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2026
6
- Jun 29, 2026 Applying for an Exclusive Occupancy Order Jun 29, 2026
- Jun 8, 2026 AI for Unrepresented Parties: Minimizing Risk Jun 8, 2026
- May 15, 2026 Intervention: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia May 15, 2026
- Mar 25, 2026 Access, Safety, and Regional Context: A Comprehensive Assessment of BC Court Locations Mar 25, 2026
- Mar 11, 2026 Submission to the BC Ministry of the Attorney General: Policy’s Intentions Paper Mar 11, 2026
- Jan 30, 2026 Submission to Legal Aid BC: Lawyer Quality Assurance Framework Jan 30, 2026
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2025
7
- Dec 11, 2025 Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women Dec 11, 2025
- Nov 12, 2025 “Should I Have Just Stayed?” Improving Family Law Remedies for Survivors During BC’s Housing Crisis Nov 12, 2025
- Sep 24, 2025 Annual Report 2024-2025 Sep 24, 2025
- Aug 11, 2025 Child Support Obligations for Stepparents Aug 11, 2025
- Aug 11, 2025 Fairness in Cross-Examination: Understanding the Rule in Browne v Dunn Aug 11, 2025
- May 9, 2025 Time Limits in BC Family Law Matters May 9, 2025
- Feb 28, 2025 Serving Supreme Court Documents in Family Law Matters, Even if the Opposing Party Cannot Be Found Feb 28, 2025
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2024
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- 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 as it considers establishing a new Criminal Code offence for coercive control 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
- Oct 21, 2021 Intervention: Barendregt v Grebliunas Oct 21, 2021
- May 31, 2021 Are we ready to change? May 31, 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 in response to their consultation paper on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act 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
Applying for an Exclusive Occupancy Order
Applying for an Exclusive Occupancy Order guide is for spouses and family law advocates seeking more information about exclusive occupancy: what it entails, how to apply, and the reasons you might want to apply.
AI for Unrepresented Parties: Minimizing Risk
AI for Unrepresented Parties: Minimizing Risk is a guide for anyone who wants to understand and minimize the risks of using AI for legal information, legal advice, and legal drafting.
Intervention: Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia
Rise Women’s Legal Centre and West Coast LEAF jointly intervened 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.
Annual Report 2024-2025
In 2024, Rise continued to grow and deepen our impact, publishing more original research, training more support workers, lawyers, and students in social work and law, and supporting more clients through our services. Discover how Rise is creating lasting change across British Columbia.
Child Support Obligations for Stepparents
Child Support Obligations for Stepparents is a guide designed for parents, stepparents, or anyone seeking more information. It is designed to help you understand child support responsibilities for stepparents in British Columbia.
Fairness in Cross-Examination: Understanding the Rule in Browne v Dunn
Fairness in Cross-Examination: Understanding the Rule in Browne v Dunn is a guide designed for clients as well as family law advocates and support workers assisting self-represented litigants. This guide reviews the rule in Browne v Dunn and how it applies in a family law trial.
Time Limits in BC Family Law Matters
If you are involved in a family law matter, you have certain rights under the law. However, to preserve your rights, you must pay attention to certain time limits.
Serving Supreme Court Documents in Family Law Matters, Even if the Opposing Party Cannot Be Found
Serving Supreme Court Documents in Family Law Matters, Even if the Opposing Party Cannot Be Found is a guide designed for family law advocates and support workers, who are assisting or plan to assist clients with serving Supreme Court documents.
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.
Annual Report 2023-2024
Read about our impact in 2023 and the new, and exciting work we are doing to advance access to justice in BC.
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.