Jan 31, 2024

Workout for Women’s Day

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Workout for Women’s Day is a coming together of local movement studios and instructors around International Women’s Day to offer public and private corporate classes for charities that support girls, women, and people of other marginalized genders.

Give to Rise today as part of the Workout for Women’s Day campaign, and help us raise $15,000 for Rise this IWD!

Rise Publications

Improving Access to Justice through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments

Annual Report 2023

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Annual Report 2022

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Annual Report 2020

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Annual Report 2019

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Annual Report 2018

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Annual Report 2017

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Newsletters

Rise Newsletter - February 2023

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Rise Newsletter - Spring 2021

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Rise Newsletter - Winter 2020-21

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Blog

Mar 4, 2024

Important Court of Appeal Decision!

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The BC Court of Appeal has re-affirmed that courts must take into account the impact of indirect violence on a child’s best interests when deciding parenting arrangements, not just direct violence against the child.

This is significant for our clients (80% of whom have experienced family violence), women, their children, and all parents who have experienced family violence in BC. The appeal sets a precedent for future cases, meaning that judges in the Provincial and Supreme Court of BC must follow this ruling. Strong precedents also make it easier to advise clients, because court outcomes are more predictable.

Feb 23, 2024

Improving Access to Justice through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments

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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.

Read full report here

Feb 5, 2024

Change in leadership at Rise Women’s Legal Centre

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Notice to Rise’s supporters, funders, donors, community partners, friends, and all who make Rise possible:

We are announcing a change in leadership at Rise Women’s Legal Centre. Kim Hawkins, executive director, will be leaving her position to take up the role of director of legal services grants at the Law Foundation of BC, as of March 31, 2024. You can read messages from Kim Hawkins, executive director, and Carly Teillet, president of the Board of Directors, about the transition here.

Jan 31, 2024

Workout for Women’s Day

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Rise

Workout for Women’s Day is a coming together of local movement studios and instructors around International Women’s Day to offer public and private corporate classes for charities that support girls, women, and people of other marginalized genders.

Give to Rise today as part of the Workout for Women’s Day campaign, and help us raise $15,000 for Rise this IWD!

Oct 31, 2023

Joint Submissions of Rise Women’s Legal Center and West Coast LEAF Association on the criminalisation of coercive control.

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Rise Women’s Legal Centre and West Coast LEAF’s submissions seek to inform the conversation around the potential criminalization of coercive control by sharing our experiences with addressing coercive control within the context of family law in BC, where a range of psychological and emotional violence has been included in legislation for nearly a decade, with disappointing results.

Sep 8, 2023

Rise Membership for 2023

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Nov 24, 2022

Joint statement on the release of the national action plan to end gender-based violence.

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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…
Oct 28, 2022

Campaign: One billable hour

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Rise

Family law is the most significant unmet legal need in BC Rise Women’s Legal Centre is helping to change that. Donate Right now, women across British Columbia are struggling to navigate the family legal system. Alone, without support and unable to afford a family lawyer, they have to choose between…
Oct 14, 2022

Annual Report 2022

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Taanishi and greetings to our volunteers, members of ourcommunity and supporters. As Board President and VicePresident, we are pleased to present Rise Women’s LegalCentre’s 2022 Annual Report. 2021 was a year of unprecedented growth for Rise. Lastyear we continued to adapt to the COVID pandemic andthe exacerbated gender-based violence experienced…
Sep 28, 2022

GUIDE: How to Choose A Family Lawyer?

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This guide was created to help people find a family lawyer who can help them with their family law matter. It covers lawyers who are funded by Legal Aid BC as well as private lawyers. The guide has been translated for ease of use. How to Choose a Family Lawyer?…
Nov 8, 2021

Annual Report 2021

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Rise Women’s Legal Centre is pleased to present its Annual Report for 2021. Highlights include a few notable statistics and facts arising from our work this past year, introductions to brand new programs and people new to Rise, plus our featured spread on how Rise’s alumni continue to support Rise…
May 26, 2021

Are We Ready to Change? A Lawyer’s Guide to Keeping Women and Children Safe in BC’s Family Law System

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Rise’s latest report in a series on how the legal system fails women experiencing family violence in BC. Building on Rise’s research results in our wildly successful Why Can’t Everyone Just Get Along report released earlier this year, Are We Ready to Change? provides practical recommendations for lawyers to improve…
May 3, 2021

Section 211 Plain Language Guides for Non-Lawyers

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Section 211 reports are ordered in difficult family law cases where the parents cannot agree about parenting issues. Sometimes called “custody and access reports”, section 211 reports are written by a neutral professional and provide judges with information about the children and the parties. You may be thinking about asking…
Apr 14, 2021

Time Limits in BC Family Law Matters

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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. This document sets out some deadlines and time limits that may apply to you, and we have made it available in…
Apr 7, 2021

Section 211 Toolkit for Lawyers

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This toolkit provides an overview of some of the major issues that lawyers may encounter when requesting or responding to psychological reports ordered under s. 211 of the Family Law Act. Section 211 reports (sometimes called “custody and access reports” in other jurisdictions) are frequently ordered in difficult family law…
Mar 22, 2021

WEBINAR: Decolonizing Family Law through Trauma-Informed Practice

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This webinar is for lawyers, law students, advocates, or anyone working with people in the family court system. We will discuss Rise’s research in the…
Jan 19, 2021

Joint Submissions in response to BCLI Consultation Paper on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act

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Submissions to the British Columbia Law Institute, developed in consultation with a group of front-line family support organizations, anti-violence advocates, family law experts and feminist legal advocates with expertise in child protection law and practice. Presented by by West Coast LEAF, Rise Women’s Legal Centre, and Frances Rosner. Joint Submissions…
Oct 5, 2020

Annual Report 2020

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Rise Women’s Legal Centre is pleased to present its Annual Report for 2020. You’ll find updates on the organization itself, along with personal accounts from Rise’s staff on how we’ve handled the global crisis in our corner of the world, and continued to provide services to those who need help…
Oct 5, 2020

Financial Statement 2019-20

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Rise Women’s Legal Centre is pleased to offer its official Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2019-20, which have undergone a thorough professional review engagement by an outside accounting firm, and have been approved by our Board of Directors. 2019-20 Rise Financial Statements-signed
May 11, 2020

Guildelines for Parenting during COVID-19 Health Crisis – May 8, 2020 Update

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2020-05-08-Guidelines for Parenting during COVID-19 Health Crisis-UPDATE

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