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Elevating Indigenous women’s voices is critical to addressing gendered colonial violence
These are the voices of Indigenous women survivors documented in a powerful new report, Red women rising: Indigenous women survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The…
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Human Rights Commission has opportunity to change workplace culture around sexual harassment
Sexual harassment in the workplace has been a focus of recent talk and action, spurred on by the #MeToo movement. As one of many ways…
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Legal Aid Denied: A 20th Anniversary retrospective
Legal Aid Denied: Women and the Cuts to Legal Services in BC was written in 2004 shortly after the election of a neo-conservative Liberal government…
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Tracking the gender gap in Canada’s big cities: How’s BC doing?
A new report released today uncovers important gaps in the experiences of men and women across Canada. The CCPA’s annual study of the Best and…
Economic insecurity touches seniors’ lives in profound ways
In the spring of 2016, the CCPA’s Terra Poirier and photographer Caelie Frampton met with three local seniors to document their lived experience of poverty…
Recap of our 2016 Rosenbluth Lecture with Pierre Fortin
This year, CCPA-BC’s annual Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture featured economist Pierre Fortin, who shared lessons from Quebec’s experience with low-fee, publicly funded child care. Professor…
Four planks for a bold and progressive BC jobs agenda
BC needs a revitalized jobs plan. The provincial government’s narrow focus on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) hasn’t worked. The government hitched BC’s economic wagon to…
What BC’s energy industry has to do with violence against Indigenous women
The following post was adapted from the executive summary of Out of sight, out of mind: Gender, indigenous rights, and energy development in British Columbia, Canada.…
Shining an international light on women’s human rights in BC
The international spotlight is about to shine on Canada’s track record on women’s human rights and BC may get caught in the glare. Provincial and…
Dependence on tips leaves women workers vulnerable to sexual harassment
Recently tipping in the restaurant industry has been the subject of two national opinion polls, both of which suggest the public is divided on the…
Asbestos-caused disease increasing in Canada, and many victims are women
For more than a century, it has been known that asbestos causes disease and death. But the asbestos industry suppressed scientific evidence, created lobby organizations…
How to make the Metro Vancouver living wage work for single parents
The living wage is designed to reflect the real costs of raising a family in a particular community. It’s based on a two-parent families with young children because…