West Coast LEAF statement of solidarity with Palestine
West Coast LEAF stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Short Films: Two-Spirit affirming care with the Urban Native Youth Association
Alongside the UNYA 2-spirit Collective, we’ve created a series of videos about what gender-affirming and culturally safe health care…
Safe shelter community survey
The Safe Shelter Survey is a human rights awareness-raising and accountability tool to document emergency shelter access, barriers, conditions, and the harmful impacts of not having access to safe shelter spaces. With the Society for Narcotic…
Budget 2024: Historic legal aid expansion, but lots left to do
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
2024 Media coverage
We’re proud to make the news regularly, to share our expertise widely, and ultimately to shift public opinion, laws, and policies…
Our intentions and values for public legal education and information
We offer legal education that is based on our feminist and social justice values. In addition to providing information about law, our approach includes analyzing power and privilege, critiquing the law, and valuing non-legal pathways. Our public legal education programming has been providing people with information about colonial law for more than 20 years. Since then, … Read more Our intentions and values for public legal education and information
Webinar: Advancing gender equality: A conversation on ending poverty for people with disabilities
Using the 2021/2022 Gender Equality Report Card, this free online discussion between West Coast LEAF and Disability Without Poverty highlights…
Gender Equality Report Card 2021/2022
The 2021/2022 Gender Equality Report Card assesses BC’s progress in advancing gender equality in economic security and access…
Release: BC Gender Equality Report Card finds province failing to meet urgent needs in healthcare and economic security
The Gender Equality Report Card reveals that from January 2021 to November 2022, the BC government’s actions have not…
2023 Media coverage
We’re proud to make the news regularly, to share our expertise widely, and ultimately to shift public opinion, laws, and policies…