Legal Resources

This resource explains the services available to help older adults make informed decisions and lead a healthy life as they age. It covers health care, housing, transportation, and recreation services in BC.

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people across the continent who are facing legal issues. It provides a national perspective on topics covered in the BC-specific booklet, including your rights and protections, restorative justice, child protection, prisons, crossing the border, wills and estates, and benefits...

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people facing legal issues. Topics include justice systems, children and families, rights and protections, death and taxes, income security, and class actions. It explains how the laws can vary for people based on their Indigeneity.

Moving to a new country can be challenging. This guide has information on getting a job, finding a place to live, health services, banking, getting a driver’s licence, the legal system, and much more.

This guide outlines rights and responsibilities that children and youth have in British Columbia before they turn 19.

These resources explain supported financial investment decision-making for adults living with dementia and other disabilities. They include guides for family and friends helping with decision making, as well as suggestions for facilitators. The resources include Help People Living with Dementia to Understand Their Investment Decision-Making Rights...

This booklet was created by the Canadian Centre for Elder Law in consultation with the Alzheimer Society of B.C. to help people living with dementia to understand their health care decision-making rights. It is available in English, French, Punjabi, and Traditional Chinese.

This chapter on Canadian immigration law is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It explains the roles of key organizations like IRCC and CBSA, and the different immigration statuses such as permanent residents and foreign nationals.

This chapter is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It provides an overview of the law governing mental health facility admissions and discharges, the rights of the mentally disadvantaged, and the implications of mental disorder in other areas of law.

This chapter is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It’s a basic overview of the legal regime and process involved in getting a citizenship grant. See also chapter 18, “Immigration Law.”