Consumer Law Clinic project
The Legal Help Centre will provide legal information workshops, drop-in information and triage, appointment-based one-on-one coaching, and document preparation services for self-represented litigants, as well as representation in Small Claims Court for consumer law matters. The clinic will be staffed by law and articling students and will provide services to individuals who are unable to effectively advocate for themselves due to barriers that include literacy and language, socioeconomic circumstances, culture and disability.
$ 95,480
January 17, 2017
The Action Group on Access to Justice
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.
$ 160,000
December 12, 2016
Program Activities 2017
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.
$ 195,700
December 12, 2016
Program Activities 2017
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.
$ 800,000
December 12, 2016
Program Activities (January to June 2017)
Innocence Canada will continue to coordinate and administer its pro bono program, which reviews and assesses claims of innocence and provides legal assistance for cases of wrongful murder convictions.
$ 115,000
December 12, 2016
Program Activities 2017
The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust will conduct in-class seminars, workshops, and lectures to students in elementary and high schools and to pre-service teachers in faculties of education across Ontario via two programs: Teaching Civil Liberties and Civil Liberties in the Schools. The focus is on engaging students in critical thinking and respectful debate about rights and freedoms.
$ 221,100
December 12, 2016
Domestic Violence: New Policing and Community Prevention Approaches
The DWS will analyse over 3,000 OPP Domestic Violence Supplemental Report Forms (DVSRs) from both criminal and non-criminal incidents to gather quantitative data in order to assist with the development of an alternative model for responding to domestic violence.
$ 15,000
December 12, 2016
Annual Comprehensive 2017-18
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.
$ 254,000
December 12, 2016
Dementia and Human Rights
The DWS will develop educational materials regarding human rights for people living with dementia in partnership with the Ontario Dementia Advisory Group (ODAG).ODAG is an organization of individuals in Ontario living with dementia that work with experts to influence policies and practices that affect their lives.
$ 15,000
December 12, 2016
LAWS Summer Job Program 2017 - Public Interest Positions
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.
$ 15,000
December 12, 2016
