Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
| Abbreviation | LEAF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1985 |
| Founder | Susan Tanner |
| Type | Women's rights |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose | advocate and public voice, educator and network |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Canada |
Official language | English, French |
| Website | leaf.ca |
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, referred to by the acronym LEAF, is a women's rights organization based in Toronto, Canada.
History
[edit]Canadian Lawyer magazine describes LEAF as a "non-profit organization that works to advance gender equality and human rights through litigation, law reform, and education".[1] The founding chair of LEAF was Susan Tanner,[2] and author Judy Rebick wrote in her book Ten Thousand Roses: The Making of a Feminist Revolution that other founders had included both lawyers and non-lawyers, such as Nancy Ruth, Pat Hacker, Linda Ryan Nye, Kay Macpherson, Kay Sigurjonsson, and even former Chatelaine magazine editor Doris Anderson.[3]
Books written about the organization
[edit]In 1991 Sherene Razack wrote the book Canadian Feminism and the Law: The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund and the Pursuit of Equality just a half decade after the creation of LEAF.[4] A book by Peter Manfredi was later written on the various results of the advocacy pursued by LEAF entitled Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.[5]
Interventions
[edit]- R. v. Ryan[6]
- Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice), [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1120
- British Columbia (PSERC) v. BCGSEU [1999] 3 S.C.R. 3
- M. v. H., [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3
- Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 624
- Weatherall v. Canada (Attorney General), [1993] 2 S.C.R. 872
- R. v. Butler, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452
- Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236
- Norberg v. Wynrib, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 224
- R. v. Sullivan, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 489
- Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219
- Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143
- R. v. J.A., 2011 SCC 28
References
[edit]- ^ "Join the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund at an Evening for Equality". Canadian Lawyer. May 9, 2023.
- ^ Penney Kome (June 14, 2022). "Women's issues topped philanthropist Shirley Greenberg's quest for justice". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Judy Rebick (2005). Ten Thousand Roses: The Making Of A Feminist Revolution. Penguin Canada. p. 155.
- ^ Sherene Razack (1991). Canadian Feminism and the Law: The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund and the Pursuit of Equality. Second Story Press.
- ^ Manfredi, Christopher P. "Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund". Ottawa Law Review: 378. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Search". January 2001.
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