April 24, 2012
Explains who is eligible for welfare, how to apply for welfare, what benefits are available, your responsibilities while on welfare, how to appeal a decision about your benefits, and how to get more...
Keywords: how to apply for welfare, Welfare, welfare appeal, welfare overpayment, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
March 21, 2012
The federal and provincial government offer programs that can help you repay your Canada-B.C. integrated student loans.
Some are debt management programs designed for people having difficulty making...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, debt relief, Education, student loans, British Columbia, Government information
March 15, 2012
Legal Help for British Columbians is a guide for non-legal professionals in British Columbia to learn where to direct clients when legal problems occur. It can also be used directly by those seeking...
Keywords: Legal Assistance, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia, Directories
March 6, 2012
This website is a portal, or clearinghouse, of Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) resources and information for those who are working with and for the migrant workers in the Province of...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Info (PLEI), migrant workers, migrant workers, PLEI, PLEI, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
February 28, 2012
Sources Community Resource Centres is a community-based non-profit agency dedicated to supporting the needs of children, youth and families, persons with disabilities, and seniors that reside...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Women, British Columbia, Organizations
February 17, 2012
The goals of the Portal include collaboration, open communication and the sharing of experiences, tools & resources including key documents such as policies, plans, etc. created by First Nations...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, British Columbia, Gateways
January 25, 2012
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities now have some of their most requested publications on self-help, CPP, disability benefits, and health available in Traditional Chinese and Punjabi.
Keywords: chinese, CPP, developmental disability, Disability, Health, HIV/AIDS, Punjabli, self-help, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides
January 17, 2012
COSCO is the largest federation of seniors' organizations in the Province of British Columbia, representing seniors for over 50 years. COSCO directors and members collaborate with others in a common...
Keywords: elder advocacy, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Organizations
November 7, 2011
The Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch has launched a public education campaign for additional legal aid funding in BC, called We Need Legal Aid. The campaign’s website features information and...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
November 4, 2011
Do you identify yourself as an Aboriginal person? Do you help people who do?
This site has information and publications about the issues that are important to Aboriginal people and the help that...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, child protection, harvesting rights, Legal Info (PLEI), reserve, residential school, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Services
October 31, 2011
The mission of the Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit...
Keywords: lawyers, legal, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, pro bono, British Columbia, Manuals and guides, Organizations, Services
July 12, 2011
Small claims court is a court of law that has been designed to meet your needs as a user of the court. It’s meant to be a “do-it-yourself” kind of court, where ordinary people can handle their own...
Keywords: Legal Info (PLEI), Small claims, small claims court, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
July 12, 2011
AdminLawBC.ca
A Guide to Administrative Law in BC
What is Administrative Law?
All levels of government make laws and regulations that affect us every day. For example, the municipal government makes...
Keywords: administrative law, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, poverty law, tribunal, British Columbia, Government information, Manuals and guides
June 13, 2011
Legal Services Society Aboriginal section is dedicated to issues important to Aboriginal people. It provides legal information and resources, and community news. It also links to people who can help...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Legal Assistance, British Columbia, General resources, Manuals and guides, Research and education
June 1, 2011
The Transgender Heath Program was launched by Vancouver Coastal Health to improve the transgender community's access to quality health and social care. Thier site has a range of online resources: a...
Keywords: Health, LGBTQ, British Columbia, Government information
June 1, 2011
Frances Bula, a former Vancouver Sun reporter, writes the State of Vancouver blog. The blog has stories and opinion pieces on city politics, the Downtown Eastside, homelessness and other Vancouver...
Keywords: Blogs, Media, British Columbia
June 1, 2011
There is nothing inevitable about poverty. If we commit to a bold plan, a dramatic reduction in poverty and homelessness within a few short years is a perfectly achievable goal.
Keywords: Government Policy, Organizing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
June 1, 2011
Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
The Lead-Up brings you commentary on the issues that will – or should – define the 2009 provincial election.
Keywords: Blogs, Government Policy, British Columbia
June 1, 2011
The website of Homelessness Action Week, organized in Metro Vancouver by the Regional Steering Community on Homelessness. The website has news, resources, and information on homelessness and how to...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives, Yukon
June 1, 2011
Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness is comprised of people from a variety of government bodies, social service agencies, faith communities and policing departments as well as concerned private...
Keywords: Government Policy, Homelessness, British Columbia, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Penny Goldsmith, PovNet’s Executive Coordinator, has been awarded the Carold Institute’s Allan Thomas Fellowship to Promote Civil Society and Voluntary Action to document the history of PovNet as a...
Keywords: Blogs, British Columbia, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
The no place like home website documents a complaint to the UN by the PIVOT Legal Society, Carnegie Community Action Project, and the Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC) about the...
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
June 1, 2011
The Carnegie Community Action Project's blog has news and information on housing, homelessness, and actions in the Downtown Eastside.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, British Columbia
June 1, 2011
Legal Services Society (LSS) is the organization that provides legal aid in BC. Check out their redesigned website if you are looking for a lawyer, a legal aid office, legal advice and legal...
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Organizations
June 1, 2011
BC LawMatters is a blog for public librarians in BC who are participating in the LawMatters project, which will provide all British Columbian residents with local access to basic legal information at...
Keywords: Blogs, Legal Research, British Columbia
June 1, 2011
Victoria Street Newz is an alternative independent media site and street newsper out of Victoria that focuses on the root causes and effects of poverty, homelessness, and environmental degradation.
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
The Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) is a non-partisan, charitable organization operating in BC since 1966. SPARC BC focuses on social justice issues and works together with...
Keywords: Disability, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty Research, Welfare, British Columbia, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Community Advocates for Little Mountain (CALM) are working to save Vancouver’s oldest social housing complex - 224 homes on 15 acres beside Queen Elizabeth Park - which is slated for redevelopment.
Keywords: Housing, Organizing, British Columbia, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Spirit of Warrior Harriet Nahanee is a blog dedicated to actions and analysis surrounding the legacy of Harriet Nahanee, an elder who died working to expose and resist the destruction of the Olympics...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Blogs, Organizing, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
Union members, injured worker advocates and others have created an organization, the Public Compensation Coalition to work towards restoring the balance and fairness to the workers' compensation...
Keywords: Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Poverty Olympics is a site put together by a group of concerned citizens and community groups who want the 2010 Winter Games’ legacy to be one of reducing, not increasing, poverty and homelessness.
Keywords: Homelessness, Organizing, Poorbashing, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
May 30, 2011
LawLine Journal Blog was created to share some of the solutions to the legal problems of callers to LawLINE a phone service of the Legal Services Society for people with low incomes who face legal...
Keywords: Blogs, Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
CCPA has a report, Negotiating Without a Floor: Unionized Worker Exclusion from BC Employment Standards which examines a lesser- known change to Bill 48 - Employment Standards Act, 2002, namely the...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Reports and documents
May 30, 2011
David Eby is a lawyer with the PIVOT Legal Society in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. His work is focused on housing, policing, and poverty.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Research, Poverty Research, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
Finding our Way Home is David Chudnovsky's blog on his tour of the province as the NDP MLA BC Critic for Homelessness and Mental Health. He is wanting to hear experiences, challenges, hopes,...
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, British Columbia
May 30, 2011
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) is working with Woodlands School survivors for their struggle for justice and compensation. Woodlands School was a provincial residential...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Mental Health, British Columbia, Campaigns and initiatives
May 30, 2011
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) provides a number of legal and advocacy services in the areas of disability, mental, human rights and poverty.
Keywords: Legal Aid, Legal Research, British Columbia, Organizations, Services
May 30, 2011
Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
Think NDN is a weekly hour-long radio show on Co-op radio in Vancouver for and by Vancouver's Aboriginal community. Archives of the show are available at Coop Radio's website.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Media, British Columbia, General resources
