MP Weston targeted over housing bill
"We wanted to distribute information to people in the riding and to the MPs themselves . . . (as to) why we believe a nationally funded housing strategy would be effective," said Douglas King, a lawyer with Pivot Legal Society.
[North Shore News, Aug 20, 2010]
Cop shoving woman sign of sloping times
This altercation on East Hastings Street was caught on a surveillance camera at the Pivot Legal Society's office.
[Vancouver Courier, Aug 20, 2010]
Justice Rocks
On Sunday, August 15 we roll 'er out in the sunshine to celebrate the mischief making of local superheros like Pivot Legal Society, Greenpeace, Amnesty Intl., Check Your Head, Dogwood Initiative and more.
[Beyond Robson, Aug 13, 2010]
Pivot tents in PoMo
Pivot Legal Society brought its red tent campaign to Port Moody Tuesday in a bid to raise support for a national housing strategy.
[Tri-City News, Aug 10, 2010]
Tribunal hears former downtown ambassador removed homeless from city park
That’s what was heard Monday at a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which pitted representatives of the Pivot Legal Society and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users against the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and the City of Vancouver.
[The Province, Aug 10, 2010]
Group visit MP Moore's office to promote national housing strategy
Pivot Legal Society will be bringing its red tent campaign to Port Moody tomorrow in a bid to raise support for a national housing strategy.
[Tri-City News, Aug 9, 2010]
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How big money drives social change
The recipients, again many of them in B.C., were wide-ranging, including housing (Portland Hotel Society), labour initiatives (Columbia Society), environment (David Suzuki Foundation), animals (Marmot Recovery Foundation), activism (Pivot Legal Society), first nations (Vancouver Native Health Society), education (Linnaea Farm Society, which runs a private school on Cortes Island), and even online journalism (Tyee Fellowship Fund).
[Vancouver Sun, Aug 7, 2010]
Urban Robin Hood takes aim
At that point, Archibald got in touch with Pivot Legal Society, whose Red Tent Campaign, launched this past January, aims to raise awareness of homelessness and pressure the federal government to fund a national housing strategy.
[Georgia Straight, Aug 5, 2010]
Copping out
As executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and a former member of the Pivot Legal Society, Eby has spent a good deal of his time writing letters to the Vancouver Police Board complaining about what he believes are unjust policies.
[Vancouver Courier, July 29, 2010]
Linda Malcolm offers a different kind of policing
“We were able to literally walk her through the whole process and Pivot [legal society] helped her out with legal counsel.
[Globe and Mail, July 27, 2010]
The deterioration of legal aid
West Coast LEAF and Pivot Legal Society have presented a petition to B.C.'s attorney-general in which 1,200 people agreed legal aid is a priority in B.C.
[Vancouver Sun, July 10, 2010] |
