Training videos
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BC Family Law: Case law updates
October 2019 [12:34] Lawyer Agnes Huang (Saltwater Law) discusses case law on contact orders, who has contact time, and how to change contact orders. For community workers and advocates. Part 5 of 8.
October 2019 [15:39] Lawyer Agnes Huang (Saltwater Law) discusses case law on denial of parenting time and failure to exercise parenting time. For community workers and advocates. Part 6 of 8.
October 2019 [1:36] Lawyer Agnes Huang (Saltwater Law) discusses case law on international child abduction. For community workers and advocates. Part 7 of 8.
October 2019 [9:58] Lawyer Agnes Huang (Saltwater Law) discusses case law on factors to include in asking for protection orders and conduct orders. For community workers and advocates. Part 8 of 8.
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BC Housing and Tenancy Law Updates
[21:30] Lawyer Danielle Sabelli (CLAS) explains updates in BC's Residential Tenancy Law. She covers cannabis, rent increases, notices to end tenancy, good faith, and more.
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Indigenous Legal Topics
Contextualizing the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Oct 2019)
[18:58] Métis lawyer Carly Teillet was counsel for two Parties with Standing in the National Inquiry. Speaking to advocates and community workers, she contextualizes the National Inquiry and discusses: importance of being trauma-informed, listening to survivors' stories, legacies of colonialism, limitations of the Inquiry, Calls for Justice, need for transformative change.
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BC Law and Policy Updates
[21:34] Lawyer Alison Ward (Community Legal Assistance Society) explains updates to BC Welfare Law in 2019. Topics include: Crisis supplements, Overpayments, Support rates increase, Definition of transient.
[21:30] Lawyer Danielle Sabelli (CLAS) explains updates in BC's Residential Tenancy Law. She covers cannabis, rent increases, notices to end tenancy, good faith, and more.
[21:16] Provides updates on Employment Law and Family Law in BC, including Employment Standards Act and Divorce Act changes.
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Family Law in BC for Settlement Workers
[1:35:48] In this introduction to BC Family Law, Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains separation & divorce, parenting, guardianship and more.
[4:51] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains challenges & issues (like what is a spouse?) in BC Family Law. Part 1 of 7.
[18:56] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains parenting issues; child's best interests, guardianship and more in BC Family Law. Part 2 of 7.
[10:57] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains types of child support, guidelines and more in BC Family Law. Part 3 of 7.
[11:31] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains the objectives of spousal support and more in BC Family Law. Part 4 of 7.
[11:48] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains family property: dividing it, who's entitled to it, and more in BC Family Law. Part 5 of 7.
[15:12] Lawyer Hannah DeJong explains alternatives to court including mediation; costs of court, and more in BC Family Law. Part 6 of 7.