West Coast LEAF | Legal Education & Action Fund

Gender Equality Report Card

Assessing BC's recent progress on gender justice and human rights
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New toolkit for lawyers

Trauma-informed strategies for representing survivors of sexual assault
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Your supports helps us work towards a society that's fair and equal for all women and people who face gender discrimination.
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Pathways in a Forest

New law reform report: Indigenous guidance on prevention-based child welfare
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Legal aid Charter challenge

Family justice not family violence
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What we do

Litigation

West Coast LEAF advances gender equality through our involvement in equality rights cases at all levels of court. Read More
Law Reform

Day-to-day equality issues are affected by legislation. West Coast LEAF tracks existing and proposed legislation and responds to governments when it affects gender equality and human rights. Read More
Education

One of the best ways to protect Charter and human rights is to educate people on how to use them. Read More

Submission to the BC Budget 2020 Consultations

In June 2020, West Coast LEAF made submissions to the budget consultations held by the government of BC Standing Read More
Submissions on the Canadian government’s response to COVID-19

In June 2020, West Coast LEAF made submissions to the government of Canada regarding its response to COVID-19. We Read More
We’re Supreme Court bound!

West Coast LEAF and our friends LEAF are jointly intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in an important Read More
Proudly presenting our new BC Gender Equality Report Card

After months of collaboration with community groups, West Coast LEAF is excited to release our first ever BC Gender Read More
RELEASE: BC Gender Equality Report Card reveals areas of progress and areas of serious concern

For immediate release – May 27, 2020 VANCOUVER, UNCEDED COAST SALISH HOMELANDS – Today, West Coast LEAF released a Read More
BC Gender Equality Report Card 2019/2020

About the Report Card The BC Gender Equality Report Card 2019/2020 assesses the BC government’s progress in advancing human Read More
Mind the Pay Gap: A Legislative Approach to Ending Pay Discrimination in BC

Graduate students from the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University prepared Mind the Gap: A Legislative Approach Read More
Letter urging Canada Child Benefit eligibility for kinship caregivers

The many children in BC living in homes led by kinship caregivers should not be left out of the Read More

21 Days of Paid Sick Leave: A Feminist Issue

As Canada and the world adapts to a “new normal,” we’re grappling with the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic Read More
Addressing the Child Support Crisis in Canada

In 2018, in anticipation of amendments to the federal Divorce Act, Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, brought public attention to Read More