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Our Work

LEAF is best known for its interventions at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), and appellate courts throughout the country, in cases regarding “substantive” gender equality rights in Canada. However LEAF’s specialized, legal expertise produces high quality research that has influenced policy reform across health, social and justice systems. In this way, since its founding in 1985, LEAF has stopped discrimination not only through interventions in the courts but also through the production of many key papers and submissions. Each contains research and analysis on a topic, or topics, pertinent to equality rights.

LEAF’s expertise and case history is used by legislators, policy makers, and organizations as a catalyst for change and as a resource in the development and reform of laws and policies. Our litigators and researchers are frequently called upon to offer expertise in policy areas such as social benefits, criminal justice, reproductive rights, and violence against women – nationally and internationally.

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    Access to Justice

    LEAF has acted to secure and deepen access to justice for women and girls across issues and legal arenas

    Family Law

    Over 50 percent of the issues and cases brought to LEAF’s attention involve some aspect of family law

    Gender-Based Violence

    Acts of violence against someone based on their gender identity, gender expression or perceived gender

    Hate Speech and Online Hate

    Hate speech violates the dignity rights of women and gender diverse people

    Identity-Based Oppression

    Women/individuals facing gender-based discrimination have unique experiences based on intersecting identities

    Indigenous Rights and Law

    Gender equality can’t be achieved without addressing the past & ongoing harms of colonialism, racism & sexism

    Reproductive Justice

    LEAF’s reproductive justice advocacy focuses on ensuring that women have access to resources and support

    Sexual Assault and Consent Law

    LEAF has played a significant role in advancing Canadian sexual assault laws through a feminist equality lens

    Socio-Economic Rights

    LEAF works hard to address poverty issues and the ways that discrimination against women makes women poor

    Workplace Rights

    From pay equity to pension equality to sexual harassment, LEAF fights to end discrimination in the workplace

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    Advancing reproductive justice in Canada through provincial and territorial law reform advocacy
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    Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform v. Canada (Attorney General)

    This case is about the constitutionality of Criminal Code sex work provisions. LEAF intervened before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Facts...

    Hak v. Attorney General of Quebec

    This case is about discrimination against women who wear religious symbols. LEAF, in partnership with the Fédération des Femmes du...

    R. v. Brown

    This case concerns the ability to use self-induced extreme intoxication as a defence to assault and sexual assault offences. LEAF intervened before...

    Mass Casualty Commission

    The Mass Casualty Commission is investigating the April 18-19, 2020 mass casualty event in Nova Scotia. LEAF is participating in...
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    Bill C-233: The Judicial Education on Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control
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