Local governments must hold public hearings on regulating land use. The Renovate the Public Hearing Project seeks a better way to engage in land-use decision-making through law reform, public engagement, and considering ...
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Research project to identify appropriate law and policy responses to address public protection and worker vulnerability issues related to the practice of currently non-regulated HCAs providing care to older people and ...
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Technical brief with 1 main recommendation:that non-federal orders of government implement decriminalization locally, by applying to the federal government for an exemption against the offense of simple possession. ...
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Assessment of strengths and limitations of usertesting.com and comparing against the findings and experiences resulting from in-person testing of MyLawBC.
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This project will examine whether Part 3 of the Family Law Act is meeting it's goals in providing a complete scheme that addresses children equally, no matter whether the child was born through natural or assisted ...
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Feedback from community workers and other helping professionals about their online legal training needs and preferences. with conclusions and recommended next steps.
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A consultation identifying the need for public legal education and information (PLEI) materials in Indigenous communities, with recommendations on various ways LSS can meet the needs of clients from Indigenous ...
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Assess the efficacy of MyLawBC in terms of reaching target audiences, providing an accessible legal resource to users, providing users with needed legal information, and helping users resolve their legal issues.
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#DecrimDoneRight is a civil society platform based on evidence and rooted in public health and human rights approaches to drug policy. It is a product of collaboration from legal, human rights, public health sectors and ...
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This report examined how the legal system responds to family violence, with a focus on the family court system since the enactment of the FLA. It proposes recommendations to make systemic and cultural change to the ...
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