Program activities (July to December 2017)
Innocence Canada will continue to coordinate and administer its pro bono program, which reviews and assesses claims of innocence.
$ 115,000
June 13, 2017
Saving lives through law: popularizing legislation removing a barrier to emergency response services in the event of overdoes
CHALN will produce and disseminate a public legal education resource that will reduce a key barrier to emergency health services by popularizing knowledge of the new Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. The law protects individuals from being charged with an offense if they contact emergency assistance when someone overdoses.
$ 15,000
June 13, 2017
Exposing Canada's chemical valley (2017)
Ecojustice will update and revise its 2007 report entitled, "Exposing Canada's Chemical Valley". The report is an investigation of the effects of cumulative air pollution in Sarnia and is an important go-to document for environmental non-governmental organizations, academics and government.
$ 10,000
June 13, 2017
Improving access to justice for refugees and vulnerable migrants
This project seeks to improve access to legal information for frontline workers supporting refugees and other vulnerable migrants by developing written legal information resources, developing a searchable/user-friendly online platform, and providing online and in person legal information workshops.
$ 15,000
June 13, 2017
Access to justice: Small Claims Court
An empirical research project to better understand how the Ontario Small Claims court may assist or impede access to justice.
$ 15,000
June 13, 2017
Get it right, know your rights!
The Afghan Women's Organization will deliver legal information workshops to newcomers in Mississauga on laws that affect their everyday lives and on where and how to seek legal assistance.
$ 12,782
June 13, 2017
Design thinking and technology: responding to the justice needs of Aboriginal youth
The Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution will expand on activities funded through a previous grant to use "design thinking" to explore how technology might be used to implement the recommendations found in the "Feathers of Hope Justice & Juries: A First Nations Youth Action Plan for Justice" report.
$ 11,800
June 13, 2017
RISE 2.0
This project will support newcomer youth and their families as they navigate the youth criminal justice system, while providing wrap-around support to the justice-engaged youth. The project will focus on newcomer youth and families living in high priority neighbourhoods.
$ 86,137
June 12, 2017
Project Phoenix: At last public environmental law education, intake and referral in Quebec
The CQDE will develop a free online archive of plain language legal information on environmental law, including a guide to the Environmental Quality Act, the cornerstone legislation for environmental law in Quebec. The project will also provide structured internships for law students.
$ 95,000
May 23, 2017
Park Extension Legal Clinic
In partnership with the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension, MELC will offer pro-bono legal services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in the Park Extension neighbourhood in Montreal through a community legal clinic staffed by law students from McGill University and the Université de Montréal.
$ 99,000
May 23, 2017
