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Our intentions and values for public legal education and information

02/06/2023Access to justice, Criminalization, Economic security, Family well-being, Gender-based violence, Healthcare Update

We offer legal education that is based on our feminist and social justice values. In addition to providing information about law, our approach includes analyzing power and privilege, critiquing the law, and valuing non-legal pathways. Our public legal education programming has been providing people with information about colonial law for more than 20 years. Since then, … Read more Our intentions and values for public legal education and information

Our new visual identity

24/10/2022Uncategorized Update

Over the past few years, we have continued to deepen West Coast LEAF’s work to advance justice and equality for all women and people who experience gender-based discrimination. Our work is rooted in relationship-building and sustained community engagement. In all we do, we center the people most impacted and marginalized by systems of injustice and … Read more Our new visual identity

BC becomes first province to end immigration detention in its jails

27/07/2022Access to justice, Criminalization Update

In a historic move, BC has become the first Canadian province to end immigration detention in its jails!…

Help us ensure safety for women and gender diverse refugees

05/07/2022Criminalization, Gender-based violence Update

Many of you have been following the challenge to the Safe Third Country Act (STCA) and its impact on refugees seeking safety and freedom from persecution in their country of origin. The case has now made it up to Canada’s highest court, and West Coast LEAF will be there to highlight how the STCA endangers refugees, and … Read more Help us ensure safety for women and gender diverse refugees

More good news from the Supreme Court of Canada!

04/07/2022Access to justice, Gender-based violence Update

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released a decision that improves protections for sexual assault survivors in criminal trials. The decision in R v J.J. and A.S. v Her Majesty the Queen et al. will have a major impact on how courts handle sexual assault cases, and how a survivor’s private records can be used. Learn more about the protections for … Read more More good news from the Supreme Court of Canada!

Victory for survivors of family violence

26/05/2022Access to justice, Family well-being, Gender-based violence Update

In an important victory for survivors of family violence, the Supreme Court of Canada released a decision in Barendregt v Grebliunas that will have far-reaching impacts on how the courts identify family violence, protect survivors, and ensure the best interests of children. We’re thrilled that the Court adopted many of our arguments that we set out alongside our friends … Read more Victory for survivors of family violence

What is the Family Policing System?: An Interview with Parents Advocating Collectively for Kin (PACK)

11/05/2022Economic security, Family well-being Update

I sat down with PACK to hear more about their reflections about the family policing system…

Coming soon: Gender Equality Report Card

21/04/2022Economic security, Healthcare Update

We are excited to share that our next edition of the Gender Equality Report Card will be coming soon in January 2023. This report monitors BC’s progress in advancing gender equality in 2021 and 2022. It focuses on two key areas: economic security and access to health care. The Report Card is a key avenue … Read more Coming soon: Gender Equality Report Card

Equal Pay Day Today and Everyday

12/04/2022Economic security Update

In Canada, Equal Pay Day is April 12. It symbolizes how far into the current year the average woman must work to earn what the average man earned in the previous year. BC has one of the highest gender pay gaps in Canada. The gap is much worse for women and gender-diverse people who are … Read more Equal Pay Day Today and Everyday

BC’s Budget 2022 fails to take bold action on gender-based violence

24/02/2022Access to justice, Economic security, Family well-being, Gender-based violence, Healthcare Update

Earlier this week, we were at BC’s 2022 Budget presentation in Victoria on the unceded Coast Salish homelands of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. While West Coast LEAF welcomes BC’s announcement that it will reverse cuts that were made in 2002 and provide core funding to community-based sexual assault response organizations, Budget 2022 fails to … Read more BC’s Budget 2022 fails to take bold action on gender-based violence