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
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
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
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
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
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
The access to justice simulation game
OJEN will to expand the reach and depth of its successful Access to Justice Simulation Game. It will produce durable and re-useable print versions of the simulation materials that can be made available to educators; develop a digital platform for the simulation; and create comprehensive facilitator’s guides that explain how to use the simulation with different audiences.
$ 64,000
February 16, 2017
Community engagement in international justice
The Community Engagement in International Justice project will provide legal education to refugees and immigrants who have survived serious international human rights violations, such as torture and war crimes, about the options for redress that may be available in Canada and globally. The project will also provide opportunities to engage survivors in emblematic human rights cases and other justice initiatives being advanced through the CCIJ and its team of pro bono lawyers.
$ 92,400
February 16, 2017
Public Legal Education Nova Scotia (PLENS) Project
The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia and the Association des juristes d’expression française de la Nouvelle-Écosse will work together to provide a more effective, coordinated, and collaborative public legal education, information, and referral hub.
$ 100,000
February 16, 2017
Program activities 2017-2018
OJEN will carry out programs that facilitate and support broad-based activity by the judiciary, the bar, the courts, and the education community throughout Ontario, with a primary focus on students and the strengthening of links between the justice and education communities. It will enhance existing high school mock trial competitions and deliver Law Day activities that are designed to develop awareness of the legal profession, the judicial system, and the rule of law in Canada.
$ 850,000
February 16, 2017
