April 24, 2017

Ryerson University, Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ)

Developing an online screening, education, and triage portal to resolve family disputes

Ryerson’s Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) will develop an online information, screening and triage service for separating families. The project, which builds on a multi-session design thinking exercise LIZ ran to engage diverse stakeholders in thinking about ways to reform the family justice system, is aimed at directing those experiencing family breakdown to a range of resources (legal and non-legal).

$ 100,000
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

iHuman Youth Society

Access to legal education exchange

iHuman will undertake two activities. First, it will develop a series of legal education sessions for high-risk youth on a variety of topics. Second, it will utilize iHuman’s existing uncensored drama-based program to develop training modules for child welfare, law enforcement, and legal professionals on topics such as: FASD; trauma’s impact on deviancy, criminality and resilience; and communication strategies for engaging vulnerable youth in non-adversarial dialogue.

$ 24,557
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Union des travailleurs et travailleuses accidentés ou malades

Questions de droits

UTTAM will put a legal information site online in the "Frequently Asked Questions" format covering rights and obligations under the Quebec act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases. 

$ 42,500
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

ACORN Canada

Consumer rights and fringe financial institutions: preventative and reactive public legal education workshops

Working in partnership with legal experts, ACORN Canada will create materials for public legal education workshops to help marginalized communities in Toronto and Ottawa access justice related to consumer rights and fringe financial institutions.

$ 65,253
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

JusticeTrans

JusticeTrans

JusticeTrans provides free legal information about transgender rights across Canada via a website and mobile phone application. In this project, JusticeTrans will redesign its mobile phone application and update the legal information on its website.

$ 14,090
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.

Systemic initiatives that remove barriers and empower community

Through this project, CLASSIC will work to remove barriers to justice for low-income individuals in Saskatoon and empower them to assert their legal rights and protections. Focusing on Indigenous people, the project will serve: recipients of social assistance; inmates; and people with disabilities. This project will educate community members through advocacy workshops and PLE presentations. In addition, the project will develop an ID workshop and resources on Gladue, both of which will specifically benefit the local Indigenous community.

$ 100,000
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Law Commission of Ontario

Program activities 2017-18

The Law Commission of Ontario will continue to make recommendations to: make the legal system more relevant, accessible and efficient; simplify or clarify the law; use technology to increase access to justice; stimulate critical debate about law; and promote scholarly legal research.

$ 550,000
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Calgary Legal Guidance Society

Indigenous access to justice: Sahwoo Mohkaak Tsi Ma Taas (Blackfoot translation - before being judged)

This project will increase access to culturally respectful legal services for Indigenous individuals in and around Calgary. By employing an Indigenous articling student, the project provides a social justice career alternative to Indigenous law students, builds the organization's capacity to engage with local Indigenous peoples and communities, and increases access to justice for those who are experiencing systemic barriers.

$ 100,000
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

Creating an online access to justice portal for Newfoundland and Labrador

PLIAN will develop new, online legal information resources for Newfoundland and Labrador, which will be the primary source for legal information, navigation, and education in the province. The online portal will include a "guided pathways" platform that will navigate users to answers for their legal inquiries using a series of questions. All areas of law will be covered, with a particular focus on family law.

$ 100,000
April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017

KEYS Job Centre

Connecting Communities: Newcomers and law

KEYS Job Centre will create a legal training program for frontline service providers and community/peer leaders assisting newcomers. The training will focus on aspects of employment and occupational health and safety, as well as public safety and immigration law affecting newcomers' access to employment.

$ 49,901
April 24, 2017