Pivot Legal Society
@pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
Using the law as a tool, we challenge unjust legislation, policies & practices that undermine human rights, intensify poverty, and perpetuate stigma.
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A win for prisoners’ rights at the SCC!
Pivot is relieved by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38, to affirm access to habeas corpus for prisoners’ in Canada’s deplorable federal prison system!
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Pivot is relieved by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38, to affirm access to habeas corpus for prisoners’ in Canada’s deplorable federal prison system!
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November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A win for prisoners’ rights at the SCC!
Pivot is relieved by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38, to affirm access to habeas corpus for prisoners’ in Canada’s deplorable federal prison system!
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Pivot is relieved by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today in Dorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38, to affirm access to habeas corpus for prisoners’ in Canada’s deplorable federal prison system!
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Delivering the POINT issue #6 to your feeds.
#LinkInBio #Newsletter
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Delivering the POINT issue #6 to your feeds.
#LinkInBio #Newsletter
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In case you missed this webinar hosted by @hrna.bsky.social, you can check out the recording here!
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Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling
YouTube video by HRNA AIIRM
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November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In case you missed this webinar hosted by @hrna.bsky.social, you can check out the recording here!
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Belatedly sharing this study on the rapid rise of manslaughter charges in Canada against people alleged to have shared or sold drugs that led to an accidental overdose death. Police agencies are quietly changing investigative procedures to recast medical emergencies as homicide scenes. #drugsky
Prosecuting Overdose: Manslaughter Charges Against People Who Use, Share, and Sell Drugs in Canada | Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société | Cambridge Core
Prosecuting Overdose: Manslaughter Charges Against People Who Use, Share, and Sell Drugs in Canada - Volume 39 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Belatedly sharing this study on the rapid rise of manslaughter charges in Canada against people alleged to have shared or sold drugs that led to an accidental overdose death. Police agencies are quietly changing investigative procedures to recast medical emergencies as homicide scenes. #drugsky
Join The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) and Our Streets for an info session about upcoming changes to RTA that would impact supportive housing tenants.
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Info Session on Supportive Housing - DTES Needs Your Help
Event in Vancouver, BC by Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and Ryan Sudds on Wednesday, November 19 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Join The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) and Our Streets for an info session about upcoming changes to RTA that would impact supportive housing tenants.
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Register for the @hrna.bsky.social webinar today at 12pm, with Pivot Legal Society's Caitlin Shane:
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in r v Wilson.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in r v Wilson.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Register for the @hrna.bsky.social webinar today at 12pm, with Pivot Legal Society's Caitlin Shane:
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in r v Wilson.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in r v Wilson.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Help Pivot close our $60,000 fundraising gap by 2026! Our legal advocacy and community work is not possible without the generous support of our donors. Consider giving today: https://www.pivotlegal.org/donate_2025
Your Support is Essential.
Pivot's goal of raising $60,000 by the end of 2025 isn't possible without your continued support.
Donations are crucial for the continuation of Pivot’s advocacy for housing, decriminalization of drug use and sex work, and ending criminalization and policing.
If it is within your means, we urge you to donate today. Any contribution, big or small, makes an immense collective impact.
If you have questions please contact us at [email protected].
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November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Help Pivot close our $60,000 fundraising gap by 2026! Our legal advocacy and community work is not possible without the generous support of our donors. Consider giving today: https://www.pivotlegal.org/donate_2025
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Webinar Alert 🚨
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Webinar Alert 🚨
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Pivot on November 4-5th, 2025 for a discussion on legal developments in sex work laws post the SCC’s decision in R v. Kloubakov!
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October 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Join Pivot on November 4-5th, 2025 for a discussion on legal developments in sex work laws post the SCC’s decision in R v. Kloubakov!
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BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against the Saskatchewan government and police attempt to claw back the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and the court agreed, the law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against the Saskatchewan government and police attempt to claw back the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and the court agreed, the law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs.
Pivot Legal Society is pleased to announce Randall Cohn as our next Executive Director!
Learn more about Randall here:
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Learn more about Randall here:
www.pivotlegal.org/pivot_welcom...
Pivot welcomes Randall Cohn as Executive Director
A 15-year journey through direct service, criminal defense, and refugee law, has now brought Randall Cohn to Pivot as Executive Director.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Pivot Legal Society is pleased to announce Randall Cohn as our next Executive Director!
Learn more about Randall here:
www.pivotlegal.org/pivot_welcom...
Learn more about Randall here:
www.pivotlegal.org/pivot_welcom...
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Join us for our webinar: HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction & 2SLGBTQIA+ History.
We’ll look at how these movements began, the victories communities won, and how solidarity can advance health, dignity & justice.
📅 Oct. 8 2025
⏰ 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
🔗 Register: sfu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’ll look at how these movements began, the victories communities won, and how solidarity can advance health, dignity & justice.
📅 Oct. 8 2025
⏰ 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
🔗 Register: sfu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Join us for our webinar: HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction & 2SLGBTQIA+ History.
We’ll look at how these movements began, the victories communities won, and how solidarity can advance health, dignity & justice.
📅 Oct. 8 2025
⏰ 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
🔗 Register: sfu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’ll look at how these movements began, the victories communities won, and how solidarity can advance health, dignity & justice.
📅 Oct. 8 2025
⏰ 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
🔗 Register: sfu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Can you guess which communities in BC aren’t protected from discrimination?
Take the next step in advancing BC's Human Rights Code.
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Take the next step in advancing BC's Human Rights Code.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Can you guess which communities in BC aren’t protected from discrimination?
Take the next step in advancing BC's Human Rights Code.
www.pivotlegal.org/send_a_messa...
Take the next step in advancing BC's Human Rights Code.
www.pivotlegal.org/send_a_messa...
PASAN and Pivot’s joint submissions highlight pervasive systemic racism against people of African descent within Canada's criminal justice system.
Canada’s reliance on racialized use of force and segregation exacerbates systemic racism and social exclusion.
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Canada’s reliance on racialized use of force and segregation exacerbates systemic racism and social exclusion.
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Joint UN Submission on Systemic Racism Against People of African Descent in the Criminal Justice System
The submission highlights pervasive systemic racism against people of African descent within Canada's criminal justice system. Canada’s reliance on racialized use of force and segregation exacerbates ...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
PASAN and Pivot’s joint submissions highlight pervasive systemic racism against people of African descent within Canada's criminal justice system.
Canada’s reliance on racialized use of force and segregation exacerbates systemic racism and social exclusion.
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Canada’s reliance on racialized use of force and segregation exacerbates systemic racism and social exclusion.
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Training people to administer naloxone and distributing over 250 naloxone kits (in a matter of few hours!) could very well save many lives. Yet there's so much more we can do.
August 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Training people to administer naloxone and distributing over 250 naloxone kits (in a matter of few hours!) could very well save many lives. Yet there's so much more we can do.
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Organized by @dsdp.ca Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social Moms Stop the Harm and #Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users, on Friday, Aug. 29, ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day @overdoseday.bsky.social #VancouverIsland #BC www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/m...
March being held in Nanaimo ahead of Overdose Awareness Day
Advocates call for more overdose prevention sites and harm reduction services
www.nanaimobulletin.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Organized by @dsdp.ca Doctors for Safer Drug Policy, @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social Moms Stop the Harm and #Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users, on Friday, Aug. 29, ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day @overdoseday.bsky.social #VancouverIsland #BC www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/m...
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“The PTSD I live with — not as a result of being mentally ill, not as a result of being a substance user, but as a result of what I endured in treatment for those conditions — is so severe that my quality of life continues to be exceptionally poor,”
#bcpoli #abpoli
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#bcpoli #abpoli
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Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories
B.C. opened 28 new involuntary care beds, but this treatment has existed for people under the Mental Health Act. Three first-person stores.
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July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“The PTSD I live with — not as a result of being mentally ill, not as a result of being a substance user, but as a result of what I endured in treatment for those conditions — is so severe that my quality of life continues to be exceptionally poor,”
#bcpoli #abpoli
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#bcpoli #abpoli
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"money should instead be spent on preventing people from becoming unwell in the first place," says our policy analyst Nicole Luongo — including modernizing outpatient mental health and drug treatment systems that are regulated and accessible.
Read here: vancouversun.com/health/does-...
Read here: vancouversun.com/health/does-...
Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories
B.C. opened 28 new involuntary care beds, but this treatment has existed for people under the Mental Health Act. Three first-person stores.
vancouversun.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"money should instead be spent on preventing people from becoming unwell in the first place," says our policy analyst Nicole Luongo — including modernizing outpatient mental health and drug treatment systems that are regulated and accessible.
Read here: vancouversun.com/health/does-...
Read here: vancouversun.com/health/does-...
Toxic policies and toxic supply have claimed over 50 thousand lives in the last 9+ years.
On Aug 31, #IOAD25 join drug users and allies to demand evidence-based solutions, not fear-based drug policy!
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On Aug 31, #IOAD25 join drug users and allies to demand evidence-based solutions, not fear-based drug policy!
www.facebook.com/share/17EfGe...
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August 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Toxic policies and toxic supply have claimed over 50 thousand lives in the last 9+ years.
On Aug 31, #IOAD25 join drug users and allies to demand evidence-based solutions, not fear-based drug policy!
www.facebook.com/share/17EfGe...
On Aug 31, #IOAD25 join drug users and allies to demand evidence-based solutions, not fear-based drug policy!
www.facebook.com/share/17EfGe...
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Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead — Crackdown Podcast
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...
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June 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
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August 31. 12pm-3pm at Oppenheimer Celebration of life for Elder Clint & 3pm-6pm block party 300 block hastings
August 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
August 31. 12pm-3pm at Oppenheimer Celebration of life for Elder Clint & 3pm-6pm block party 300 block hastings
Delivering the POINT issue #5 to your feeds.
#LinkInBio #Newsletter
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Newsletter - The Point - Pivot Legal Society
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August 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Delivering the POINT issue #5 to your feeds.
#LinkInBio #Newsletter
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Also, tell your Twitter friends to find us here!
#LinkInBio #Newsletter
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This wasn't as much a thing in Canada in the same way. We called our "ugly laws" anti-vagrancy laws. And to some extent we still do.
Thanks to this excellent interview with Gabrielle Peters and @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
www.pivotlegal.org/street_sweep...
Thanks to this excellent interview with Gabrielle Peters and @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
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July 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This wasn't as much a thing in Canada in the same way. We called our "ugly laws" anti-vagrancy laws. And to some extent we still do.
Thanks to this excellent interview with Gabrielle Peters and @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
www.pivotlegal.org/street_sweep...
Thanks to this excellent interview with Gabrielle Peters and @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social
www.pivotlegal.org/street_sweep...
We're slowly making our way over to Bluesky, and what better way to announce than to share with you our work from last year!
With thanks to all our supporters, allies, & funders, we present Pivot's 2024 Annual Report!
Please check out the full annual report: www.pivotlegal.org/annual_repor...
With thanks to all our supporters, allies, & funders, we present Pivot's 2024 Annual Report!
Please check out the full annual report: www.pivotlegal.org/annual_repor...
Pivot Legal Society Annual Report 2024
Pivot continues to push forward in our shared fight for dignity and human rights. Throughout the year, Pivot paired strategic litigation with bold movement-building, while also working to strengthen P...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We're slowly making our way over to Bluesky, and what better way to announce than to share with you our work from last year!
With thanks to all our supporters, allies, & funders, we present Pivot's 2024 Annual Report!
Please check out the full annual report: www.pivotlegal.org/annual_repor...
With thanks to all our supporters, allies, & funders, we present Pivot's 2024 Annual Report!
Please check out the full annual report: www.pivotlegal.org/annual_repor...
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In support of this global fight against the war on drugs, RECLAIM Collective will host an international online event in preparation for Support. Dont Punish on June 24th 💥
To register:
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To register:
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June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In support of this global fight against the war on drugs, RECLAIM Collective will host an international online event in preparation for Support. Dont Punish on June 24th 💥
To register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
To register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...