Women's Legal Education and Action Fund explained
| Women's Legal Education and Action Fund |
| Size: | 135px |
| Abbreviation: | LEAF |
| Formation: | 1985 |
| Type: | Women's rights |
| Status: | active |
| Purpose: | advocate and public voice, educator and network |
| Headquarters: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Founder: | Susan Tanner |
| Region Served: | Canada |
| 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
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
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
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Join the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund at an Evening for Equality . Canadian Lawyer . May 9, 2023.
- News: Globe and Mail . Women's issues topped philanthropist Shirley Greenberg's quest for justice . June 14, 2022 . Penney Kome.
- Book: 155 . Ten Thousand Roses: The Making Of A Feminist Revolution . Judy Rebick . Penguin Canada . 2005.
- Book: Canadian Feminism and the Law: The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund and the Pursuit of Equality . 1991 . Sherene Razack . Second Story Press.
- Ottawa Law Review. 378. Christopher P . Manfredi. Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund . 2014-09-30 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071408/http://www.rdo-olr.uottawa.ca/index2.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=dd_download&fid=598&Itemid=842 . dead .
- Web site: Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Search. January 2001.
