with access rights to the land. The Board gets involved in disputes when the parties are unable to reach an agreement, and a party applies to the Board. The Board offers mediation to the Parties to the dispute of an accepted application and, failing mediation, conducts hearings on matters within its jurisdiction.