April 24, 2017

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Enhancing protection for payday loan users in Canada

PIAC will create a user-friendly consumer guide for payday loan users and will design a model policy framework to support the establishment of an ombudsperson-type regime to oversee payday loan complaints, disputes, and violations.

$ 97,750
April 24, 2017
March 29, 2017

Community Legal Information Association of PEI Inc.

Easy access and great results – a continuous improvement model for public legal education, intake and referral

CLIA PEI will develop a comprehensive and confidential intake and referral process that will inform a continuous improvement cycle, enabling CLIA to improve operational processes and provide tailored public legal education and information to residents of PEI.

$ 30,000
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

Justice Education Society of B.C.

Virtual legal help and court forms

The Justice Education Society of B.C. will introduce "Ask JES Legal Help Services" for 40 of the most popular Provincial Court and Supreme Court forms – for both civil and family matters – in British Columbia. "Ask JES" is Canada’s first virtual legal help service, which was developed with a grant from the LFO in 2011. A new guided pathway tool will be developed to help users identify and complete the court forms they need, supported by virtual assistant help and tips, as well as by phone, live chat, and email.

$ 100,000
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

Luke's Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children

Family court and beyond: a survival workbook for women leaving abusive partners

Luke's Place will develop a comprehensive workbook/toolkit to support women navigating Ontario’s family court process (and intersecting legal processes) that will include tips, tools and resources. Luke's Place will develop the content of the workbook into a series of workshops for women to prepare them for their family court experience, pilot the workshops in Durham, and share the content with trained facilitators across Ontario.

$ 78,500
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

National Council of Canadian Muslims

Know your rights, know your responsibilities

NCCM’s "Know Your Rights, Know Your Responsibilities" guide was created in 2001 to provide legal education and support to Canadian Muslims. This project will update and enhance the guide so that it reflects the current issues faced by Canadian Muslims. In addition, NCCM will developing training materials to accompany the guide, translate the guide and related materials in up to eight languages, and train Muslim community leaders and service providers to communicate and promote the guide.

$ 100,000
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

Luke's Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children

Expanding virtual family law services to survivors of violence against women

Luke’s Place will expand the reach of its virtual pro bono family law clinic, which serves women who have left an abusive relationship and are not able to access legal representation. The clinic is already established in rural and remote regions of north-eastern Ontario and will be expanded to north-western and rural eastern Ontario.

$ 100,000
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

KCWA Family and Social Services

Connecting Communities: Empowerment through knowledge: making the law accessible to marginalized non-English speaking communities

In partnership with the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association, Vietnamese Women's Association of Toronto (VWAT), and Kababayan Community Service Centre Inc. (KCSC), KCWA will create and deliver a legal information training project for frontline workers and trusted intermediaries serving members of the Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino communities.

$ 49,400
March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Alberta

Public legal education for Alberta Francophones

The AJEFA will develop public legal information workshops and resources in French for Francophone Albertans on specific immigration topics, such as sponsorship of a parent or grandparent, foreign workers, and the rights of sponsored persons living in conflict, as well as family law matters, including family violence, child protection, discipline, and the youth justice system. The project will target vulnerable populations such as immigrants, seniors and youth in particular.

$ 100,000
March 29, 2017
February 16, 2017

Pro Bono Quebec

Montreal Children's Hospital / L'Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants

This new service, modeled on the service provided in five Ontario hospitals under the aegis of Pro Bono Ontario, will be offered to the parents of sick children who are patients at the Montreal Children’s Hospital who are having legal problems relating to or exacerbated by their child’s illness.

$ 97,976
February 16, 2017
February 16, 2017

Ambrose University, Canadian Poverty Institute

Justice sector coordination research project

This research project will identify barriers and develop recommendations for increasing the coordination and integration of justice services in order to increase access to justice for marginalized individuals.

$ 82,000
February 16, 2017