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Press Releases

Vancouver resident pledges $1 million dollars to Pivot Foundation. Money will support initiatives aimed at tackling overdose crisis

Thank you to Rob and his family for believing in #PivotLegal and the work we do helping society's most marginalized communities.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Mar 12, 2018 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Pivot Legal Society calls for systemic changes to police training and policy around mental health-related calls at coroner's inquest into the death of Tony Du

Police must focus on de-escalation instead of shooting to kill.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 05, 2018 | Criminalization & Policing, Press Releases

Executive Director Katrina Pacey to step down as leader of BC’s leading human rights legal advocacy organization

After 17 years with Pivot Legal Society, Pacey leaves the organization in its strongest and most energized phase yet.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Dec 21, 2017 | Press Releases

Broad coalition of legal organizations calling for significant reform to British Columbia’s justice system

Pivot Legal Society, BC Civil Liberties Association, West Coast LEAF, and Community Legal Assistance Society have joined forced to urge the government to enact significant legal and policy reform in favour of marginalized, racialized, and Indigenous communities across British Columbia.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Aug 30, 2017 | Criminalization & Policing, Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Pivot Legal Society urges government to adopt recommendations in BCCDC report

Among the recommendations include expanding BC’s prescription heroin program, reforming punitive and harmful drug laws, and addressing the stigma faced by people who use drugs.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Aug 17, 2017 | Press Releases

Pivot Legal Society applauds opening of Toronto’s first pop-up safe injection site and urges federal government to expedite approvals of pending site applications

Harm reduction advocates opened Toronto's first "pop-up" safe injection site at Moss Park over the weekend. It was a courageous and compassionate move that will save countless lives in the context of a public health emergency.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Aug 14, 2017 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Maple Ridge tent city residents turn to province for action

Residents of Anita Place homeless encampment in Maple Ridge have filed court proceedings against the Province of British Columbia for leaving them with nowhere to go but the streets.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Jun 29, 2017 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Pivot Legal Society commends Metro Vancouver mayors’ push for greater funding and support to end homelessness in BC

Pivot Legal Society commends Metro Vancouver mayors’ push for greater funding and support to end homelessness
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 27, 2017 | Press Releases, Homes For All

Day 1 Akintoye trial: Father seeks justice against Vancouver Police after mistaken for suspect and violently arrested

Today Solomon Akintoye, 33, represented by Pivot Legal Society, is seeking a ruling of wrongful arrest and excessive use of force related to his detention and violent takedown by the Vancouver Police Department in 2011. This is the first significant civil lawsuit to challenge the policies of police in BC relating to investigative detention.
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 20, 2017 | Criminalization & Policing, Press Releases

Pivot Legal Society launches civil lawsuit against Vancouver Police for fatally shooting of Tony Du

Tony Du civil lawsuit
By Peter Kim Peter Kim | Feb 09, 2017 | Criminalization & Policing, Press Releases
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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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