The Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act Project has two dimensions: (1) a focused review of the act to identify outdated provisions, operational incompatibilities, and gaps; (2) comparative legal ...
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The Builders Lien Act protects participants in a construction project such as contractors, material suppliers, and individual workers by giving them several forms of security for payment for work done or materials ...
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Highlights efforts by Indigenous families, communities, and Nations to revitalize Indigenous approaches to child welfare, develop community-based supports, and fight for self-determination. Centres the voices of 64 ...
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The BCLI conducted an international review of approaches to resolving workplace conflict and investigating the range of labour and employment conflict resolution systems in operation in other parts of Canada and select ...
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 their
 assets 
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This project develops a set of recommended practices for legal practitioners for better ensuring that the wills they prepare represent a client’s genuine independent last wishes, untainted by undue influence.
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This project examines how vulnerable investors are using supported decision making in their lives. It will focus on decision making during the investment process to maximize an investor’s access to investment options ...
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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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This project will make recommendations to reform the law of pension division on spousal breakdown under part 6 of the Family Law Act. Pensions are a complex type of property to divide fairly between spouses, so the law ...
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This comprehensive report is based on the lived experience, leadership, and expertise of Indigenous survivors. It places Indigenous women survivors at the center, rather than as a secondary reference. It proposes 35 key ...
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