Legal Resources

Income assistance for people living on reserve comes from the Government of Canada through Indigenous Services Canada. Aboriginal Legal Aid in BC explains how to apply for income assistance on reserve.

Offers important resources and services for refugee claimants in British Columbia. It helps connect refugees with settlement workers who provide information about settling into their new lives and accessing support services.

Explains the law of defamation, which protects your reputation from harm that is unjustified. It explains the differences between libel and slander, and what you must show to establish a claim for defamation.

Explains many of the court orders and hearings for the child protection process. Describes the Report to Court, access order, consent order, interim supervision orders, temporary supervision orders, and continuing custody order.

This website tells you about the options you have to help manage your debt. Topics include dealing with creditors, getting out of debt, credit counselling, debt consolidation, debt settlement, consumer proposal, and bankruptcy.

This website offers resources in 13 languages that are designed to help you get informed, connected, and prepared throughout your refugee claim journey. All the materials were written and vetted by refugee lawyers.

This chapter provides an overview of the process for starting and replying to proceedings in Provincial Court and Supreme Court. Includes information about case conferences, interim orders, enforcing orders, and changing final orders.

Step-by-step guides on how to get, change, enforce, appeal, or write court orders, plus information on what to do if your order was made outside BC or one of you leaves the province.

Provides an extensive list of consumer tips, organized alphabetically. Topics include advance-fee-loan schemes, auto repair, bankruptcy, carpet cleaning, the do-not-call list, fitness memberships, group-buying coupons, home inspection, investment schemes, lotteries, online shopping, and telemarketing.

This website describes conflict resolution options including mediation. It also provides information about their child welfare initiatives, roster services, and complaints process. The site has a searchable directory of civil, family, and child protection mediators.