Pivot Legal Society
Pivot Legal Society is a non-profit policy advocacy organization located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Pivot is not a legal clinic or legal aid organization. Our mandate is to use the law strategically to achieve widespread social change affecting society's most marginalized. We work with low-income communities to develop legal strategies to address systemic problems affecting large numbers of people, and do not provide drop-in legal services or offer legal advice over the phone.
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The BC Government has the opportunity to meaningfully improve access to justice for people impacted by harmful police conduct by reforming document disclosure requirements, extending limitation periods, and amending the ...
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In 2016, 982 people died in BC as a result of illicit-drug overdose. Data released by the BC Coroners Service confirms that 1,013 people died from illicit-drug overdose in the first eight months of 2017, putting the ...
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Project Inclusion is a comprehensive study into the ways in which specific laws and policies in policing, health care, and the court system directly undermine the health and safety of people who are homeless and living ...
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Thousands of people across British Columbia experience homelessness every year. Many of them rely on public spaces for their survival and must carry all their worldly possessions with them in bags and carts.
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For everyone who relies on public space, the daily practice of Street Sweeps perpetuates a cycle of displacement that diminishes the dignity, safety, and well-being of people. The negative impacts of Street Sweeps on ...
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