Additional Resources
(in alphabetical order)
AdminLawBC.ca
A Guide to Administrative Law
in BC
The website’s features include videos explaining
administrative law and its range of agencies as well as
links to local, provincial, federal and specialized tribunals.
Also included is a list of experts available to speak
about numerous administrative law areas.
Association
des juristes d'expression française de la
Colombie-Britannique
As a non-profit association, AJEFCB goals include contributing to the
professional development of French-speaking jurists in B.C., the
promotion of access to justice in French in B.C., facilitating and
improving the exercise of French language legal rights in B.C., and
assuring that existing French language rights respecting access to
justice are maintained.
Battered
Women Support Services, Legal Advocacy Program
Provides support, advocacy, information and accompaniment to women who
have experienced violence and who are involved in the legal system.
They also provide advocacy with other systems, including social
assistance and child protection.
BC
Coalition of People with Disabilities Advocacy Access Program
Is a centre of excellence for provincial disability benefits and CPP
Disability Benefits advocacy. They welcome people with all
disabilities: mental health consumers and people with physical,
cognitive and sensory disabilities, to make use of their expert
service.
B.C.
Courthouse Library Society
Provides access to legal information resources and information services
to members of the legal community and the public of British Columbia.
BC
Francophone Affairs Program
Francophone portal of the government of British Columbia website. Links
to all government services and publications that are available in
French.
BC
Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
A non-partisan, non-profit society that was established in 1991 to
promote and defend freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada
Its goal is to empower citizens by increasing their access to
information and their control over their own personal information
through programs of public education, public assistance, research, and
law reform.
BC
Institute Against Family Violence
Institute that supports, co-ordinates and initiates research and
education programs promoting the elimination of violence in all
families. Includes publications in English for newcomers and service
providers.
BC
Liberties Association
The oldest and most active civil liberties group in Canada formed by
citizens who volunteer to fulfill the mandate to preserve, defend,
maintain and extend civil liberties and human rights in British
Columbia and across Canada. Their - programs include education,
complaint assistance, legal reform and occasional litigation. It
includes multilingual publications.
BC Public Interest
Advocacy Centre
Its creation in 1981 reflected the fundamental belief that it should
not only be the rich and powerful that are represented before our
courts and regulators. For those bodies to function as they should,
they must hear from all of those affected by their decisions.This non
profit law office provides representation to groups that would not
otherwise have the resources to effectively assert their interests.
BC
Supreme Court Self-Help Information Centre
Located in the Provincial Court building in downtown Vancouver, the
centre contains extensive resources to help people who have a Supreme
Court family or civil matter but dont have a lawyer to represent them.
It offers a drop-in service where people can come to find the
information they need to prepare their case for court or find
alternatives to court.
Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network
The Network promotes the human rights of people living with and
vulnerable to
HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research, legal and
policy analysis, education, and community mobilization.
Canadian
Legal Dictionaries
JURIST Canada's browsable dictionary of basic Canadian legal terms.
Capacity
Canada: The BC Internationally Trained Professional Network
A partnership of three major non profit immigrant-serving organizations
building the voice of immigrant professionals.
CanLII
A non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of
Canada, CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on
the Internet.
Clicklaw
This site provides legal information, education and help
for British Columbians.
Community
Legal Assistance Society
Provides multi-faceted legal services throughout the province of BC in
the areas of poverty law, disability law, mental health law, human
rights law and equality law. Its services include: service case work,
Charter and test case litigation, law reform, legal supervision for
legal advocacy groups, legal support to community groups, and public
legal education.
Dial
- A- Law
Library of scripts prepared by lawyers to provide practical information
on specific topics of law as they apply in British Columbia. Includes
publications in Chinese.
Earth
Words Abuse Information in over 70 Languages
Global Inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centres and
women's organizations, searchable by country, plus index of domestic
violence resources in over 70 languages.
Directory
of BC Multicultural, Antiracism, Immigrant and Community Service
Organizations
Publication (in English) of the British Columbia Ministry of Community,
Aboriginal and Women's Services, Settlement and Multiculturalism
Branch. It includes the following sections: Multiculturalism,
Antiracism, Immigration and Community Service Organizations,
Ethno-cultural organizations, Government (federal, provincial,
municipal departments), Ethno-cultural Media, English Language Services
for Adults (ELSA) and Heritage Language Schools.
Family
Services of Greater Vancouver
Provides professional counselling, therapy, consultation, education and
other supportive services. Agency that works with a diverse community,
in terms of age, ethnicity and socio-economic status.
Farm
Workers Legal Advocacy Program
Promotes legal education to increase awareness among seasonal workers.
Works in partnership with legal professionals to ensure legally redress
for seasonal workers and intends to ensure that relevant information on
the rights and obligations of the seasonal workers are presented to
them in consistent and timely manner.
Family
Law in BC
Web site that contains self-help materials, links to legal
resources and general information about family law.
Justice
for Girls Legal Advocacy Program
This advocacy program works to address breaches of girls' rights within
criminal justice, child welfare, mental/health and educational
institutions.
Law
Centre (University of Victoria)
Provides advice, assistance and representation to clients who cannot
afford a lawyer, clinical and legal education to law students and legal
education programs to the public. Includes self-help forms, fact sheets
and booklets in English.
Law Court
Education Society of BC
Provides educational programs and services about the justice system in
Canada and British Columbia that help the public to understand how our
justice system works as well as those working within the system to
better understand the justice-related issues that different people
face. Includes multilingual publications.
LawLink
An online legal information service (in English) for low-income British
Columbians, which connects to information and tools to resolve legal
problems.
Lawyer
Referral Service Information
This service is designed to assist the general public in finding the
appropriate lawyer.
Legal
Services Society
Provides information about legal aid as well as multilingual legal
information through publications (printed and online), the LawLine (in
English) and other web sites.
MOSAIC
Multicultural
Victim Services Program
Delivers multilingual, culturally sensitive support to victims of
crime, whether or not the police/justice systems are involved.
Motivation
Power & Achievement Society
The society's Advocacy and Social Justice program empowers and supports
people with mental illness to ensure that their social and legal rights
are promoted.
Multicultural
Profiles
Quick 'snapshots' of the immigrant population and ethno-cultural
composition of British Columbia based on Canada census data.
Multilingual Legal Glossary
Vancouver Community College’s Multilingual Legal Glossary is a glossary of 5000 Canadian legal and court-related terms in English Plain Language, and their equivalents in six other languages (Chinese, Farsi, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese).
Multiple
Sclerosis Society of Canada, BC Division, Volunteer Legal Advocacy
Program
The main objective of this program is to make legal information and
advocacy available by telephone, email or in person to people living
with multiple sclerosis in the Lower Mainland, Victoria and Kamloops.
Publications in English on disability insurance, human rights, Canadian
Pension Plan disability benefits, self-advocacy and knowledge about
legal resources.
National
Association of Women and the Law
A Canadian non-profit organization that has worked to improve the legal
status of women in Canada through law reform since 1974. Includes
publications in English and French.
People's
Law School
Provides multilingual legal information on a variety of topics in plain
language, organizes legal educational events, presentations to schools
and provide speakers for community groups in BC.
PovNet
Searchable web site for people on welfare, advocates and community
groups who are involved in antipoverty work. Provides up-to-date
information about welfare and housing laws and resources in British
Columbia, as well as links to anti-poverty issues and organizations.
The
Poverty and Human Rights Centre
The Poverty and Human Rights Centre is committed to eradicating poverty
and promoting social and economic equality through human rights.Its
library is a searchable database of materials related to social and
economic rights.
ProBonoNet
Resource for lawyers and community organizations involved in the
delivery of pro bono legal services. Includes links to pro-bono
resources.
The
Red Book Online
Guide to community, social and government agencies and services across
the Lower Mainland.
Representation
Agreement and Resource Centre
A non-government, charitable society, volunteer driven and supported by
the organizations and individuals who were involved in bringing about
reform of adult guardianship legislation.
Seniors
Gateway to Legal Information and Resources
A project developed in partnership between 411 Seniors Centre (411) and
the Representation Agreement Resource Centre (RARC), which includes
useful information in English for senior citizens.
SFU
Centre for Education, Law and Society
Its main purpose is to improve the legal literacy of children and young
adults through a program of teaching, curriculum development, research,
and community initiatives.
South
Fraser Women's Services Society Legal Information and Advocacy
Program
Provides legal information and support for women dealing with the
family justice system.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S
Services and Publications
A non-partisan citizen organization for the promotion of the well-being
of Canadians and new immigrants and their participation in a just,
equitable, and culturally diverse society through the provision of
services, community development and advocacy. English and Chinese web
site.
Tenants Rights
Action Coalition (TRAC)
Community-based coalition of groups and individuals working to improve
legal protection for tenants and to promote community action for the
purpose of protecting and increasing the supply of affordable rental
housing in B.C. It includes multilingual fact sheets.
The
BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors Legal Advocacy Project
The project goal is to provide legal information, referral and legal
advocacy to seniors, community agencies and organizations, government
departments Community Response Networks, Victim Services, and others
throughout the province, who call its Information and Referral line.
The
Kettle Friendship Society Advocay Service Program
This Advocacy Service is mandated to serve self-identified
consumer/survivors of mental health services. Their primary goal is to
work on a self-empowerment model, addressing both individual needs and
systemic issues.
The
Salvation Army
Pro Bono Program
Free legal advive program provided by the Salvation Army
UBC Law
Students
Legal Advice Program
Non-profit society run by law students at the University of British
Columbia, which offers free legal advice and legal representation at
clinics located throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
Includes the Legal Advice Program Manual (in English) intended to help
law students in their law clinics.
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Library
Unique source of by states and territories around
the world to put into effect the international drug control
conventions. Laws are published and added to the library in one or two
of the working languages of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (English,
French and Spanish.
Vancouver
Refugee Services Alliance
Information for refugees in English, Chinese and Spanish.
West
Coast Domestic Workers Association
A non-profit association that provides free legal assistance in the
form of advocacy, support and counselling to live-in caregivers based
in British Columbia. It operates a drop-in clinic five days a week.
West
Coast Environmental Law
BC's legal champion for the environment. Through legal advice,
education and advocacy, West Coast provides citizens and organizations
with the knowledge, tools and innovative solutions needed to protect
our environment and build sustainability locally, nationally and
internationally. It includes multilingual publications.
West
Coast Genesis Society
The Society actively promotes the physical, psychological, emotional,
and spiritual well-being of persons who are socially marginalized due
to factors such as: problematic substance use, emotional and mental
health issues, fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), involvement with
the criminal justice system, Aboriginal status and homelessness.
West
Coast LEAF
Is the largest branch of National LEAF outside of Ontario. It is an
incorporated non-profit society in British Columbia and a federally
registered charity. English Publications.
Western
Canada Society to Access Justice
Provides probono lawyers assistance to persons who cannot obtain legal
aid or afford a lawyer, through pro bono clinics throughout the Western
provinces (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).
Funding provided by the Law Foundation of British Columbia