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A citizen's guide to pesticide use and the law in BC  Provides a guide for the public on the law and on the role for members of the public who wish to participate in matters regarding pesticide use in their communities. Propose available avenues to counter the threats posed by these toxins. Link requires PDF reader. Source: West Coast Environmental Law A guide for service providers: assisting immigrant and refugee women abused by their sponsors  Provides legal information on the immigration process to service providers assisting women newly arrived in Canada, and who are in abusive relationships with their sponsor. Includes a glossary of immigration terms. Link requires PDF reader. Source: BC Institute Against Family Violence (BCIFV) A guide to the courts in Prince Edward Island  Discusses the purpose and structure of PEI's court system, the courtroom setting, court participants, and criminal and civil procedure. Includes a glossary of terms. Source: Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island (CLIA) From: Publications A guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act  Explains what workers, supervisors, employers, constructors, and workplace owners need to know about Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act. Describes everyone's rights and responsibilities, and answers, in plain language, the questions most commonly asked about the Act. Source: Ontario Ministry of Labour From: Health and safety A guide to the privacy charter  Outlines the ministry's information-sharing policies and practices. Explains the different information categories and the dispute resolution process. Provides an overview of applicable legislation. Source: British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development A handbook dealing with woman abuse and the Canadian criminal justice system: guidelines for physicians  Examines the issue of woman abuse, particularly as it relates to the interaction of physicians with the criminal justice system. Presents background information about woman abuse followed by an introduction to the medico-legal interface. Provides clinical practice points and recommendations. Includes bibliographic references. Link requires PDF reader. Source: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (NCFV) From: Intimate partner abuse against women A helping hand: legal issues related to assisted injection at supervised injection facilities  Examines the legal ban preventing safe injection facility (SIF) staff from assisting clients with drug injection and preventing SIF clients from helping each other inject. Encourages the development of policies that would overcome this prohibition. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network A legal information guide for seniors  Presents a guide designed to help Manitoba seniors understand topics such as wills and estates, power of attorney, and health care directives. Source: Manitoba Seniors and Healthy Aging Secretariat A new look at homophobia and heterosexism in Canada  Discusses heterosexism and the historical institutional responses to HIV/AIDS. Argues that heterosexism had shaped institutional responses to HIV/AIDS. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) A primer to British Columbia's new health care consent legislation: the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act  Defines consent legislation, including areas such as obtaining consent, valid consent, various ways to communicate consent, as well as information on designating incapability of a patient. Discusses information on treatment without a patient's consent. Includes list of practitioners covered by act. Link requires PDF reader. Source: British Columbia Ministry of Health
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