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#DecrimInBC – Are you protected? New Rights Card!

On January 31, 2023, BC will decriminalize small amounts of certain drugs for personal possession. Are you protected by the new policy? Download Pivot's Know Your Rights card. #DecrimInBC
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Jan 09, 2023 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

How the VPD Defunded our Communities

The legacies of racialized policing & controls continue to be replicated under expanding police budgets, with devastating impacts of state violence shouldered by Black & Indigenous communities.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Dec 19, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog

Introduction to Anti-Stigma Campaign: Stigma is a phenomenon with real life consequences for individuals

NEW CAMPAIGN ALERT: Addressing stigma is part of the solution to ending discriminatory policies and bylaws that harm already marginalized communities. From by-laws to provincial and federal legislation we must #EndTheStigma
By Nina Taghaddosi Nina Taghaddosi | Sep 06, 2022 | Blog, Anti-Stigma, Project Inclusion

A mixed ruling from the BC Court of Appeal in R v Ellis

A win for our client, a missed opportunity for law reform - Read our latest blog post: A mixed ruling from the BC Court of Appeal in R v Ellis
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Sep 04, 2022 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Tent Cities and Anti-Poverty Stigma: The Case for Social Condition

Your stigmatizing policies and practices are driving social murder. It is time to amend the BC Human Rights Code and to include Social Condition as a protected ground. @kennedy.stewart @johnhorganbc @MurrayRankinNDP @nicholas.simons.73 @melaniejmark @dave.eby
By Nina Taghaddosi Nina Taghaddosi | Aug 26, 2022 | Blog, Anti-Stigma

Hastings Tent City Residents Give City of Vancouver and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services an Overall "E" Grade

Hastings Tent City Residents give City of Vancouver and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services an overall "E" grade + Fact Sheet which highlight myths and misunderstandings created by City, VFRS and VPD.
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Aug 09, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Press Releases, Letters & Statements, Homes For All, Blog

Federal government’s sex work law review doesn’t go far enough

The Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights recently released their report following a review process on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) which are the laws governing sex work in Canada. Over 50 witnesses testified and the government received 72 briefs from interested parties. The report contains some very positive recommendations including repealing two provisions of the PCEPA as well as Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations that prohibit migrants from working in the sex industry. These recommendations are contrasted by some that seek to increase criminalization as it relates to exploitation and human trafficking. Read more by Kerry Porth - Pivot's Sex Work Policy Consultant #SexWorkIsWork #DecriminalizeSexWork
By Kerry Porth Kerry Porth | Jul 08, 2022 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

Pivot and BCAPOM speak truth to power at the BC Legislative Assembly

In June of 2022, Pivot and the BC Association of People on Opioid Maintenance (BCAPOM) testified before the Legislative Assembly of BC’s Select Standing Committee on Health. Our goal? Safe supply and an end to municipal/police interference with drug user-led groups.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Jul 07, 2022 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Pivot Legal Society Annual Report 2021

Pivot's 2021 Annual Report - another year of community response to a pandemic which has continued to exacerbate ongoing and overlapping public health emergencies. Our team worked alongside community and grassroots organizations to mobilize...
By Taz Khandwani Taz Khandwani | Jun 20, 2022 | Blog, Annual Reports

Street Sweeps & Disability Justice

This year’s blog features an interview with Gabrielle Peters. Gabrielle is a disabled writer and policy analyst and a commissioner on the Vancouver City Planning Commission. She is co-founder of Dignity Denied and the Disability Filibuster. Gabrielle’s work often focuses on further developing the radical theory of accessibility by integrating the lessons of disability justice, harm reduction, trauma-informed practice and grassroots community development and transformative change activism. On Access Awareness Day, we are reminding municipalities that accessible and inclusive communities don’t rely on municipal violence to displace people. To better understand the place of #StopTheSweeps within broader disability justice struggles, Gabrielle Peters shares important insights.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Jun 04, 2022 | Criminalization and Policing, Blog
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We are grateful to Indigenous Peoples for their continuous relationship with their lands and are committed to learning to work in solidarity as accomplices in shifting the colonial default. 

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