It has been almost a dozen years now since I was given the great honour of leading this amazing organization, the Community Legal Assistance Society (“CLAS”). Over that time, our organization has weathered financial crises; been successful on a number of […]
We are excited to invite you to our fundraiser this year. We hope you can join us for dancing, delicious food, and a chance to take home great silent auction items as we raise funds for CLAS’ work.
Working CLAS Social
Thursday, April […]
Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) invites you to Working CLAS Blues! Please join us for an evening of live blues music in support of the work of CLAS, a non-profit legal organization which provides free legal representation on mental health, human rights […]
The Community Legal Assistance Society, Pivot Legal Society, West Coast LEAF, and the BC Civil Liberties Association have released a set of priorities that would improve and strengthen the justice system, advance human rights and ensure the principles […]
CLAS is co-sponsoring a talk by Ted Clugston, the mayor of Medicine Hat. He adopted the Housing First model to assist his city’s homeless population and has become a significant proponent of that […]
Under B.C.’s Human Rights Code (the “Code”), transgender persons have been protected from discrimination within the definition of “sex”, as interpreted by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal and the Courts. However, the transgender community and its supporters have pursued explicit protections […]
CLAS contributed to a report from the City of Vancouver’s Renters Advisory Committee on reforming BC’s residential tenancy system. Earlier this month, a CLAS lawyer addressed Vancouver City Council about the report, which builds on recommendations in reports that CLAS and […]
CLAS is part of the BC Employment Standards Coalition, which is hosting an event on Workers Action Centres on November 18th.
Workers in Action: Exploring Workers Centres Across Canada
Wednesday November 18 2015 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W […]
It’s been a long haul, but CLAS is very relieved and gratified to see that its years of hard work and persistence on behalf of a group of Indo-Canadian veterinarians operating discount clinics in the Lower Mainland has […]
CLAS has long advocated for measures to reduce barriers in our tenancy laws for those who are fleeing family violence. This week the B.C. government introduced a bill into the provincial legislature that would, if passed, allow tenants fleeing family violence to […]