Submission to the Budget 2018 Consultations
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…
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Letter to the Premier urging coverage for the abortion drug Mifegymiso
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…
Release: #JusticeReformBC – Broad coalition of legal organizations calling for significant reform to BC’s justice system
Pivot Legal Society, Community Legal Assistance Society, BC Civil Liberties Association, and West Coast LEAF are calling on the provincial government to implement significant changes to BC’s justice and legal systems in order to support marginalized and Indigenous communities in the province, and to improve the delivery of justice to all British Columbians. The organizations … Read more Release: #JusticeReformBC – Broad coalition of legal organizations calling for significant reform to BC’s justice system
Briefing note on pay equity
In August 2018, West Coast LEAF met with the Honourable Minister Harry Bains and the Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Mitzi Dean to present a briefing note calling for proactive pay equity and pay transparency legislation to be implemented in the province. British Columbia is the third worst province in Canada when it comes to the gendered earnings gap. … Read more Briefing note on pay equity
Letters to BC government on key priorities for women
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…
Release: Women’s equality experts intervene in lawsuit over solitary confinement
VANCOUVER – Today, an historic legal challenge to the use of solitary confinement in Canada’s federal prisons goes to trial at the BC Supreme Court. The equality rights organization West Coast LEAF (Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund) will be in Court to argue that solitary confinement causes specific and severe harms to women inmates. The case … Read more Release: Women’s equality experts intervene in lawsuit over solitary confinement
Dismantling the Barriers to Reporting Sexual Assault
The project aims to identify strategies to reduce barriers in the justice system for sexual assault survivors through dialogue among key…
More than a rainbow sticker
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT), an important occasion to check in with ourselves here at West Coast LEAF about how consistently and effectively we are challenging these oppressions every day in our work. In September 2018, West Coast LEAF announced our expanded mandate to work towards justice and equality for all people … Read more More than a rainbow sticker
Is That Legal? revised edition – now multilingual!
About the resource This plain language legal guide was developed for youth as part of our Legal Responses to Cyber Misogyny project. It explains what the law says about five common online situations that young people may experience. Is That Legal? was originally published in June 2014, and we were delighted to have the opportunity to create a thoroughly revised … Read more Is That Legal? revised edition – now multilingual!
Submissions on BC’s Poverty Reduction Strategy
In March 2018, West Coast LEAF submitted recommendations on BC’s Poverty Reduction Strategy to the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. We highlighted the need for an intersectional gender analysis for all policies, legislation, and decision-making to address poverty, and for inter-ministerial collaboration and a whole-of-government approach to tackling this issue. We made specific … Read more Submissions on BC’s Poverty Reduction Strategy