West Coast LEAF Annual Report

Special Moments June 2006 for West Coast LEAF this year: Words from the President • The 20th Anniversary By Roz Currie Conference April 28th to May 1st have been honoured to Program Director was 2005 I serve as the President of chosen as West Coast • Court Watch West Coast LEAF for the LEAF’s Executive Director Program begins in past two years. I would like and assumed her new duties Victoria and Sept to thank the extraordinary in September 2005. All of 2005 group of board members, the staff, past and present,

• Victoria Person’s staff and volunteers that I whose names are listed Day Breakfast Oct have worked with over the elsewhere in this report, also 17th 2005 past two years including deserve a special thanks for Outgoing President • Nanaimo Equality Audrey Johnson, our their work and dedication to Roz Currie Breakfast Oct 18th former Executive Director West Coast LEAF. THANK 2005 who left in August to YOU ALL!! I am very excited to • Langley Person’s assume new duties as the I wish to extend a very announce that Ritu Mahil Day Event with Daphne Bramham Executive Director of LEAF special thanks to our will be taking on the role of Nov 2005 National. members, funders, donors President and Chair of West A special thanks to and major sponsors for Coast LEAF’s Board of • Maggie DeVries Inspiring Women Mary Woo Sims and supporting West Coast LEAF Directors and wish her well Speaker Series, Lindsay Waddell who served this year. Without their in this new role. Ritu has Vancouver Nov as Vice Presidents with me support, West Coast LEAF fulfilled the dual roles of 2005 over the past two years who could not continue to work Chair of the Breakfast • No Means No will leave the board after to promote the rights of girls Committee and Personnel Training with Amber Dean four years as Board and women. Chair for West Coast LEAF January 2006 members of West Coast As I look ahead, I can see for the past three years. I

• Multi-faith LEAF. I would also like to that our work will continue would also like to welcome Advisory thank departing board to help shape a more equal Nitya Iyer into her new role Committee begins members Stephanie Fraser society for all girls and as Vice President Internal. March 2006 for her work as our women in . Amy Francis will continue • Vancouver Treasurer, and Suneeta This year, we spent time her role as Vice President Equality Breakfast with Mobina Jaffer Vyas. I also renewing our commitment to External that she assumed March 2006 thank diversity and inclusion at all last year – thank you Amy! I Sabrina Ali, levels of the organization. will continue to serve as a • Maxine Matipli Inspiring Women Andrea Many of our community board member and as Past Speaker Series Hilland, partners, former and present President of the Victoria March and board and staff members organization for the next 2006 Elizabeth assisted in this important year. • Application to Hall for process. We move forward Finally, I would like to Intervene in Watson Spratt their service together with a renewed thank my partner, Don April 2006 on the sense of our shared Williams, and my sons, board of commitment to these values Nicholas and Spencer, for Incoming Directors. and principles and infuse their support of my President Alison Brewin, them into all levels of the involvement as President of Ritu Mahil our long time organization in the future. West Coast LEAF. Page 2

Investing in Equality Thank you to all our Breakfast Male teenage Sponsors. A Special Thank You caller: Thank You to our to: Hello, I’m Aaron. I just had a quick Donors and Presenting Sponsor question regarding “No Members 2005/06 Means No” and a law. Is there a Jocelan Alderking, Kathryn Alexander, Milnor Alexander, law that is part Violet Allard, Carolyn Anderson, Catharine Andrew, Sarah Partner Sponsor of the federal Armstrong, Candy Ashbridge, Shashi Assanand, Rob Atkins, Janet Austin, Carol Baert, Penny Bain, Laura law, “No Means Bakan, Kate Bake-Patterson, Marilyn Baker, Mike Baker, No”? Elizabeth Ball, B. Anne Barber, Nisha Bathe, Tina Beads, Tonie Beharrell, Carol Beisel, Brenda J. Benham, Elizabeth Bennett, Lorna Bennett, Benjamin Berger, Joshua Berson, Allison Howard, Blanche Howard, Ronda Howard, Robert Cindy Bettcher, Anne Beveridge, Pam Bhatti, Bill Black, Howell, Thora Howell, Christine Hoyer, Sandra Hudson, Sharon Blaker, Margi Blamey, Sharon Boechler, Carolyn Corinne Hunt, Jey Hunter, Fiona Hyslop, Veronica Jackson, Response Bouck, Jane Bouey, Gwen Boyd, Joyce Bradley, Anita Darlene Jacobi, Claire-Marie Jadot, Mobina Jaffer, Sandra from Grade Braha, Kay Bremner, Diane Brennan, , Jakab, Carole James, Heather James, Loretta Jatis- Marcelle Brisson, Kim Brooks, Linda Brotherston, Cleta 11/12 Nelson Woodcook, Kristy Jaundrew, Erin Jeffery, Jean Jenkins, Brown, May Brown, Peter Brown, Sandra Brown, Georgina Doreen Jensen, M. Audrey Johnson, Christine Johnston, No Means No Brunette, Doina Buculei, Andrea Burton, Beverley Burns, Maureen Johnston, Paulette Johnston, France-Emmanuelle Participant Kate Burns, Natalya Burtney, Mae Cabott, Gillian Calder, Joly, Hales Jones, Bill Juby, Barbara Kane, Karen Stacey: Joy Cameron, Morgan Camley, Kathleen Casprowitz, Karagheusian, Judith Kay, Libby Jane Kay, Sheila Keet, Jan Donald Casswell, Cecilia Chong, Raj Chouhan, Diana Kennedy, Kim Kenyon, Alayne Keough, Jaye Kerzner, Sheila A person can- Chown, Joyce Clarke, Richard Coe, Pamela Cohen, Sheila Kingham, Nancy Kinsman, Jennifer Kirkey, Bonnie Klein, Colbert-Kerns, Jacqueline Collins, Jennifer Conkie, Chris Freya Kodar, Christina Kopynsky, Joy Korman, Esther not give con- Conroy, John Conroy, Katrine Conroy, Katherine Cook, sent if they Kornfeld, Joan Kotarski, Robert Krell, Carla Kvittem, Jenny Jane Coombe, Faye Cooper, Sheridan Cooper, Devyn Kwan, Vivian Kwong, Terence La Liberte, Jacqueline Laing, are being Cousineau, Laura Cranmer, Debbie Crozier, Gail Cryer, Samiran Lakshman, Monique Laramee, Laurie Larson, forced to par- Marion Culham, Barbara Cullen, Donna Curtis, Andrea Elizabeth Le Page, Shirley LeBrasseur, Mike Legge, Linda ticipate, if Davidson, Jill Davidson, Sharon Davidson, Libby Davies, Lehr, Heather Leighton, JR Leis, Maggie Leithead, Sandra they are inca- Francoise De Pauw, Judy De Vries, Sheila DeJong, Leland, Janet Lemieux, Wendy Leslie, Claire Lessard, Marlene Delanghe, Veronica DeLorme, Dawn Denhertog, pable of con- Kathleen Lewis, Linda Light, Judith Lindsay, Bonita Long, Linda Diano, Katherine Dinning, Lorraine Dixon, Michelle Gloria Loree, Cindy Lowry, Elaine Lumsden, Janet Lundman, senting, or if Dodds, Mary Doherty, Julie Donegan, Jacqueline Dorgan, Barbara Lyall, Lois MacDonald, Pat MacDonald, Sheila they are Janet L. Dorland, Joan Downey, Joan Dowse, Vilma Dube, MacDougall, Heather MacFadgen, Tracey MacGowan, Leslie afraid of the Patricia Ducharme, Helen Durie, Janelle Dwyer, Robert MacLean, Signy Madden, Ann Maffey, Harinder Mahil, person who is Easton, Jean Elder, Roberta Ellis, Joyce Elmore, Lois Heather Mahony, Rosemary Mallory, Nicole Mangan, Azmina Etherington, Richard Evans, Susan Evans, Katherine asking them Manji, Jane-Anne Manson, Joy March, Gloria Martini, Merry Farris, Diane Fast, Dianne Faux, Sheila Fee, Helena Fehr, Maruno, Angela Marxsen, , Yuki Matsuno, to con- Gerry Ferguson, Joan Feyrer, Christopher Finding, barbara Elizabeth Mayne, Sarah McAlpine, Connie McCann, Shannon sent….The findlay, Sean FitzPatrick, Terre Flower, Lisa Fong, Mccann, Catherine A. McDonald, Chris McDowell, Margaret Supreme Jacqueline Forbes-Roberts, Marguerite Ford, Daphne McFarlane, Silvia McFayen-Jones, Naomi P. McKay, Marie Court of Can- Francis, Scott Fraser, Stephanie Fraser, Patricia French, Mckee, Elizabeth McKeown, Nancy Mckinstry, Margot Sarah Frew, Shirley Friend, Tami Friesen, Sara Frisch, McMillan, Carol McNamee, Lucie McNeill, Mary Anne ada has ruled Margaret Fulton, Selma Furman, Ellen Gabelmann, Judy that silence is McWaters, Joan Merrifield, Bev Meslo, Christine Meutzner, Gallacher, Karen Gallagher, Carrie Gallant, Elizabeth Jim Millard, Margaret Mills, Naomi Minwalla, Margaret not consent... Gautschi, Patsy George, Theresa Gerritsen, Marika Giles, Mitchell, Valerie Mitchell, Sonia Mocnik, Ana Mohammed, Sharon Gillean-Shalinsky, Ginny Golding, Frances Gordon, Adrienne Montani, Marleen Morris, Daphne Morrison, Ingo Joan Gordon, Wendy Gordon, Dennice Goudie, Joyce Moxon, Sarah Munro, Susan Murphy, Carol Metz Murray, Grant, Barbara Grantham, Can Green, Lucy Greene, Caroline Nevin, Andrew Newcombe, Margaret Newton, Heather Gropp, Edith Gvora, Stephanie Hacksel, Catherine Stacey Nicholas, Rita Nihtila, John Nuraney, Margret Nyfors, Hagen, , Audrey Hansen, Lucette Hansen, Martha O'Brien, Karen O'Connor-Coulter, Anu Osborne, Sharon Hrowitz, Karen Harper, Jean Harris, Janice Harvey, Audrey Paterson, Heather Patterson, Penny Patterson, Char Maureen Headley, Laurie Hearty, Brown Henderson, Jane Paul, Judy Payne, Colleen Pennington, Lara Percy, Johanna Henderson, Arlene H. Henry, Joan Heriot, Ruth Herman, Peters, , Doree Piercy, B Piquette, Mary Plant, June Herrington, Nettie Hew, Stephen Hinds, Barbara Irene Plett, Diana Pullinger, Celia Quigley, Elaine Quinn, Hislop, Irene Hobbins, Jarrah Hodge, Debra Hoggan, Bill Laurel Rae Sherret, Bruce Ralston, Margaret Ramsay, Peter Holdom, Lillian Holeton, Michele Holwill, Theresa Hood,

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Ramsay, Andrea Rasmussen, Jennifer Raso, B. Mavis Ray, Arvilla Read, Shanti Reda, Sean Rehaag, Stephanie Reifferscheid, Farnaz Riahi, Shirley Ribout, Sandra Rice,Charlene Riches, Meg Rintoul, Deanna Rivers, Shelley Rivkin, Anne Roberts, Gregor Robertson, Irene Robertson, Linda Robertson, Claire Robillard, Michelle Robinson, Catalina Rodrigues, Dominique Roelants, Andrea Rolls, Patricia Ross, Linda Russell, Sagarika Saha, Rashida Samji, Lorna Sandler, Harpal Sanghera, Janis Sarra, Matsuo Saunders, Paul Scambler, Ellen Schlesinger, Sabien Schuerholz-Lehr, Aileen Scott, Gerry Scott, Lil Selby, Sandra Sellens, Ann Senae, Edith Shafer, Colleen Shaw, Mikal Shook, Surjeet Kaur Sidhu, Thora Sigurdson, Raj Sihota, Nicholas Simons, Shane Simpson, Kay Sinclair, Sharon Skillings, Verna Slater, Marion Smith, Robyn Smith, Kathleen Speakman, Linda Sproule - Jones, Kim Stanton, Sheila Stanway, Annette Stark, Pearl Stelmacker, Maureen Steltman, Gail Stephens, Janet Stern, Ronald Stern, Catherine Stevenson, , Cindy Stewart, Marjorie Stewart, Mary Stewart, Teresa Stilling, Anne Stobart, Theresa Stowe, Sheila Street, Shelley Sugarman, Zool Suleman, Sharleen Suszezwiez, Leslie Swan, Kathy Tang, Gwendolynne Taylor, Isaac and Judy Thau, Sandra Thomson, Sheryl Thomson, Diane Thorne, Kitty Tomik, Claire Trevena, Gladys Utendale, Yvonne Vanderkoii, Sreceko Vukelic, Lindsay Waddell, Virginia Waldock, Joan Walter, Brenda Wasnock, Steve Watt, Frances Watters, Dolly Watts, Charles Weiler, Joy Weismiller, Margo Westrheim, Caroline White, Jean White, Linda White, Pam White, Pamela White, Janet Wiegard, Bruce Wilkins, Don Williams, Devon Windsor, Vera-Marie Wolfe, Beverley Wong, Randall Wong, Leanne Wood, Isobel Woodruff, Betty Woods, Betty-lou Woods, Ellen Woodsworth, Susan Yates, Cathy Yen, Sharyl Yore, Rose Yorsh, Rosann Youck, Margot Young, Anita Zaenker, Maxine Zurbrigg

Organizations: A Society for Women & Children, Arlene H. Henry Law Corporation, Atira Women's Resource Society, B.C. & Yukon Association of Transition Houses, Battered Women's Support Services, BC Federation of Labour, BC Government and Service Employees' Union, BC Hydro and Power Authority, BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Bolton & Muldoon, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Brad Brooke Crawford Green, Camp Fiorante Matthews, Campbell, Burton & McMullan, Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Carr, Buchan & Company, Centre For Research In Women's Studies and Gender Relations, UBC, Centre for Women's & Gender Studies, CEP Local 465, City of Vancouver, CKNW Radio, Cook Roberts, Lawyers, Dandelion Kids, Darnell & Company Law Office,Davis & Company, Delco Legal Accounting, Deloitte & Touch, Department of Justice, Dr. Peter Centre, Elemental Designs, Ethical Bean Coffee Company, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Goodmans, Global Television, Guild, Yule and Company, Hands on Management Services, Harbour Cruises & Events, Harper Grey LLP, Health Sciences Association of BC, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Hospital Employees' Union, Jenab & Company, Karen F. Nordlinger & Associates, L.A. Larson & Associates Ltd., Lawson Lundell, Legal Services Society, Lidstone, Young, Anderson, Malaspina Faculty Association, Mandell Pinder Barristers and Solicitors, Margaret Newton & Co., MBODY Fitness & Wellness Spa, McBurney Enterprises Inc., McCarthy Tétrault LLP, McCullough O’Connor Irwin LLP, METZ Murrary & Associates, Miller Thomson LLP, Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson, NDP - Vancouver Hastings, Noda & Associates, Ogilvy Renault, Public Service Alliance of Canada, Queen Bead Jewelry, Ratcliff & Company, Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, Rush, Crane, Guenther, Schroeder & Co, Shortt Moore & Arsenault, , Singleton Urquhart LLP, Sooke Harbour House, Status of Women Canada, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Surrey Women's Centre Society, The Counsel Network, The Law Society of BC, The People's Law School, The Vancouver Sun, Thirsty Muse, Transat Holidays, Tri City Women’s Resource Society, Trial Lawyers Association of BC, Underhill, Faulner, Boies Parker Law Corp. Inc., – PALS, University Women’s Club, VanCity Savings Credit Union, Victory Square Law Office, Watson Goepel Maledy, West Coast Career Solutions, YWCA of Vancouver, ZSA Legal Recruitment Complete audited statements available upon request. Please email Alison Brewin at [email protected]. This list represents those who donated, bought memberships, supported us through our events, or sponsored our work in the 2005/06 fiscal year. Please accept our heart-felt regrets if we missed you on our list, and notify our office immediately if we did. Page 4

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Investing in our Future: Staff @ West Coast LEAF Executive Director: Audrey Johnson (April-Sept) Thank you to our Monthly Donors Alison Brewin Sept-present) Program Director: Alison Brewin (April-Sept), Megan Ashbury, Mary Atkins, Sandra Krotez, Joyce Lee, Kelly Roulette (on mat leave), Michelle Hopkins (current) Andrew Atkins, Christine Judith Lee, Nicole Liddell, Office Coordinator: Chris Conroy (Sept-present) Basque, Susan Boyd, Alison Carolyn MacEachern, Ron Program Coordinator: Niveria Oliveira Brewin, Barbara Britton, MacIsaac, Ritu Mahil, Fund Development Coordinator: Chris Basque Tracey Brown, Trudi Brown, Francesca Marzari, Nelaine (April-June), Natasha Shields, (October-present) Melina Buckley, Lee Mayhew, Cherlyn McKay, Students and Contractors: Campbell, Dana H. Maris McMillan, Kay Melbye, Chris Basque, Ann Bradbury, Tina Chan, Chamberlain, Heather Virginia Miller, Ruth Miller, Roshena Chatur, Feri Dehdar, Kate Hamm, Hales Commodore, Lynn Copeland, Leslie Muir, Karen Munro, Jones, Joyce Lee, Harsha Walia Clare Cullen, Rosalind Currie, Barbara Nelson, Alisa Noda, Maneesha Deckha, Bridget Monique Pongracic-Speier, Board @ West Coast LEAF denToom, Pat Dewhirst, Ramona Reynolds, Shirley Sabrina Ali (to November) Elizabeth Dunn, Brenda Ridalls, Carolynne Sacht, Karey Brooks Edwards, Avigail Eisenberg, Mary Salaysay, Orysia Rosalind Currie (President) Catherine Evans, Darlene Semotiuk, Rebecca Shields, Amy Francis (Vice President) Facchin, Irene Faulkner, Natasha Shields, Kerry Stephanie Fraser (Treasurer - outgoing) Liz Hall (to December) Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Amy Simmons, Michelle Simpson, Andrea Hilland (to February) Francis, Karen Frederickson, Mary-Woo Sims, Miriam Nitya Iyer Beverly Gallagher, Chrissy Sobrino, Eloise Spitzer, Ritu Mahil George, Maria Gomes, Veronica Strong-Boag, Leslie Muir Frances Gordon, Anna Eileen Vanderburgh, Petra Farnaz Riahi-Nejad (Treasurer - incoming) Mary Salaysay Helmer, Audrey Johnson, Vanderley, Art Vertlieb, Duff Mary Woo Sims (Vice President) Jennifer Johnstone, April Waddell, Sheryl Wagner, Eloise Spitzer Katz, Rose Keith, Phyllis Kim Hart-Wensley, Val Suneeta Vyas Kenney, Katherine Kent, Wilson Lindsay Waddell

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