Vulnerable Investor Protective Action and Legal Safe Harbour
FAIR Canada will undertake a comparative study of legislative and regulatory approaches that allow financial services firms and investment advisors to take immediate, short-term protective action for the benefit of vulnerable customers who may have lost capacity to give instructions due to dementia or other causes or who may be being subjected to undue influence, including elder financial abuse. FAIR will use the study results to develop a model protocol for taking protective action and, if warranted by the research, a regulatory framework establishing a legal safe harbour or similar mechanism for Canada.
$ 100,000
June 29, 2016
Investing with Supported Decision Making: Protecting the Rights of Vulnerable Investors
In this two-year research and public legal education project, the Canadian Centre for Elder Law (CCEL) will undertake research to identify the legal issues and barriers affecting vulnerable investors who wish to invest, or continue managing their existing investments, under a Supported Decision Making approach, the aim of which is to maximize access to investment options while minimizing the loss of autonomy. The CCEL will also produce a suite of tools for people with capacity challenges, their supporters and investment industry members.
$ 100,000
June 29, 2016
Disseminating Practice-Based Evidence on the Implementation of an Addictions Treatment Court
Ryerson University will gather practice-based evidence of the implementation of an Addictions Treatment Court and disseminate evidence to individuals, the legal community and addiction treatment organizations in Ontario.
$ 15,000
June 29, 2016
Exploration: Determining Legal Education Needs of First Responders Dealing with Hazardous and Radioactive Substances
Northwatch will conduct a needs assessment and outreach to explore priorities and build relationships to support legal education for small municipalities, volunteer fire fighters and first responders regarding emergency responses relating to the transportation of dangerous goods, including and particularly radioactive waste.
$ 9,000
June 29, 2016
OWJN Revitalization
METRAC will upgrade its Ontario Women’s Justice Network (www.owjn.org) website for women and youth experiencing violence and their supporters.
$ 16,740
June 29, 2016
Legal-Ease in Parenting
COPA will create an online resource for parents, guardians, caregivers, community support workers and educators that will explore the legal framework of corporal punishment in Canada and will include alternate approaches to discipline.
$ 15,000
June 29, 2016
Making Room, Creating Place: Arts-based Human Rights Legal Education for Sex Workers
CERA will deliver a series of arts-based housing and human rights legal education workshops for street-based sex workers in Toronto.
$ 15,000
June 29, 2016
Access to Supervised Consumption Sites: A Community Consultation to Remove Barriers to an Essential Health Service for People Who Use Drugs
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will gather front line service providers and policymakers to provide information about and methods for meeting the application requirements to legally operate supervised consumption sites
$ 15,000
June 29, 2016
Justice Theatre: Restorative Justice
People’s Law School will organize and deliver 40 performances of its Justice Theatre program to schools and communities with significant Indigenous populations in British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan. The performances will focus on the role that restorative justice plays in Canada’s criminal justice system. The grant will also be used to develop teacher and student resources including a handbook of materials for teachers
$ 125,000
May 26, 2016
2016-05-26 A Social Enterprise Innovation Venture: Campus Cultures of Consent E-Courses
Seed funding for a social enterprise that will offer, for a fee, a series of online courses pertaining to sexual assault and consent to students and employees at Canadian colleges and universities.
$ 40,000
May 26, 2016
