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Getting to the Roots
Exploring Systemic Violence Against Women in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver is a safety audit conceived of and put into action by a coalition of women-serving organizations in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver.
Building Supports
This BC Society of Transition Houses brief focuses on provincial and select federal policy barriers, practices, and recommendations/solutions to reduce or eliminate the obstacles that exist for IRW leaving violence to obtain safe and secure housing.
24 Hour Census Report
This snapshot offers some insight into the realities of Women’s Transition Housing and Supports Programs (referred to as Transition Housing Programs throughout this report) in BC.
Getting Home Project: Overcoming Barriers to Housing after Violence
The Getting Home Project: Overcoming Barriers to Housing after Violence is a three-year, community based project, focusing on reducing barriers to safe, secure and affordable housing for women and their children experiencing violence in BC.
Why Can’t Everyone Just Get Along: How BC’s Family Law System Puts Survivors In Danger
Family violence can trap its victims, disproportionately women, in a web of social, legal, political and interpersonal realities which can be challenging for the legal system to address.
The Unfinished Story of Yes
Animated video called The Unfinished Story of Yes explains how activism has shaped Canada’s laws about sexual assault over the years.
Criminal harassment infographic
This infographic contains some valuable information about criminal harassment in Canada, what it is, and what it looks like online.
Briefing note on pay equity
In August 2018, West Coast LEAF presented a briefing note calling for proactive pay equity and pay transparency legislation to be implemented in the province.