May 2008

New translations of old favourites

We've recently expanded and updated several of our publications in languages other than English. We've also just released our first publication in Tagalog, Benefits and Services for Seniors. Recently revised versions of the booklet are also available in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Punjabi. Benefits and Services for Seniors gives immigrant seniors the information they need to access benefits and help available in the areas of healthcare, housing, income security, wills and agreements, protection from abuse, transportation, and interpretation and community services. Editions in Farsi, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese will follow later this year.

Also updated are the Chinese and Punjabi translations of For Your Protection. Produced by the Legal Services Society and the Ministry of Solicitor General, this booklet is useful for anyone seeking a restraining order or a peace bond because they fear violence from a former partner or spouse.

You can also now get the revised version of Legal Aid Can Help in French or Spanish. This booklet explains the services we offer and gives examples of how those services have helped people in the past.

To read our publications online, go to the Publications section of the LSS website. To order a publication, e-mail Distribution. Please be sure to include the publication title(s), the number of copies, and a shipping address.

We've also got Spanish videos

Three videos in Spanish are available for viewing on the Family Law in BC website. The three videos, Haga Su Propio Divorcio (Do Your Own Divorce), Solicitudes Internas de Esponsoramiento (Inland Sponsoring Applications), and Ruptura del Contrato de Esponsoramiento (Sponsorship Breakdown), feature dramatizations of issues that face both the Spanish-speaking community and the community at large in BC.