2023 Media coverage
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 2023.
December
- “Peer Support for Drug-Using Parents Facing Child Apprehension” The Tyee, December 8, 2023
November
- “Indigenous mom’s discrimination payout hangs in the balance at B.C. Supreme Court” IndigiNews, November 10, 2023
October
- “B.C. job postings must include pay amounts starting this week” Times Colonist, October 31, 2023
June
- “Tribunal ruling of discrimination against Indigenous B.C. mom faces court challenge” Global News, June 26, 2023
May
- “BC Court of Appeal ruling a ‘huge win’ for parental privacy rights, says West Coast LEAF“ Canadian Lawyer Mag, May 10, 2023
- “SCC case may clarify permissibility of ‘common-sense assumptions’ by judges in sexual assault cases” Canadian Lawyer Mag, May 31, 2023
April
- “Legal society calls for an end to ‘harmful and degrading’ involuntary treatment in B.C.” Law360 Canada, April 4, 2023
- “B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records” The Canadian Press, April 25, 2023
- “B.C. Court of Appeal rules parents’ medical records should not be accessed by social workers” The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2023
March
- “Demands for B.C. government to legislate pay equity” City News, March 2, 2023
- “128 B.C. organizations and advocates call on province to legislate pay equity” CBC British Columbia, March 2, 2023
- “BC introduces gender pay transparency, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough” Times Colonist, March 8, 2023
- “Investment in women and gender equity expiring just when it’s needed most” The Record, March 8, 2023
- “Lawyer: B.C.’s new pay transparency legislation not enough to end gender pay gap” CTV News, March 8, 2023
February
- “Support gender equality with Gloria Macarenko on International Women’s Day” CBC British Columbia, February 6, 2023
January
- “Will BC Cut Case Workers’ Access to Health Records?” The Tyee, January 23, 2023
- “B.C. scores poor grades on gender equality action: report,” Business Intelligence for BC, January 24, 2023