Archives: Grants (page 6)

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.

Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University 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 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.

Lakehead University, 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 Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa 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.

Black Law Students’ Association of Canada (BLSA Canada) will host its annual conference benefiting Black law students from across the country. BLSA Canada aims to foster connections between Black law students and legal professionals to promote professional development, legal education, and cultural awareness within the legal sector.

Community Justice Collective will deliver a public legal education initiative in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas that helps tenants develop and direct collective legal strategies to address shared housing issues. The project will equip tenants—particularly those in buildings with organized tenant associations—with tools to work effectively with lawyers and legal clinics to challenge displacement, constructive evictions, and unsafe housing conditions. Funding will support a Staff Lawyer and Community Legal Worker, tenant meetings and training, the development of digital and printed legal education materials, and evaluation. The initiative will benefit tenants seeking collective solutions to systemic housing problems.

Samara Centre for Democracy (SCD) will develop publications that present insights on how information across social media platforms affect rule of law, democratic norms, and social cohesion, and recommend ways to improve Canada's digital ecosystem. SCD will also develop public legal education and other resources drawing from insights and recommendations from its publications, including a Field Guide to Online Civic Conversation focused on multi-generational digital and media literacy.

Justice for Children and Youth will support the collective work of nine Ontario community legal clinics who formed a collaborative under the Your Way Forward (YWF) banner. This will include individual advocacy and support, public legal education, collective effort to reduce systemic barriers, and collaboration with community and justice sector partners across eight partner clinics.

COMPASS Refugee Centre will expand its virtual Canada-US border clinic based in Ontario. This initiative will benefit border crossers seeking protection in Canada, potential anchor relatives in Canada, NGOs in Ontario and the United States, and Canadian immigration lawyers. The objective of the project is to provide quality legal information and advice for border crossers and those who serve them.