At West Coast LEAF, we’re proud to make the news regularly, to share our expertise widely, and ultimately to shift public opinion, laws, and policies. Here’s some of what we’ve been up to in 2022.
March
- “Wise practices for teaching and learning grounded in social justice values,” Teacher Magazine, March 2022 (p. 10)
- “Tattooing‘s dirty little secret: New allegations point to persistent problem of sexual assault in the industry,” BCIT News, March 2022
April
- “#Don’tDisbelieveHer: Towards Recognition of Myths and Stereotypes about Intimate Partner Violence at the Supreme Court of Canada,” ABlawg.ca, April 2022′
- “Indigenous Mom’s Address Shared with an Abusive Ex,” The Tyee, April 14 2022
May
- “Appeal Court applied ‘wrong test’ in admitting new evidence in child relocation case, SCC rules,” The Lawyer’s Daily, May 20, 2022
- “Violence a key factor in analyzing how mother’s relocation is in children’s best interests: SCC,” Canadian Lawyer, May 25 2022
- “Case before BC Appeal Court today that advocates say will impact drug users and drug traffickers amidst the drug poisoning crisis,” The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, May 26, 2022
June
- “Depp-Heard discourse worries B.C. advocates for domestic violence survivors,” CTV News Vancouver, June 9, 2022
July
- “Supreme Court rules ignoring a partner’s request to wear condom could qualify as sexual assault,” The Globe and Mail, July 29. 2022
- “B.C. sexual assault advocates welcome new Supreme Court condom decision,” City News, July 29, 2022
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“Supreme Court rules not wearing condom against partner’s wishes could lead to sexual assault conviction,” CBC News, July 29, 2022
- “Advocacy groups celebrate Supreme Court decision on condoms as condition of consent,” The Northern Sentinel, July 30, 2022
August
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“Single mothers’ lawsuit against province’s legal aid system heads to B.C. Supreme Court,“ CBC News, August 23, 2022
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“Advocates for women fleeing violence challenge B.C. government’s stance on legal aid system,“ Global News, August 23, 2022
- “B.C. Supreme Court will hear arguments today from a group of single mothers who are challenging the province’s legal aid system,” The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, August 23, 2022
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“Single mothers group challenges B.C. government stance on legal aid system,” The Toronto Star, August 23, 2022
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“Province seeks to block constitutional challenge on family law legal aid,” Global News, August 23, 2022
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“Constitutional challenge to B.C.’s family law legal aid regime,” Global News, August 23, 2022
- “Hearing begins challenging B.C. government’s stance on legal aid for low-income women,” Vancouver Sun, August 23, 2022
- “Single mothers suing B.C. government for legal aid, access to justice” Vancouver is Awesome, August 23, 2022
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“Does BC Provide Adequate Legal Aid to Women Escaping Abuse?,” The Tyee, August 31, 2022
September
- “The problem of conflicting out as a tactic of abuse,” Slaw.ca, September 1, 2022
October
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“Some RCMP officers still aren’t taking sexual assault claims seriously enough, watchdog says,” CBC News, October 2, 2022
- “Fentanyl jail terms a Dickensian error walked back by B.C. court,” The Province, October 5, 2022
- “Supreme Court can’t ignore equality rights claims of refugees,” Toronto Star, October 5, 2022
- “After generations of stolen kids, ‘powerful changes’ to ‘B.C.’ law set to return child welfare jurisdiction,” Indiginews, October 28, 2022
November
- “B.C. child welfare system unfairly ‘policing and surveilling’ families, groups say,” The Lawyer’s Daily, November 21, 2022
- “‘I feel believed’: B.C. mother awarded $150K in child welfare case,” Global News, November 23, 2022
- “Afro-Indigenous woman wins $150,000 in human rights discrimination case,” National Observer, November 24, 2022
December
- “Public Sector Salaries Database: List of B.C.’s 100 highest-paid public servants reveals it’s still a rich man’s world,” The Vancouver Sun, December 15, 2023
- “Single moms group claims victory in BC Supreme Court,” CBC British Columbia, December 15, 2022
- “B.C. court gives go-ahead to constitutional challenge of legal aid system,” The Lawyer’s Daily, December 23, 2022
- “We urgently need robust action to end gender-based violence in British Columbia,” The Hill Times, December 28, 2022