September 17. 2020 | Equality Law, Featured, Media Releases, What's New
The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) is pleased to announce its collaboration with Madame Premier, a woman-owned and operated small business rooted in…
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September 10. 2020 | Events, Featured, LEAF Edmonton, What's New
About this Event Our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Val Napoleon. In her talk entitled “Contested Legal Personalities: Indigenous Women”, she will explore how…
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August 12. 2020 | Children, Equality Law, Featured, Gender Discrimination, Media Releases, Socio-Economic Rights, What's New
On August 10, 2020, LEAF and West Coast LEAF filed written arguments, also called a factum, in the case of Colucci v. Colucci at the Supreme Court of Canada. In our factum, LEAF and…
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July 28. 2020 | Access to Justice, Criminal Law, Disability, Featured, Intersectional Feminism, LEAF Cases, Media Releases, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women, What's New
On July 27, 2020, a coalition of leading equality organizations: LEAF, DisAbled Women’s Network Canada (“DAWN”), and ARCH Disability Law Centre (“ARCH”) delivered their written…
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July 27. 2020 | Criminal Law, Equality Law, Featured, Intersectional Feminism, LEAF Cases, Racism, What's New
July 27, 2020 A majority of the Ontario Court of Appeal has struck down Criminal Code provisions which made conditional sentences unavailable for certain offences. The ruling comes in response to…
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July 07. 2020 | Access to Justice, Events, Featured, Reproductive Freedom, What's New
Following the update by LEAF Halifax of our resource on Nova Scotia’s abortion laws and policies, Access to Choice: The Legal Framework for Abortion Access…
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June 29. 2020 | Criminal Law, Equality Law, Featured, LEAF Cases, Sexual Assault, Violence Against Women, What's New
See our FAQ, answering important questions raised in this appeal. For plain text version, click here. LEAF also partnered with the Woman Abuse Council of…
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June 24. 2020 | Family Law, Featured, What's New
Changes to the federal Divorce Act were meant to come into effect in July 2020. In this document, former Member of LEAF’s Board of Directors Susan…
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June 22. 2020 | Equality Law, Featured, Socio-Economic Rights, What's New
On June 19, 2020, LEAF submitted a written brief to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology discussing the need to work with and…
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June 22. 2020 | Cybermisogyny, Events, Featured, Hate Speech, Violence Against Women, What's New
Thank you to everyone that attended our event on June 17th – Cybermisogyny During Times of COVID-19 and Beyond! We had 550 people register for…
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