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Summary legal advice

Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre
Provides low-barrier wellness services to trans and gender-diverse people. Volunteer lawyers offer summary advice about legal issues you may have — family law, human rights, employment, immigration, etc. (But they can’t take on your case and act for you as your lawyer.) They can also notarize documents, for example for a name or gender change.
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service
Last reviewed July 2024
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Sponsor Your Family

Government of Canada
Explains how if you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, you can sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent child (including adopted child), or other eligible relative (such as a parent or grandparent) to become a permanent resident.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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Support for Migrant Workers and Employers

MOSAIC
This service operates within Canada and helps migrant workers in the province of British Columbia to learn about their workplace rights and how to access services. It also help employers understand their duties when hiring workers.
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service
Last reviewed November 2024
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LSLAP Manual: Workers’ Compensation

Law Students’ Legal Advice Program (LSLAP)
This chapter on workers’ compensation is from the manual used by law students handling cases at LSLAP’s legal clinics. It provides an overview of the law relating to compensation for workplace injuries or illness, and describes the claims and appeal procedure.
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resource
Last reviewed September 2024
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Workers’ Advisers Office

Government of British Columbia
Provides workers and their dependents with free advice, assistance, and in some cases representation, to appeal WorkSafeBC decisions they disagree with. The service offers training, mentoring, and advice to union and other representatives helping injured workers with their disagreements with WorkSafeBC decisions.
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service
Last reviewed August 2024
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Factsheets (Workers’ Advisers Office)

Workers’ Advisers Office (Government of BC)
An alphabetical list of fact sheets about workers’ compensation. The fact sheets cover a range of topics from chronic pain to wage-loss benefits. A few are available in Chinese (traditional and simplified), Punjabi, and Spanish.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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WCAT Manual of Rules of Practice and Procedure (MRPP)

Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT)
This manual defines how the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) operates according to legislation. It includes rules of practice and procedure, practice directives, and guidelines to make sure that appeals are handled in a just, timely, efficient, and effective way.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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WCAT Appeal Tribunal Forms

Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT)
A page with all the WCAT forms — both online forms and PDFs you can print out — when you're appealing WorkSafeBC decisions.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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Appeal a Decision

Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT)
Information about the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) process, where you appeal a decision made by WorkSafeBC. It explains how to start and prepare an appeal, respond to an appeal, and find out an appeal’s status, and what happens after an appeal.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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Reviews and Appeals (WorkSafeBC)

Workers’ Advisers Office (Government of BC)
A fact sheet about your options if you disagree with a WorkSafeBC decision about your claim. You will deal with the Review Division or the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), and there are specific deadlines.
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resource
Last reviewed March 2024
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