Staff

Darcie Bennett

Darcie is the coordinator of the Jane Doe Legal Network and the campaigns director at Pivot Legal Society. She has a PhD in sociology from the University of British Columbia, as well as an extensive background working with community-based women's organizations on issues related to housing, income assistance, labour regulation, child care and the intersection of poverty and violence in women's lives. Darcie is also a mother of three.

Katrina Pacey 

Katrina is the litigation director Pivot Legal Society and a partner at Ethos Law Group. She practices criminal, prison, mental health and human rights law. Katrina received her law degree and a Master of Arts in Women's Studies from the University of British Columbia. She was called to the bar in British Columbia in 2005. While in law school, Katrina founded the UBC Law Students' Social Justice Action Network and was active in the Downtown Eastside as a board member and campaigner with Pivot Legal Society. In 2003, she received a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in recognition of her commitment to social justice. Over the years, Katrina has worked for a number of anti-violence organizations, including the BC Institute Against Family Violence and Safeteen: A Powerful Alternative to Violence. Katrina has been involved in many Pivot campaigns and is co-author of three reports, Voices for Dignity: A Call to End the Harms Cause by Canada's Sex Trade Laws, Beyond Decriminalization: Sex Work, Human Rights and a New Framework for Law Reform, and To Serve and Protect: A Report on Policing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.