Legal Resources

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.

A guide explaining the types of personal care and health care that are available to older adults in British Columbia.

Explains what financial help older adults in British Columbia can get from government sources. It covers Old Age Security, the Canada Pension Plan, employment insurance, and welfare benefits for older adults.

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.

A detailed guide to help school boards, staff, and students fight transphobia in schools. It was created by Lawyers Against Transphobia, a group of about 50 lawyers, teachers, parents, and justice workers, whose goal is to tackle transphobia by working within the legal system and with the media, and responding to transphobic incidents as they...

This online toolkit is a compilation of questions and answers around issues affecting 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. The content is divided into sections on criminal justice, health care, youth health care, and youth. The appendixes include definitions, resources, human right complaints, BC Corrections, and forms.

This resource includes province-specific legal resources. For BC this includes information about your rights if you’re arrested or detained, how to change your gender marker, the BC Human Rights Code, and how to change your name.

This resource explains the steps for making a refugee claim for people who have already arrived in BC. It includes links to the forms you need, and explains how to prepare for your hearing.

This resource introduces Indigenous children, girls, and women to community services that provide culturally-appropriate support for safety concerns.

This e-book covers the types of elder abuse and risk factors, BC government programs and community services available for older adults who are abused and neglected, and practice tips on how to work with older adults.