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RELEASE: Changes to National Inquiry needed to meaningfully meet its mandate

For immediate release – May 14, 2018 VANCOUVER – This morning, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (“Inquiry”) begins the first of four days of expert hearings. West Coast LEAF is in Quebec City Read More

RELEASE: BC Court Decision Leaves Street Homeless Vulnerable

For immediate release – April 12, 2018 VANCOUVER – Yesterday, the BC Court of Appeal (BCCA) released its judgment in a case about discrimination against Vancouver’s street homeless population. The Court upheld the 2012 dismissal of a human rights Read More

RELEASE: BC Court Rules Solitary Confinement Violates the Charter

For immediate release – January 17, 2018 VANCOUVER – This morning, the BC Supreme Court released its judgment in an historic court case challenging the use of solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons. Justice Peter Leask found the prolonged Read More

2018 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 2018!   January Roundhouse Radio, Read More

RELEASE: Supreme Court of Canada decision is a win for human rights

For immediate release – December 15, 2017 VANCOUVER – Today, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in Schrenk v BC Human Rights Tribunal, a case about the scope of human rights protections against discriminatory harassment in the Read More

RELEASE: BC still not making the grade in women’s equality, despite modest improvements

For immediate release – December 6, 2017 VANCOUVER – Today, West Coast LEAF released its ninth annual report card on the rights of women in BC. While BC has pulled up its grade in seven of the nine key Read More

RELEASE: Supreme Court of Canada hears Trinity Western law school appeals

For immediate release – November 29, 2017 OTTAWA – Tomorrow, West Coast LEAF is at the Supreme Court of Canada to support the Law Society of British Columbia’s (LSBC) decision to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at Read More

Human Rights Leaders Share Common Vision for BC Human Rights Commission

On November 17, 2017, the B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC), the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – BC Office (CCPA-BC), the Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS), the Poverty and Human Rights Centre, and West Coast Women’s Legal Education Read More

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