About the case The Worker v. Translink Security Management Ltd. asks how human rights law can address the impacts of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the employment context. This case will consider if an employer’s response to the impacts of IPV on a worker can be discriminatory under BC’s Human Rights Code (the “Code”). It … Read more The Worker v. Translink Security Management Ltd.
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WHAT: West Coast LEAF at Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in English Montreal School Board, et al. v Attorney General of Quebec, et al. on the use of the notwithstanding clause and impacts on gender equality protections. WHEN: March 23-26, 2026. Intervenor oral arguments will be heard on March 26, 2026. WHERE: Supreme Court … Read more Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Canada to hear landmark case on notwithstanding clause and gender equality
This case considers the use of the notwithstanding clause by provincial governments to override fundamental human…
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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…
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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…