Legal Resources

Generally speaking, adults can only be given health care with their consent. This resource explains consent, and the exceptions to this general rule, including what happens when someone is mentally incapable.

This brochure tells you about advance care planning from the Aboriginal perspective and why it's important.

Essential information you should know when preparing for your future. Learn your options for planning for your future financial, legal, health care, and personal care needs.

For people in BC who want to know what to do when a loved one dies. It covers preparing for the death of a loved one, what to do immediately after the death, making the funeral arrangements, and where to find support.

This chapter on administrative law is used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It’s an overview of citizens’ rights, including the right to vote, and sets out the legal avenues available to individuals who believe that a government agency has acted improperly.

This chapter is used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It’s an overview of legislated human rights, the contexts in which those rights operate, and prohibited grounds of discrimination. The complaints process and available remedies are also addressed.

Explains you may be eligible for permanent disability benefits if you had a work-related injury or illness that permanently impacted you or your ability to work. Topics include what to expect when you’re referred to Long Term Disability Services, and how the benefits are calculated.

This guide helps employees to organize unions.

Income assistance in BC, including for Indigenous people living off reserve, comes from the BC Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. This website explains who is eligible and how to apply online for income assistance.

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.