About the event
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 7 am to 9:30 am PT (doors open at 6:30 am)
Location: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Health and safety: Please note that the venue has a recently upgraded air filtration system, and masks will be available.
Featuring ASL interpretation and CART live captioning!
The Equality Breakfast is West Coast LEAF’s major fundraiser of the year. Your support goes directly into creating a society that is just, equitable, and free from discrimination.
On International Women’s Day, let’s join together for transformative social change!
We respectfully acknowledge that this event is organized on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Coast Salish homelands including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations—where many of us are settlers and uninvited guests. As we gather, we ask you to join us in uplifting Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people in resisting ongoing colonial and misogynistic violence and injustice.
Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in Africana studies, sociology, and the law school, where she is the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. An acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and law, she is author of Killing the Black Body; Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare; Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century; and Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World.
Emcee: Gloria Macarenko
Gloria Macarenko is the host of CBC Vancouver’s afternoon show On The Coast, where she explores the day’s news and local communities. Gloria is also host of CBC Television’s Our Vancouver, a current affairs program that focuses on the city’s diverse culture, as well as The Story from Here, a national Radio One show that brings Canadians lively and intriguing interviews from across the country.
Partner with us
Our annual Equality Breakfast is only possible because of the generous support of our Partners. Partnership is a highly visible way to demonstrate that you value gender inclusion and diversity in leadership, are committed to social responsibility, support access to justice for all, and want to see a more equal and just BC.
To learn more about the impacts and benefits of partnership, send us an email.
Silent auction
We’re thrilled to announce that our beloved silent auction is back online and is now open for bidding.
When something catches your eye and you want to place your first bid, you will be prompted to create an account, add a credit card, and follow the prompts to keep bidding. Please be sure to register using the email address and mailing address you would like your items shipped/sent to if you win.
Avoid being outbid by using the “max bidding”’ feature to set your upper limit and have the system place bids on your behalf. Bidding is open to everyone, regardless of where you live or whether you’re attending the Breakfast. Check the FAQ for more details.
Head to westcoastleaf.org/auction to start bidding today!
Questions
For event logistics, accessibility, and more details, visit our FAQ.
Presented by
Visionary Partners
Media Partner
With Partners
Ambassador
Advocates
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Supporters
Faculty of Law – Thompson Rivers University
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
LAT Multilingual Translation & Marketing Inc.
Public Service Alliance of Canada – BC Region
The Arnold and Anita Silber Family Foundation
Trial Lawyers Association of BC
Print Partner
Audiovisual Partner
Merchandise Partner
