The federal election campaign is underway, and voting will take place on Monday, September 20, 2021. This election is happening during a uniquely challenging time. Our communities are struggling to cope with the climate catastrophe, continued colonialism and dispossession Read More
Shifting the Child Protection System
Read the report: Pathways in a Forest Released in September 2019, Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous guidance on prevention-based child welfare is a law reform report growing out of the Shifting the Child Protection System project. It was created collaboratively Read More
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls [2018]
Case Summary The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (“the Inquiry”) has had a mandate to investigate the systemic factors contributing to all forms of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, including more Read More
Only Yes Means Yes
Consent talk on campus West Coast LEAF believes that post-secondary campuses can become more supportive places for sexual assault survivors when students understand the full range of options for seeking justice and healing, both within the criminal justice system Read More
Dismantling the Barriers to Reporting Sexual Assault
It’s past time to dismantle the barriers to reporting sexual assault Public concern about the treatment of sexual assault victims in the criminal justice system has reached new heights—as has public pressure to reduce systemic barriers to reporting this Read More
Rise Women’s Legal Centre
ABOUT RISE WOMEN’S LEGAL CENTRE Rise Women’s Legal Centre, founded by West Coast LEAF and the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, is a full-service storefront family law legal clinic serving low-income women in the Lower Mainland. Rise is the Read More
Establishing a Right to Child Care
A matter of equality Women continue to perform the majority of unpaid caregiving in our society. As they try to balance caregiving for children and other aspects of their lives, a lack of affordable adequate child care creates significant Read More
Older Women’s Rights
Older women are vital participants in our communities, yet they face substantial discrimination as a result of their age, gender, and other characteristics (including mental and physical ability, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and family status). To date, elder law has Read More