What is the test for establishing discrimination against a university student who alleges sexual harassment?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Morris v. BC Rail, 2003 BCHRT 14 (CanLII):

It is also a well-established principle that to establish discrimination a complainant need not prove that the protected ground was the sole or even the primary cause of the alleged behaviour; it is sufficient that the prohibited ground was one of the factors that influenced the conduct complained of: Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society, 2002 BCHRT 1 at para. 131.

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