West Coast LEAF and Society for Narcotic and Opioid Wellness (SNOW) have made a joint submission to the National Housing Council’s Neha Review Panel on the right to safe, adequate and affordable housing for women, Two Spirit, Trans, and gender-diverse people, and the Government of Canada’s duty to uphold this right. The submission focuses on … Read more Joint submission to the National Housing Council’s Neha Review Panel
When: Thursday, March 27, 2025 Who: Who: What: Equal Pay Day 2025 was on April 16th. This day draws attention to the entrenched systemic inequity in pay earned by men vs women by symbolizing how far into the current year a woman must work to earn what a man earns in the previous year on … Read more Webinar: An intersectional approach to pay equity and economic justice
We’re calling the BC government to make real, systemic changes to advance economic justice and well-being…
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 2025. June May February
West Coast LEAF stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The Safe Shelter Survey is a human rights awareness-raising and accountability tool to document emergency shelter…
Today, we were at BC’s 2024 Budget presentation in Victoria on the unceded Coast Salish homelands of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples to hear whether the government will implement our key recommendations. Lawsuit settlement provides some much-need support, but not enough Last week, we announced a historic win as the government settled our lawsuit brought … Read more Budget 2024: Historic legal aid expansion, but lots left to do
We’re proud to make the news regularly, to share our expertise widely, and ultimately to shift public opinion, laws, and policies…
On June 15, 2023, West Coast LEAF appeared before BC’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services to share our key recommendations for Budget 2024…
We offer legal education that is based on our feminist and social justice values. In addition to providing information about law…