Archives: Grants (page 51)

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario will carry out research on the criminalization of women who are homeless or housing-insecure. By conducting focus groups and engaging women with lived experience, the research will assess the extent to which housing insecurity and homelessness leads to criminal justice system involvement, with particular attention to the experiences of Indigenous women. In addition, the study will identify gender-specific and culturally relevant needs pertaining to housing, social, mental health and legal supports for women involved with the criminal justice system.

Innocence Canada will continue to coordinate and administer its pro bono program, which reviews and assesses claims of innocence.

The grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG) will bring together institutional, political and community justice system stakeholders throughout Ontario and build the infrastructure for collaboration, cross-sector innovation, and coordinated solutions to the access to justice problem.

LAWS’ Summer Job Program places students in paid four-week jobs with law firms, government legal departments, corporate legal divisions, and public interest organizations. The grant enables LAWS to place students in positions with legal aid clinics and public interest organizations and provides unique opportunities for students to learn about public law and access to justice, observe the legal aid system, and interact directly with community members.

National Farmers Union – Ontario (NFU-O) will adapt Young Agrarians legal tools and educational materials used to facilitate farmland access in British Columbia to the Ontario context. As part of this project NFU-O will engage small-scale, new, and young farmers in Ontario to identify additional areas of concern where legal supports are needed.

The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History will study and promote public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession, and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada.

2018 Special Grant

Pro Bono Ontario will continue to create and manage programs that connect volunteer lawyers with low-income Ontarians, either directly or in partnership with charitable organizations working in local communities.

The grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.