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How BC's majority government can enshrine human rights protections for people living in poverty

On International Human Rights Day, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and Pivot Legal Society are renewing calls for an amendment to the BC Human Rights Code to include protections based on social condition.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog, Project Inclusion, Homes For All

Vancouver Budget: Defunding the Police to Fund Community Care & Services

Pivot’s Criminalization & Policing Campaigner, Meenakshi Mannoe, writes about defunding the VPD and the importance of shifting away from criminalization and enforcement and leaning into equity, inclusion, and social justice.
By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Dec 01, 2020 | Criminalization & Policing, 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.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Oct 01, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

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

Onwards and Upwards: Continuing the Fight for Healthcare in Prisons after a Disappointing Ruling

Our fight continues after an Ontario Court reaches a disappointing decision on prison-based needle exchange programs.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

The Case for Prison Needle Exchange Programs

Simons et al. v Minister of Public Safety et al.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Landmark Ontario Case Rules Certain Sex Work Laws Unconstitutional

By Kerry Porth Kerry Porth | Mar 05, 2020 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

Stigma and Criminalization of Sex Work Facilitated the Murder of Marylène Levesque

By Kerry Porth Kerry Porth | Feb 15, 2020 | Sex Workers' Rights, Blog

BC's new policing standards are not a moratorium on "street stops"

By Meenakshi Mannoe Meenakshi Mannoe | Feb 05, 2020 | Criminalization & Policing, Blog

Why People Without Housing Still Need Heat: The Limits of the City’s Winter Response Strategy

Despite the heavy snowfall we are experiencing, Oppenheimer Park residents continue to be refused onsite-options for warming. We recently sent letters calling on both Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and the City of Vancouver to “meet people where they are” and provide warming options for those who will inevitably remain outside in the cold this season.
By Anna Cooper Anna Cooper | Jan 16, 2020 | Blog, Homes For All
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Pivot Legal Society is located on stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. 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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