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Recognizing Multiple Legal Systems: Decolonizing our Understandings of “the” Law with Val Napoleon

There’s no such thing as “the” law. We live in a world where multiple legal systems operate simultaneously, but because of systems of power and oppression, certain legal systems

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Five Feminist Reads to Kickstart Summer 2019

Summer is here—officially! Time for hammocks, beach blankets, the shade of big trees, and books. Lots of books! In today’s blog post, West Coast LEAF staffers review five books

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A Mixtape to Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.”- Louis Riel The above quote

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Celebrating 20 Years of Youth-to-Youth Legal Education

One of the ways that West Coast LEAF uses the law as a tool for social change is through public legal education. Our public legal education program encourages people

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More than a rainbow sticker

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT), an important occasion to check in with ourselves here at West Coast LEAF about how consistently and

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A love letter to grassroots feminist organizing

I’m feeling incredibly energized these days! It’s my first spring on beautiful Coast Salish homelands and I am acutely aware of each flower, the twinkling Pacific Ocean, and the

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From Inquiry to Action: What will the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Deliver?

In just over a month’s time, on June 3, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will release its much-anticipated final report in Gatineau, Quebec.

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Four Reasons the Battle for Legal Aid Still Matters

Earlier this month, legal aid lawyers reached an agreement with the provincial government and Legal Services Society to stave off a strike. So, does this mean that the crisis

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