Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Filipino Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 and the Importance of Race-Based Analysis
This resource highlights why it is important for any analysis of COVID-19 to take race into account. It is crucial for policymakers to get race-based data to understand the risks that different communities face when it comes to COVID-19; as well as the ways in which migrant workers like those in the Filipino community are impacted.
Black Women in Canada
This short report examines the specific experience of Black women and girls in Canada and is part of a larger project examining Canadaโs progress on achieving womenโs rights and gender equality.
Comparison Of Pay Equity Regimes Across Canada
In 2019, West Coast LEAF prepared a backgrounder comparing pay equity regimes across Canada, including indicators of success and a comparative table summarizing findings.
Women with Disabilities & Housing
Learn how poverty and discrimination in housing is compounded if a person with a disability identifies as a woman, is Indigenous, Black or African Canadian, is from other racialized groups, identifies as Trans and/or is a migrant or refugee with precarious immigration status.
Unlearning Islamophobia in Anti-Violence Against Women Work
A background on how discussions around ending violence against women (VAW) in Muslim communities in Canada have often been steeped with Islamophobia. This backgrounder also offers best practices for Muslim-led anti-VAW projects.
Live In Caregiver & Caregiver Programs
A policy brief on the systemic barriers and exploitation that migrant caregivers face, and policy recommendations on Canada’s Live-In Caregiver and Caregiver Programs, 2015-2017.
LGBTQ2S+ Youth, Violence and Homelessness
This newsletter describes the violence experienced by LGBTQ2S youth and its links with homelessness, and discusses the impacts of violence and homelessness for LGBTQ2S youth.
Intimate Partner Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women
This resource highlights that when looking at gender-based violence against immigrant and refugee women, it is critical to see the different ways in which racism and sexism intersect and influence the lives of immigrant and refugee women.