Provides trained, knowledgeable arbitrators and mediators to the professional and business community and to the general public. Ensures that the institute's code of ethics and professional standards are maintained. Offers training and workshops for dispute res...

Private agency providing tax reviews and applications, taxpayer relief requests, personal and trust tax filings, tax appeals, and estate and trust planning for people with disabilities. Also works to determine if there are any tax credits, deductions, or benef...

Promotes access to justice in BC by providing, coordinating, and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and nonprofit organizations of limited means. Provides legal training, resources, and information to individuals and organizations facilitatin...

Helps qualified persons with disabilities to save for long-term financial security, and enables people receiving social assistance to protect their assets and income. Assists individuals with disabilities to apply for a Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and a Regist...

Website provides information to help individuals understand differences between tribunals and courts, what happens before tribunal decisions, how tribunals make decisions, and how to dispute decisions. The 'BC Admin Law Directory' provides a comprehensive list...

Provides financial management services for low-income individuals who are vulnerable to financial abuse, or are no longer able to manage their own finances due to physical and/or mental constraints. Services include creating a functional budget and plan for de...

Provides one-on-one assistance people with disabilities to apply for, and appeal the denial of, provincial (PWD) and federal (Canada Pension Plan) disability benefits. Files back-taxes for people with provincial disability benefits and helps people with the Di...

Offers drop-in advocacy services to mental health consumers/survivors. Provides information, support, and representation to resolve income, housing, and family law problems. Assists with welfare benefits, debt issues, tenancy disputes, and child protection con...

Provides individual and systemic advocacy services for newcomer, migrant, and immigrant women (including transgender women) involved in indoor sex work throughout Metro Vancouver, and to women who have been trafficked. Services include accompaniment, transport...

Provides form completion assistance for a range of legal issues. Areas of service include Aboriginal law, animal law, civil litigation, family law, federal government complaints, health and disabillity, housing, human rights, income support and benefits, infor...

Provides legal outreach to artists and arts organizations. Offer resources, workshops, and clinics where artists can meet confidentially with an experienced lawyer. Payment is by donation. Clinics run by volunteer lawyers and law students are held twice a mont...

Provides basic, clear online information about provincial and federal disability benefits, income assistance and other income support programs, as well as tenancy, in order to empower people to advocate for themselves. Website contains frequently asked questio...

Provides disability and health related support services to Aboriginal individuals, families, and service providers through three core programs: the Disability Case Management Program, the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) Program, and the Persons with ...

Works to promote, defend, and sustain civil liberties and human rights through policy work, education, and litigation. Website offers a wide range of accessible resources including handbooks, factsheets, and community workshops to provide public legal educatio...

Online list of family lawyers and paralegals who are willing to provide unbundled family law services. Clients can choose which tasks they want help with and which tasks they want to handle on their own. This arrangement usually costs less than full-scope lega...

Supports the social and economic integration of Francophone newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nomine...

Supports the social and economic integration of Francophone newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nomine...

Provides free legal services to people who need help with a provincial human rights complaint. Also provides education and workshops to help people understand their rights and responsibilities under BC's Human Rights Code. The Clinic's Inquiry Line provides ba...

Provides assistance to people who do not have a lawyer and are dealing with family or civil law matters at Supreme Court, Provincial Court and/or Administration Tribunals. Offers legal information, refers to free legal advice services and other community resou...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, including refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nominees who are not yet permanent residents, and recentl...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers (excluding live-in caregivers), post-secondary international students...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nominees who are n...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers (excluding live-in caregivers), post-secondary international students...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers (excluding live-in caregivers), post-secondary international students...

Reunites individuals with unclaimed money held by the society. Provides administration for organizations submitting unclaimed funds. The website has a searchable database of unclaimed money deposits. Hours are 8 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Nonprofit society.