by BSCC | Jul 27, 2018 | Legal
Toronto, Thursday, July 26, 2018 – The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic supports the motion put forward by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam to create an intersectional gender equity strategy and gender equality office for Toronto. Since 1985, the Clinic has worked with...
by BSCC | Jun 13, 2018 | Legal, News
May 15, 2018 Jean-Marie David, Clerk of the Committee Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Canada E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 613-947-3089 RE: Bill C-71 – An Act to amend certain...
by BSCC | May 15, 2018 | Legal, News
The UN established the UPR process in 2006. Canada is currently undergoing its third UPR before the UN Human Rights Council, in which UN Member States review our human rights progress. Countries under review submit written reports on their human rights situation and...
by BSCC | Apr 3, 2018 | Legal, News
Background on the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (the “Clinic”) is the only clinic of its kind in Canada. Since 1985, the Clinic has provided legal representation, counselling and language interpretation to over 60,000...
by BSCC | Nov 23, 2017 | Legal
This toolkit has been written for service providers who assist racialized women living with precarious immigration status in Ontario, Canada. The aim of this project is to build the capacity of settlement workers, lawyers, and students to work with non-status,...
by BSCC | Jul 20, 2017 | Legal, News
Overturning of conviction signals need for mandatory judicial education in sexual assault. Thursday, July 20, 2017 – The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic is disheartened by today’s decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturning the guilty...
