By 
Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell |
Jun 19, 2020 |
Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell |
Jun 19, 2020 |
The Pivot Blog
Pivot Legal Society calls for an end to prolific anti-Black and anti-Indigenous policing practices in BC, and call for the enactment of recommendations.
By 
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Jun 19, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Jun 19, 2020 |
Non-Black and non-Indigenous legal practitioners must work to understand calls from Black and Indigenous people to defund police and redistribute these vital funds to community and peer-led health and safety programming.
By 
Asha Kaur |
Jun 11, 2020 |
Asha Kaur |
Jun 11, 2020 |
Looking for ways to actively support Black people’s struggle for liberation? Support local Black-led organizations!
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Jun 02, 2020
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Jun 02, 2020
What are my rights & responsibilities during COVID-19? What are emergency powers? Read about the different Orders that are in effect and who can enforce.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 22, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 22, 2020 |
BC government’s rapid and enforcement-based decampment plan for Oppenheimer Park, Topaz Park, and the Pandora Avenue Corridor is creating a level of harm that is preventable. Read Pivot's letter and the statements from the ground.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 15, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 15, 2020 |
Pivot joins the call to immediately decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs in response to the twin crises of opioid overdoses and the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 14, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 14, 2020 |
Our fight continues after an Ontario Court reaches a disappointing decision on prison-based needle exchange programs.
By 
Caitlin Shane |
May 13, 2020 |
Caitlin Shane |
May 13, 2020 |
Signs to notify municipal bylaw and police officers about unhoused peoples' rights to shelter in parks.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 06, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 06, 2020 |
Pivot Legal Society joins advocates and members of the Yukon bar to call for the suspension of a residential housing program within the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 04, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 04, 2020 |
Halfway homes don't belong on prison grounds! Pivot Legal joins advocates in the Yukon to urge respect for residents’ rights.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 04, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
May 04, 2020 |
Reports of a potential Provincial order of enforcement against unsheltered people who do not access temporary accommodations made available to them during COVID-19 has spread amongst unsheltered people in Vancouver.
By 
Anna Cooper |
Apr 24, 2020 |
Do you have protection from liability when providing voluntary services and exercising mutual aid during COVID-19? Legal information for service providers in BC.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 15, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 15, 2020 |
Together with BCAAFC, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, and Carnegie Community Action Project, we sent a letter this morning urging immediate action to address the threat of #COVID19 for people who are unhoused and inadequately housed in British Columbia.
By Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 09, 2020 |
Sozan Savehilaghi |
Apr 09, 2020 |
We call on BC and Vancouver officials to urgently exercise their respective authorities in full, pursuant to emergency legislation, to rapidly house every BC resident without housing.
By Anna Cooper |
Apr 09, 2020 |