Archives: Grants (page 45)

Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) will place students in paid four-week jobs with legal aid clinics and public interest organizations as part of their summer job program. The grant benefits high school students involved in the LAWS program and offers them a unique opportunity to learn about access to justice, observe the legal aid system in action, and interact directly with community members.

Regent Park Focus will create multi-media public legal education materials with youth in Toronto. Partners include Downsview Community Legal Services and Toronto Police Services, 51 Division. This grant will benefit youth living in the Regent Park and Lawrence Heights neighbourhoods. Regent Park Focus aims to promote public legal education and foster legal capability among youth in a creative way.

The University of Windsor, Faculty of Law will host the 2018 World Indigenous law conference under the title and theme, "Waawiiatanong Ziibi: where the river bends, the application of Indigenous laws in Indigenous communities and in the courts". Partners include Elders and scholars from Canada and abroad. This grant will benefit the Indigenous community, the law faculty, and the legal community. The University of Windsor, Faculty of Law aims to foster meaningful discussions on Indigenous law and teachings as well as promote the exchange of knowledge among Indigenous communities.

The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) will create and disseminate a detailed guide to drafting, filing, and arguing applications for state-funded counsel in Ontario. This grant will benefit parents involved in child protection proceedings who have been denied legal aid and cannot afford legal representation. NSRLP aims to provide low-income parents with the information needed to secure legal representation and meaningfully participate in child protection proceedings.

Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS) will benefit Indigenous community members across Ontario who are experiencing legal issues. ALS aims to improve its capacity to develop and deliver programs and services that are responsive to the needs of the Indigenous community.

The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic’s Criminalization of Women Pro-Bono Program seeks to increase access to justice for women in the GTA who have experienced violence and have been charged with and/or convicted of criminal offences. Through the program, the Clinic provides women with summary legal advice and brief services for their criminal law matters. Program participants with more complex criminal law needs can access a community of pro bono criminal defense lawyers for legal advice. The program is for survivors of violence, particularly those facing multiple forms of discrimination, who come from underserved communities, and who have complex socio-economic and legal needs.

Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust will provide workshops, seminars, and in-class sessions in schools, educational institutions, and faculties of education, educating students and teachers about their civil rights and freedoms. It prepares the next generation of Canadians for civic engagement by introducing teens to the exploration of civil liberties, critical thought, and the development of democratic habits.

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) will continue to serve as the central hub for all public legal education and information (PLEI) in Ontario. CLEO develops clear, accurate, and practical legal rights education and information to help people understand and exercise their legal rights, with a particular focus on support for trusted intermediaries. The use of trusted intermediaries significantly expands access to justice for low income individuals and people from marginalized and vulnerable communities in Ontario.

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) will continue to serve as the central hub for all public legal education and information (PLEI) in Ontario. CLEO develops clear, accurate, and practical legal rights education and information to help people understand and exercise their legal rights, with a particular focus on support for trusted intermediaries. The use of trusted intermediaries significantly expands access to justice for low income individuals and people from marginalized and vulnerable communities in Ontario.

The FCJ Refugee Centre serves refugees and others at risk due to their immigration status through all steps of the refugee determination and refugee appeals processes as well as assisting with the family sponsorship and family reunification processes. The Centre primarily works with refugee claimants, rejected refugee claimants, individuals with precarious immigration status, temporary foreign workers, and those who have been trafficked. It also provides training workshops and legal education materials for frontline workers who serve refugees in the greater Toronto area and other parts of southern Ontario on aspects of the immigration and refugee process and procedures. The Catalyst grant will help the Centre to ensure it has the capacity and expertise to serve its clients and assist other organizations to do so, as well as to ensure its evolution and sustainability.