Registration - Organization

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver / Azra Hussain, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Organization name: The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Senior Officer Name: Azra Hussain, Chief Executive Officer
Senior Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2021-07-08
Registration status: Active
Projected end date: No date provided
Registration number: 11657-4288

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Total number of Lobbying Activity Reports: 3

Lobbying Activity Reports - last 6 months: 1

Version 2 of 4 (2021-12-23 to 2022-06-16)

Registration versions:

Version 2 of 4 (2021-12-23 to 2022-06-16)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter of the Lobbying Activities

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

Will any of the lobbyists listed within this registration arrange a meeting between a public office holder and any other individual for the purpose of attempting to influence any of the matters listed below:

Yes

Specific Topics of Lobbying Communications	Intended Outcomes	Associated Subject Matters
Advocacy regarding changes to result in the reduced use of incarceration for women, particularly Indigenous women through reduction of holding women over for Show Cause bail hearing; increased releases on a Promise to Appear; and reduced use of multiple conditions for bail in keeping with R V Zora. Publication of these stats on a race based basis.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Health, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
Advocacy regarding changes to result in the reduced use of incarceration for women, particularly Indigenous women through reduction of holding women over for Show Cause bail hearing; increased releases on a Promise to Appear; and reduced use of multiple conditions for bail in keeping with R V Zora. Publication of these stats on a race based basis.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Health, Housing, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
Change Health Authority directive regarding the exclusion of the acceptance of referrals for bed-based substance use treatment centres from criminal justice system (bail, remand, probation, court order etc)	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Health, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Addictions
Development of homeless outreach family support workers to respond to the lack of housing stock for at risk and homeless women and children	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Housing, Justice and Law Enforcement, Poverty
Development of hybrid bed-based models that allow women as sole caregivers to bring their children with them while undertaking substance use treatment	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Health, Mental Health and Addictions
Funding for an Indigenous BC women's organization to address the link between criminalization and intersecting issues of victimization and violence and the social services needed	Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, Justice and Law Enforcement
Increased housing for women and women with children, to respond to the increased homelessness of women and children, in the community with the busiest criminal court for women.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Housing
Increased provision of community options, and access to that information by court personnel, to enable alternate measures at sentencing in keeping with the Criminal Code of Canada	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Health, Housing, Justice and Law Enforcement, Mental Health and Addictions, Poverty
Provide access to space within the Surrey Courthouse to enable EFry and community organizations to support women before the courts in the development of community alternative plans	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Justice and Law Enforcement
Request for change to Crown Council policy regarding consideration of the best interests of the child at time of sentencing.	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Human Rights, Justice and Law Enforcement
The care and conditions of confinement for youth incarcerated in the province	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families
The hearing of domestic violence and family court issues together to reduce administrative offences and the disproportionate criminalizing of Indigenous individuals/families and improvement of women's safety	Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity	Children and Families, Justice and Law Enforcement

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
Children and Family Development
Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Public Safety and Solicitor General

Organization Details

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Shawn Bayes, Chief Executive Officer

Organization Contact Information

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

Address:
402
E Columbia
New Westminster, BC V3L 3X1
Canada

Fax number: 604-520-1169

Description of Activities

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver (EFry) is a registered charity that supports criminalized and marginalized women, girls and children in achieving their potential. A) We provide support to women in prison and exiting prison, and at risk of coming in conflict with the criminal justice system; through B) services to ameliorate their lives and reduce the likelihood of involvement or recidivism through supports and programs for income and employment, counselling and mental health, homelessness and housing, and substance use and harm reduction. C) EFry meets, consults, and recommends to government actions and service models that are responsive to the intersectional lives of these marginalized women and children (race, disability, poverty, and all the correlated population health factors) and can improve their lives, that of their children, and the community. We believe civil society and government is advanced through active engagement by, and with, the voluntary sector.

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Gifts or Benefits Provided to Public Officer Holders
Name	Gift or Benefit Description	Circumstance	Date Promised	Value Promised	Date Given	Value Given
No Records

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

No person or organization contributed over $1000CDN, within the preceding 12 months, toward the lobbying activity on behalf of the organization that has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity.

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Funding Request made to:	Funding Requested	Date Requested
Direct Access-Gaming	$100,000.00	2021-11-30

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Received Government Funding

The Received Government Funding table below is not intended to be additive. Adding all of the entries together does not necessarily provide an accurate sum of all government funding received. There may be redundancy (reporting of the same funding more than once) caused by overlap in the "Date/Period Received" between 2 or more entries.

Source of Government Funding	Funding Received	Date/Period Received
British Columbia Housing Management Commission	$10,992,568.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Children and Family Development	$1,114,708.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Direct Access-Gaming	$100,000.00	2021-04-01
Direct Access-Gaming	$100,000.00	2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31
Fraser Health Authority	$3,469,146.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Government of Canada - Correctional Service Canada	$687,485.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Government of Canada through Luma Community Entity, Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy	$4,666,783.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Public Safety Canada	$956,728.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Public Safety and Solicitor General	$37,046.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30
Social Development and Poverty Reduction	$1,993,174.00	2020-06-01 to 2021-06-30

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Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver is not working together with any other entity for the purpose of lobbying.

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver does not have any affiliates that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activities

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests

The activities of The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver are not controlled or directed by another person or organization with a direct interest in the outcome of this undertaking.

Lobbyists Details

Lobbyists Employed by this Organization

Lobbyist

Contributions

Shawn Bayes
Subscribes to a Code of Conduct: No
Former Public Office Holder in BC: No

Lobbied a member of the Legislative Assembly, including a Minister or Premier, on behalf of this organization on or after 2020-09-21 and before 2024-09-21: Yes

Political: No
Sponsorship: No
Recall: No

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

Name change history

Name change history
Name	From	To
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver	2021-07-08	current

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

Senior Officer History
Senior Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Azra Hussain	2025-10-30	Current
Shawn Bayes	2021-07-08	2022-06-16

Azra Hussain, Chief Executive Officer (Organization)

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Designated Filers are required to submit a Lobbying Activity Report for each lobbying activity with a senior public officer holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the designated filer) will appear on all in-house Lobbying Activity Reports, whether or not he/she participated in the activity.

Note: Lobbying Activity Reports are due on the 15^th day of each month for lobbying activities that took place in the previous month.

Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-3 of 3

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Darlene Rotchford, MLA for Esquimalt-Colwood | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Lumby | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster-Coquitlam | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Paul Choi, MLA for Burnaby South-Metrotown | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Steve Morissette, MLA for Kootenay-Monashee | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Sunita Dhir, MLA for Vancouver-Langara | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Tamara Davidson, MLA for North Coast-Haida Gwaii | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-10-30
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Azra Hussain
Posted date: 2025-11-14
Lobbying Activity number: 4288-46963 View Lobbying Activity Report
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Families | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-07-21
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Shawn Bayes
Posted date: 2021-07-21
Lobbying Activity number: 4288-11470 View Lobbying Activity Report
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- David Eby, Attorney General, Minister Responsible for Housing | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Mike Farnsworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Derrick Harder, Senior Ministerial Advisor | Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
- Haiqa Cheema, Ministerial Advisor | Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
- Richard Cooke, Associate Deputy Minister | Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
- Colleen Spier, Executive Director, Indigenous Justice Strategy | Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
- Lisa Anderson, Assistant Deputy Minister | Public Safety and Solicitor General
- William Maartman, Senior Ministerial Advisor | Public Safety and Solicitor General
- Angela Cooke, Associate Deputy Minister | Attorney General and Minister responsible for Housing
Lobbying Activity date: 2021-07-08
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Shawn Bayes
Posted date: 2021-07-21
Lobbying Activity number: 4288-11466 View Lobbying Activity Report

Azra Hussain, Chief Executive Officer (Organization)

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Results below are sorted by posted date, beginning with the most recent.

Results 1-3 of 3

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
Organization

Senior Public Office Holders who were lobbied in this activity:
- Darlene Rotchford, MLA for Esquimalt-Colwood | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Garry Begg, MLA for Surrey-Guildford | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Harwinder Sandhu, MLA for Vernon-Lumby | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Janet Routledge, MLA for Burnaby North | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for New Westminster-Coquitlam | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Paul Choi, MLA for Burnaby South-Metrotown | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Steve Morissette, MLA for Kootenay-Monashee | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Sunita Dhir, MLA for Vancouver-Langara | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
- Tamara Davidson, MLA for North Coast-Haida Gwaii | Member(s) of the BC Legislative Assembly
Lobbying Activity date: 2025-10-30
Lobbyists who performed the lobbying activity: Azra Hussain
Posted date: 2025-11-14
Lobbying Activity number: 4288-46963 View Lobbying Activity Report

Date Modified:: 2025-11-05

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Registration - Organization

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver / Azra Hussain, Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Associated Lobbying Activity Reports

Version 2 of 4 (2021-12-23 to 2022-06-16)

Version 2 of 4 (2021-12-23 to 2022-06-16)

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter

BC Ministries/Provincial Entities

Senior Officer Name and Position during the Period of this Registration

Organization Contact Information

Description of Activities

Gifts or benefits provided by the organization

Contributors to the Lobbying Activity

Government Funding in the Last 12 Months

Requested Government Funding

Received Government Funding

Other Entities (working together for the purposes of lobbying) Information

Affiliates with a Direct Interest in the Outcome

Other Persons or Organizations with Direct Interests