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Community in action: Ways you can support our most marginalized communities during Covid-19

Criminalization, Economic security, Family well-being Update

In these times of uncertainty where events are rapidly unfolding, it is hard not to feel overwhelmed and daunted by the challenges we must confront. Like many of you, West Coast LEAF’s staff team is in our fifth week of working remotely and maintaining social and physical distance to quell the spread of COVID-19. We … Read more Community in action: Ways you can support our most marginalized communities during Covid-19

Refugee Rights are Human Rights: The United States is no safe country for refugee survivors of gender-based violence

Access to justice, Gender-based violence Update

While settling into work-and-do-everything-else-from-home mode, I’m thinking about those who must leave their homes and brave uncertain and potentially hostile terrain to secure safety and freedom from violence. Refugees are among those hardest hit by global crises – COVID-19 is no exception. At the time I write this, the border between Canada and the United States … Read more Refugee Rights are Human Rights: The United States is no safe country for refugee survivors of gender-based violence

Challenging racism in all its complex forms: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Access to justice, Criminalization, Economic security, Gender-based violence Update

This Saturday, March 21st, we will celebrate this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racism. At this moment, we nervously watch an openly racist leader to the South tries to hang onto power, white nationalist movements gain strength in Europe, and Indigenous people in Canada, regardless of whether or not they are actively supporting the Wet’suwet’en land defenders, are being … Read more Challenging racism in all its complex forms: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Eight Black writers to check out during Black History Month and beyond

Access to justice, Criminalization, Economic security, Family well-being, Gender-based violence, Healthcare Update

“We need, each of us, to begin the awesome, difficult work of love; loving ourselves so that we become able to love others without fear so that we can become able enough to enlarge the circle of our trust and our common striving for a safe, sunny afternoon near to flowering trees and under a … Read more Eight Black writers to check out during Black History Month and beyond

Joint letter on Bill S-3 and Indian status registration for First Nations women and their descendants

Access to justice Submission

In February 2020, 20 organizations and individuals sent a letter to the Canadian government expressing concerns about a lack of information and delays regarding the registration process for First Nations women and their descendants who are newly entitled to status because of recent amendments to the Indian Act. West Coast LEAF is one of the signatories. … Read more Joint letter on Bill S-3 and Indian status registration for First Nations women and their descendants

Release: Budget 2020: Province committed to staying the course, but leaves many behind

Access to justice, Economic security, Family well-being, Gender-based violence Press

VICTORIA – Today, the provincial government released Budget 2020. While we are pleased that this budget is aimed at holding the course on earlier commitments, it still leaves BC’s most marginalized residents lagging far behind. “This budget does not go far enough to address the gendered dimensions of poverty and inequity,” says Raji Mangat, Executive Director … Read more Release: Budget 2020: Province committed to staying the course, but leaves many behind

Joint letter on the process and timelines for the National Action Plan on Violence against Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People

Access to justice, Gender-based violence Submission

In February 2020, more than 20 individuals and organizations signed a letter calling on the federal government to change its approach to implementing the National Action Plan to ensure that it is led by Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. West Coast LEAF was one of the signatories to the letter. Read the letter  Submissions

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