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GUIDE
Tenants, Police and your SRO
Tenant privacy is very important. Vulnerable people need housing that makes them feel safe, secure and respected. This brochure is designed to give SRO landlords a general idea of the laws around tenant privacy in B.C. (downloadable 135KB pdf suitable for printing double-sided on letter-size paper and folding)
[ download guide (PDF 135 KB) ]
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REPORT
Hands Tied
Published May 2009. A study of why child protection workers are leaving the B.C. child welfare system. A 36-page report. [read Executive summary].
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REPORT
Security Before Justice
Published November 2008. A study of the impacts of private security on homelessness and under-housed Vancouver residents. A 34-page report. [read Executive summary].
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REPORT
How to Sue the Police and Private Security in the Small Claims Court
Published July 2008. IMPORTANT WARNING: This book is not legal advice and does not replace legal advice from a qualified lawyer. The law is complicated, and only a lawyer can provide you with advice that is entirely accurate for your situation. This book is a general guide to make you familiar with how the Small Claims Court system works in B.C. for claims against the police. You can get in touch with a lawyer to discuss your situation by calling one of the phone numbers at the end of this book.
download guide book (PDF 706 KB)
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REPORT
A Special Report on Housing Solutions for the Downtown Eastside
Published April 2008. A special 60-page report featuring the three winning entries of the essay contest run by Pivot Legal Society which asked the writers to help solve the current housing crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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REPORT
Cultural Divide:
A neighbourhood study of rental housing in Vancouver
Published March 2008. A 15-page report from Pivot Legal Society and the MOSAIC immigrant and refugee advocacy society showing that housing accessible to working families, many of whom are immigrants, in North Mount Pleasant is disappearing.
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REPORT
Broken Promises:
Parents Speak about B.C.'s Child Welfare System
Published February 2008. British Columbia is in the midst of a child welfare crisis. One out of every five children in the province lives below the poverty line. Over 9,271 children are living in foster care, more than half of whom are Aboriginal. For generations the system has consistently failed children and their families in spite of legislative reform, internal reorganization and changing governments.
[ executive summary with link to PDF 4,892 KB ]
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REPORT
Cracks in the Foundation:
Solving the Housing Crisis in Canada's Poorest Neighbourhood
Published September 2006. If no new low-cost
housing is built and the current stock of low cost housing
continues to close and deteriorate at its present rate, visitors
to Vancouver in 2010 will see nearly three times as many homeless
people living on the streets of Vancouver as they see today,
according to findings in Pivot Legal Society’s housing
report, Cracks in the Foundation...
[ more ]
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CONFERENCE PAPER
Still waiting at the altar: Vancouver 2010’s on-again, off-again, relationship with social sustainability
By David Eby. Pivot Legal Society and the Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition Prepared for the June 14 and 15, 2007 COHRE Expert Workshop on Protecting and Promoting Housing Rights in the Context of Mega Events.
[ download
report (PDF 216 KB) ]
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REPORT
Beyond Decriminalization:
Sex-work, Human Rights and a New Framework for Law Reform
Published June 2006. This report analyzes the
range of regulatory frameworks that could be implemented if
sex-work were to be decriminalized. Published by the Pivot
Legal Society sex-work subcommittee, it is a follow-up to Voices for Dignity...
[ more ]
[ download
full report (PDF 1,209 KB) ]
[ download
abridged version (PDF2,401 KB) ]
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REPORT
Voices for Dignity:
A Call to End the Harms Caused by Canada's Sex Trade Laws
Published March 2004. The sale of sexual services
between consenting adults is legal under Canadian law. However,
the Canadian government uses the criminal law to control specific
aspects of sex-work.
[ more ]
[ view affidavits
and the full report (links to PDFs in sections) ]
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abridged version of report PDF 1,321 KB ] |
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REPORT
To Serve and Protect
A Report on Policing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
This 2002 report represents a nine month long
research program in which 50 sworn legal statements about
interactions with the VPD were obtained. These statements,
carefully documented and sworn by lawyers, present the direct
personal experiences and observations of each individual.
[ more ]
The report is now out of print, but the complete PDF can be downloaded here.
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POLICY
PAPER
Six Recommendations for Policing Reform
This report was published in the Fall of
2005 by Pivot Legal Society. 1. Independent Civilian Investigations;
2. Police Board Reform; 3. "Compassion" Training
for Officers; 4. Transparency; 5. Access; and 6. Integrity
Testing.
[ download PDF173 KB ]
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POLICY
PAPER
Towards More Effective Police Oversight
Presented to the City of Vancouver Peace
and Justice Committee, September 2004. By David Eby, Jen Metcalfe,
John Richardson and Deven Singhal.
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