Archives: Grants (page 44)

Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton will undertake a public legal education initiative for tenants in two of Hamilton's low income neighbourhoods related to preventing displacement due to gentrification. The project will use popular education to increase the knowledge and capacity of tenants to respond to landlords' attempts to displace them. This will allow tenants to better advocate for themselves in the legal process.

Turning Point Youth Services (TPYS) will screen youth entering the criminal justice system for mental health and other needs and connect them to available supports. This pilot will take place at the Ontario Court of Justice at 311 Jarvis St. in Toronto. Partners include Justice for Children and Youth. This grant will benefit youth facing criminal charges at 311 Jarvis. TPYS aims to connect youth to available supports as early as possible to increase the likelihood that they will be diverted from the criminal justice system.

The University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) will conduct activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

The University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Civil Law Section will conduct activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights will produce plain-language public legal information guides describing the relevant procedures for when a member of the public wishes to make a complaint about the police. The project will benefit members of the public. The objective of the project is to make more accessible the various complex police oversight complaints mechanisms.

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law will conduct activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law will conduct activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

The University of Windsor, Faculty of Law will conduct activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

Community Law School will provide training in the Sarnia, Barrie, and London areas to frontline social service workers and at various provincial umbrella organizations connected to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. The training will enable frontline workers to support their clients throughout the Criminal Injuries Compensation process. Four training webinars will be produced in cooperation with Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) using the intensive training materials and be made available through CLEO's Your Legal Rights website for use by numerous social service agencies across the province. Victims of violence will benefit from this program while they assist them in obtaining compensation.