This week, West Coast LEAF made budget submissions to the provincial and federal governments. We urged both levels of government to build budgets that will advance equality in BC and throughout Canada. On Monday, we urged BC to use Read More
Dignity and safety are at the heart of equality. Last Friday, West Coast LEAF was granted leave to intervene in an important case about dignity and safety for trans people. In BC, the Human Rights Code (“Code”) sets out Read More
West Coast LEAF and NWAC team up to bring intersecting oppressions to the fore. This past January, the BC Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that Canada’s practice of solitary confinement in federal prisons is unconstitutional. Notably, Justice Read More
Today, we welcome the Supreme Court of Canada’s decisions in two cases concerning admissions to the proposed law school at Trinity Western University (TWU), an Evangelical Christian university located in Langley, BC. The Court ruled that the mandatory Covenant Read More
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Celeste Cuthbertson and Kathleen Renaud! We are excited to be working with both of them this summer and we are grateful for their already meaningful contributions to our work. Read More
With the municipal election approaching this fall, West Coast LEAF has written to all political parties to urge them to prioritize gender equality in their campaign platforms. We believe that the city has an important role to play in Read More
To find out about West Coast LEAF’s latest work for gender equality, read our latest LEAFlet newsletter published in May 2018! Read More
This morning, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls begins the first of four days of expert hearings. The Inquiry has a mandate to identify and examine systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and Read More
