Archives: Grants (page 65)

Regent Park Focus will collaborate with the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN), local police services, Toronto Community Housing, lawyers, and other officials in the courts and justice system, to engage a minimum of 50 youth (ages 14-24) from four Toronto neighbourhoods  in the research, production, and broadcasting of a series of "Youth and the Law" media segments.

The SCCC will work with 3-5 low-income, racialized youth living with mental health concerns as peer educators to increase access to mental health supports for young people who are involved in, or at-risk of being involved in, the criminal justice system.

In collaboration with Osgoode Hall Law School, CAMH will perform a qualitative study of the perceptions of ORB members and counsel for the accused, hospital and Crown, and senior clinicians regarding to what extent and how the disposition hearing process addresses the twin goals of protecting public safety and treating forensic patients fairly.

CLEO's Centre for Research and Innovation will conduct research, facilitate partnerships and develop projects to help build the capacity of CLEO and other community organizations to reach marginalized communities with the legal information and education they need to understand their legal rights.

Fourteen community colleges in Ontario will purchase a consortial subscription to Quicklaw. The subscription will allow the students and faculty of Ontario’s paralegal programs full access to this standard electronic legal resource for both teaching and research purposes.

The NLC will carry out research and educational activities on issues in Aboriginal and constitutional law. It also maintains an online database of legal pleadings in cases of interest to practitioners of Aboriginal law, and publishes resources on developments in Aboriginal law with a focus on Aboriginal concepts of justice.

CDAC will increase access to justice for people with speech and language disabilities by informing people who have these disabilities about their right to communication accommodations and intermediaries when using justice services, and by increasing the capacity of the justice sector to make their services accessible for this population by knowing how and when to engage communication intermediaries.

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services will provide legal information training to frontline workers in Thunder Bay, and Sioux Lookout and surrounding communities on supporting their clients when interacting with police or the legal system.