Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
You Choose What To Do Next: A Guide for Navigating the Criminal Legal System, as a Sexual Assault Survivor
This is an important and toolkit and guide for navigating the Canadian criminal legal system, as a sexual assault survivor.
Working with Your Legal Aid Lawyer
This backgrounder describes client and legal aid lawyer responsibilities to help them both know what to expect from a legal aid contract.
Key Principles of Gender Based Violence Investigations at Post-Secondary Institutions
Campus workplace GBV complaints are situated at the nexus of an intricate web of legislation, legal standards, policies, collective agreements, and institutional practices. This tool provides the foundational principles of comprehensive campus workplace GBV investigations.
Safety in Relationships: Same-Gender
This resource describes relationship abuse, dispels common myths about abuse involving 2SLGBTQ+ folk, discusses why a person might stay with an abusive partner, and provides practical tips for making a plan to stay safely or leave safely.
Family Law in BC: Quick Reference Tool
This toolkit introduces the reader to the basics of family law. Each card covers one legal aspect of separation, such as: which laws apply, how couples can reach agreements, and how to deal with issues involving children and money.
Legal Rights and Procedures after Sexual Assault: Frequently Asked Questions
This backgrounder provides a list of FAQ’s on a survivors’ legal rights after a sexual assault and details procedures within the legal system, including police, justice system, criminal courts, and civil claims, that tend to take place after reporting a sexual assault.
Safety in Relationships: Trans Folks
This resource for members of the trans community describes relationship abuse, dispels common myths about abuse involving trans folk, discusses why a person might stay with an abusive partner, and provides practical tips for making a plan to stay safely or leave safely.
Supporting Children with Incarcerated Parents
Children whose parents come into conflict with the law, and particularly those whose parents are incarcerated, experience tremendous stress and disruption in their lives. The impact on children is significant when the parent involved with the justice system is their mother, and this guide is designed to help communities take a leadership role in supporting most at-risk children to experience more stable childhoods.