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Together, we’re moving toward gender justice

West Coast LEAF works to deepen justice and substantive equality for women and people who experience gender discrimination. Through our community-engaged legal practice, we collaborate with those most impacted and marginalized by systems of oppression, and stop at nothing less than transformative social change.

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Featured work

Family well-being, Gender-based violence

Safety Together: Addressing gender-based violence and the family policing system

08/04/2026 West Coast LEAF

A community-driven research project on the intersections of gender-based violence and family policing…

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Case

Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia (2024)

We’re intervening in this case to address the legal implications of myths about intimate partner violence in family and tort cases…

Publication

Tackling the income and pay gap: Community-led solutions for economic justice

Explore root causes, impacts, and bold solutions for lasting economic justice in BC…

Project

Family Well-Being Coalition

We’re building spaces for advocacy to challenge the family policing landscape in BC…

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The latest updates & press

18/03/2026

Press

Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to hear landmark case on notwithstanding clause and gender equality
05/02/2026

Update

West Coast LEAF welcomes Miriam Esquitín as Director of Strategic Operations
29/10/2025

Update

Remembering our Beautiful Elder Doris Fox

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