Video to Assist Families of Murdered and Missing Indigenous People and Working Effectively with Indigenous Clients
Aboriginal Legal Services will undertake two projects. First, it will prepare a video to help families of murdered and missing Indigenous people navigate the justice system and access legal supports. Second, it will prepare a video and handbook for lawyers to assist them in working more effectively with Indigenous clients.
$ 72,204
April 25, 2016
Sleep a Night Under my Roof
This interactive learning day will provide front line workers with practical and legal information as well as support tools and resource material to better serve low income community members navigating the challenges of finding and maintaining safe, healthy and affordable housing in Lanark County.
$ 16,135
April 25, 2016
Legal Education for Staff of Agencies Supporting Individuals with Disabilities in Rural Ontario
Training materials will be developed and delivered to key professionals within the developmental and other disability sectors and to individuals with disabilities and their intermediaries that will increase knowledge regarding the Ontario Disability Support Program and the Residential Tenancy Act.
$ 38,405
April 25, 2016
Roy & Ria McMurtry Endowment 2015-16
The Second Chance Scholarship Foundation will provide a post-secondary education scholarship to a youth enrolled in a program relating to legal education, and who is currently, or has been, involved in the criminal justice system or who is at risk of such.
$ 5,000
April 25, 2016
Program Activities 2016-17
The Law Commission of Ontario will continue to follow its mandate to: recommend law reform measures to enhance the legal system’s relevance, effectiveness and accessibility; improve the administration of justice through the clarification and simplification of the law; consider the use of technology to enhance access to justice; and stimulate critical legal debate about the law.
$ 621,752
April 25, 2016
Refugee Sponsorship Support Program (SSP)
The Refugee Sponsorship Program (SSP), based at the University of Ottawa, brings together lawyers, law students, and refugee sponsorship experts to assist private refugee sponsors through the provision of pro bono legal services. During a period of intense national demand, the Law Foundation provided funding to support the SSP’s matching services (which matches lawyers with sponsorship groups), the recruitment and training of lawyers, and the coordination of legal clinics and public legal information sessions.
$ 84,500
February 25, 2016
Program Activities 2016-17
Pro Bono Students Canada will continue to provide practical learning experiences for law students and free legal information and services to Canadian organizations and individuals in need.
$ 541,396
February 25, 2016
Program Activities 2016-2017
OJEN will carry out programs that engage the judiciary, the bar and the courts throughout Ontario to strengthen 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 25, 2016
Program Activities 2016-17
METRAC will build the capacity of individuals, communities and organizations to effectively assist the most marginalized women and youth facing violence and in need of legal information. Program activities include providing legal education and information in clear language on a range of topics for service providers and producing and disseminating multilingual legal information resources sensitive to the diverse experiences and realities of women.
$ 293,575
February 25, 2016
Connecting Legal Services to Interpretation: Two Online Courses
The Barbra Schlifer Clinic will offer online courses for language interpreters and legal service providers, developed with a previous grant, for a further year. The online course for language interpreters aims to increase interpreters’ knowledge of legal terminology and legal process, and to familiarize them with legal documents and forms. It provides information on the Canadian legal system and on criminal, family and immigration law. The online course for legal service providers, which has been accredited by the Law Society, is intended to equip lawyers and paralegals in Ontario with best practices for working with spoken language interpreters, in-person and remotely.
$ 27,769
February 25, 2016
