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2024
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- Dec 17, 2024 Intervention: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia Dec 17, 2024
- Dec 3, 2024 Protection Orders in BC and the Urgent Need for a Specialized Process and Coordinated Reform Dec 3, 2024
- Oct 29, 2024 Building Inclusive and Accessible Family Justice: Practical Approaches to Innovate Family Law Systems in BC’s Rural and Remote Communities Oct 29, 2024
- Oct 2, 2024 Annual Report 2023-2024 Oct 2, 2024
- Aug 21, 2024 How do I support a client’s adjournment application? Aug 21, 2024
- Aug 20, 2024 Starting a family court file in the Supreme Court of BC Aug 20, 2024
- Jul 12, 2024 How Do I Organize Information for My Family Law Case? Jul 12, 2024
- Jun 26, 2024 Preparing Affidavit Evidence for BC Provincial Court Jun 26, 2024
- May 27, 2024 Writing Affidavits for Protection Orders May 27, 2024
- May 7, 2024 Joint submission from West Coast LEAF and Rise in response to the Ministry of Attorney General’s Discussion Paper on Care of and Time with Children & Protection from Family Violence. May 7, 2024
- Apr 22, 2024 Joint Submission of West Coast LEAF and Rise in Response to the BC Law Institute’s Consultation Paper on Parentage Apr 22, 2024
- Apr 15, 2024 When You Weren’t Expecting: A Legal Guide for People with Unexpected Pregnancies Apr 15, 2024
- Mar 4, 2024 Important Court of Appeal Decision! Mar 4, 2024
- Feb 23, 2024 Improving Access to Justice through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments Feb 23, 2024
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2023
5
- Oct 31, 2023 Annual Report 2022-2023 Oct 31, 2023
- Oct 31, 2023 Joint submission to the Department of Justice Oct 31, 2023
- Jun 21, 2023 Interim Distribution of Property Jun 21, 2023
- Apr 20, 2023 Changing Locks When You Are A Renter in BC Apr 20, 2023
- Mar 20, 2023 Seeking a Peace Bond: A guide Mar 20, 2023
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2022
5
- Nov 24, 2022 Joint statement on the release of the national action plan to end gender-based violence. Nov 24, 2022
- Oct 31, 2022 Annual Report 2022 Oct 31, 2022
- Oct 18, 2022 Creating Safety in BC Courts: Key Challenges and Recommendations Oct 18, 2022
- Sep 28, 2022 How do I Choose A Family Lawyer? Sep 28, 2022
- Jan 31, 2022 Decolonizing family law through trauma-informed practices Jan 31, 2022
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2021
6
- Oct 29, 2021 Annual Report 2021 Oct 29, 2021
- May 31, 2021 Are we ready to change? May 31, 2021
- Apr 30, 2021 Time Limits in BC Family Law matters Apr 30, 2021
- Mar 31, 2021 Section 211 toolkit Mar 31, 2021
- Jan 22, 2021 Why can’t everyone just get along? Jan 22, 2021
- Jan 19, 2021 Joint submission to British Columbia Law Institute Jan 19, 2021
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2020
2
- Dec 28, 2020 Understanding Section 211 reports Dec 28, 2020
- Oct 30, 2020 Annual Report 2020 Oct 30, 2020
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2019
1
- Oct 25, 2019 Annual Report 2019 Oct 25, 2019
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2018
1
- Oct 19, 2018 Annual Report 2018 Oct 19, 2018
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2017
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- Sep 22, 2017 Annual Report 2017 Sep 22, 2017
Intervention: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia
Rise Women’s Legal Centre and West Coast LEAF are jointly intervening in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) to address the effects of myths and stereotypes about intimate partner violence in family and tort cases.
Protection Orders in BC and the Urgent Need for a Specialized Process and Coordinated Reform
The report takes an in-depth look at protection orders in BC and finds that, despite updates and changes to the Family Law Act, survivors of gender-based violence are still in danger. The report highlights the challenges and makes recommendations.
Building Inclusive and Accessible Family Justice: Practical Approaches to Innovate Family Law Systems in BC’s Rural and Remote Communities
The report identifies opportunities to improve family law for women and gender diverse people located outside of the Lower Mainland, and calls for the government, the courts, Legal Aid BC, the Law Society of BC, lawyers, and support workers to collaborate to close gaps in access to justice.
How do I support a client’s adjournment application?
How do I support a client’s adjournment application is a guide designed for advocates who plan to assist clients with last-minute adjournments related to their family law matters.
Starting a family court file in the Supreme Court of BC
Starting a family court file with the Supreme Court of British Columbia is a guide to help family law advocates and support workers support their clients to file and serve a Notice of Family Claim (NOFC)
How Do I Organize Information for My Family Law Case?
How do I organize information for my family law case is a guide to help people organize and track information related to their family law matter.
Preparing Affidavit Evidence for BC Provincial Court
Preparing Affidavit Evidence for BC Provincial Court is a guide to help people file affidavit evidence related to their family law matter.
Writing Affidavits for Protection Orders
This guide covers protection order basics and answers common questions clients may have while applying for protections orders. This guide does not contain legal advice and we hope is used in combination with legal advice.
Joint Submission of West Coast LEAF and Rise in Response to the BC Law Institute’s Consultation Paper on Parentage
Joint Submission of West Coast LEAF and Rise in Response to the BC Law Institute’s Consultation Paper on Parentage.
When You Weren’t Expecting: A Legal Guide for People with Unexpected Pregnancies
The goal of this guide is to provide legal information for people who are unexpectedly pregnant outside of a long-term relationship. This guide provides legal information only and is not legal advice.
Important Court of Appeal Decision!
Rise lawyer Vandana Sood has scored an amazing victory for women experiencing family violence in BC, last week. On Thursday, the Court of Appeal of BC announced their judgement in K.M.N. v. S.Z.M.
Improving Access to Justice through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments
Funded by the Law Foundation of BC, this project was conducted between June and December 2023. This project sought to identify potential options for creating these safeguards, and to make recommendations to the Ministry of the Attorney General, which is currently undertaking the Family Law Act Modernization Project.
Annual Report 2022-2023
2022 was a year of continued growth for Rise, with new positions increasing our capacity to help women and gender diverse people throughout the province. We saw a significant increase in people seeking services, and Rise was able to assist a record number, 2,172.
Joint submission to the Department of Justice
Rise Women’s Legal Centre and West Coast LEAF have made a joint submission to the Department of Justice as it considers establishing a new Criminal Code offence for coercive control in the context of intimate relationships.
Interim Distribution of Property
This guide was created to help people understand when they might be able to access family property to help cover the costs of their legal proceedings.
Seeking a Peace Bond: A guide
This resource is for anyone in BC who fears for their safety and seeks an order from the court providing protection from a specific person or people.
Joint statement on the release of the national action plan to end gender-based violence.
As advocates who developed a Roadmap for the National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence, we have been anxiously waiting for the release of this 10-year plan. This statement is our joint reaction to the federal government’s release on November 9, 2022, of its long-awaited National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, which comes nearly two years after the 2021 Joint Declaration for a Canada Free of GBV. We are happy to see that all provinces and territories are committed to realizing the vision of the National Action Plan (NAP).