B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hears complaint against Downtown Ambassadors
Vancouver, May 28, 2010 - On Monday, May 31, 2010, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear a human rights complaint made by Pivot Legal Society and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) against the Downtown Ambassadors program, operated by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and funded by the City of Vancouver. [more]
Shelter allowance policy leaves children in foster care longer: ombudsperson complaint
May 12, 2010 – Pivot and West Coast Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund (West Coast LEAF) are calling on the B.C. Ombudsperson to investigate shelter allowance reductions for families with children in temporary foster care. [more]
Homeless man ticketed for sleeping in a tent
Vancouver, May 3, 2010 - Pivot Legal Society is asking Mayor Gregor Robertson to cancel a ticket given to a homeless man for erecting a tent on City sidewalk, and to provide assurances that no further homeless people will be ticketed for erecting temporary shelters. [more]
Pivot Legal LLP brings home gold from the SE Dragons Den
Vancouver, April 23, 2010 - Last night, a panel of Vancouver’s top CEOs awarded Pivot Legal LLP a $15,000 first prize in Vancity’s 2nd annual Social Enterprise Dragons Den contest. [more]
Homeless will start Tent City to Demand Shelter
Vancouver, April 12, 2010 - Homeless representatives from the Aboriginal Central Shelter on Central Street announced their intention to start a tent city if their 100-bed shelter closes, on April 20. [more]
Red Tent Olympic banner wrap sets world record
Vancouver, March 04, 2010 - On Feb 27, housing activists and supporters of the Red Tent Campaign set the world record for the Longest Banner Wrap according to the World Records Academy. [more]
Red Tent campaign drops banner off Cambie Bridge
Homes For All banner hangs from Cambie Bridge February 15. (CBC)
February 16 - Yesterday, Pivot Legal Society's Red Tent Campaigners dropped a 45’ banner off the Cambie Street Bridge. [more]
Pivot launches Olympic legal defence team
Vancouver, February 11, 2010 – Pivot Legal Society announced this morning it will be operating an Olympic Legal Defence Team in response to the increased police presence around Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Games. [more]
Sex workers fight for their right to challenge Canada’s prostitution laws
Vancouver, January 21, 2010 - Vancouver sex workers will be appearing before the BC Court of Appeal this week to fight for their right to challenge Canada’s criminal laws relating to adult prostitution. [more]
Campaign Overview for Pivot in 2009 and 2010
By John Richardson, Executive Director, Pivot Legal Society
Vancouver, January 4, 2010 - It certainly was a wild 2009! And 2010 is looking to even wilder [more]
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Hope in Shadows book editors nominated for B.C. Book Prize
Vancouver, March 12, 2009 – Editors Brad Cran and Gillian Jerome have been nominated for the B.C. Book Prize: Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize to recognize the authors of the book that contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia. [more] |
Thanks for capturing Pivot, Blackbird
Vancouver, March 4, 2010 - For several years Pivot Legal Society has been extremely lucky to have caught the attention of a dedicated local man who has taken amazing photographs of many of Pivot's activities. [more]
Painting the town red
February 12, 2010 - The 2010 Winter Olympics have arrived in Vancouver and Pivot is ready to make the most of the best opportunity in a generation to get Canada on track to end homelessness. [more]
Justice on the frontlines
With the Olympics in town, many DTES residents we’ve spoken with are concerned about decreased access to services, restrictions on mobility, and an influx of gawking tourists. [more]
An end to homelessness is possible:
 After years of government apathy and neglect that has left Canada with an affordable housing crisis, Pivot has launched HOMELESSNESS IS OVER! (if you want it)
See Pivot's YouTube video!
Photographers "human rights ambassadors"
Vancouver, October 13, 2009. "You should be proud in your part as human rights ambassadors," Pivot Legal Society executive director John Richardson said to the photographers at the seventh annual Hope in Shadows Award ceremony and calendar launch this morning. [more]
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