The Pivot Blog

𝐴𝑐𝑡 𝑁𝑜𝑤! Pivot’s new report urges local drug decriminalization to address record overdose deaths.

Read Pivot's new blog on how talk is cheap and local governments must Act Now! to decriminalize simple posession.

Caitlin Shane | Oct 01, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Act Now! Decriminalizing Drugs in Vancouver

Read the full report on how the City of Vancouver (and all non-federal jurisdictions, including provinces) can decriminalize simple drug possession now.

Sozan Savehilaghi | Sep 16, 2020 | Research Reports, Drug Policy Reform

Pivot Legal Society Annual Report 2019

Read Pivot Legal Society's 2019 Annual Report

Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 28, 2020 | Annual Reports

Joint letter to Vancouver Park Board on by-law amendment regarding sheltering in parks

Joint letter (BCCLA, UBCIC & Pivot) in response to Vancouver Park Board resolution concerning by-law amendment to temporarily sheltering in parks.

Anna Cooper | Jul 27, 2020 | Homes For All, Letters & Statements

Joint Letter Regarding Temporary Shelter in Parks

Asha Kaur | Jul 23, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Civil Society Organizations Renew Call for Drug Decriminalization

Read the statement issued by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, and Pivot Legal Society.

Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 10, 2020 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Letter to BC Ministers Urging Against Bill 22's Passage into Law

Asha Kaur | Jul 03, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Indigenous law and Aboriginal law: It’s past time we all knew the difference

Pivot Legal Society's Board Chair, Stephen Mussell, is interviewed about the difference between Indigenous law and Aboriginal law.

Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jul 01, 2020

Victory at the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Zora

Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a unanimous decision on R v Zora; a case about bail breaches in which Pivot intervened with help from Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer David Fai.

Caitlin Shane | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform, Project Inclusion

Statement Urging Non-Enforcement Against 'Safe Supply' Health Services

Asha Kaur | Jun 23, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Support for "Police-Free Schools are Safer Schools" Petition

Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell | Jun 19, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Letter to Provincial Leadership on Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Policing

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.

Sozan Savehilaghi | Jun 19, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Call for the Legal Community to Address Anti-Black Racism

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.

Asha Kaur | Jun 11, 2020 | Letters & Statements

Support Local Black-led Organizations

Looking for ways to actively support Black people’s struggle for liberation? Support local Black-led organizations!

Sozan Savehilaghi | Jun 02, 2020

COVID-19 Laws and Enforcement Powers

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.

Sozan Savehilaghi | May 22, 2020 | Public Legal Education