Indigenous Peer Support Worker
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa will hire and train an Indigenous peer support worker who will provide peer support to Indigenous women who are incarcerated or at risk of incarceration and who are reintegrating into the community after incarceration. The peer support worker will act as peer advocate and resource and will provide court support to women navigating the criminal justice system.
$ 110,000
April 25, 2016
Child Protection Parent Education Project Phase 3 - Translation and Printing of Court Based Parent Information Booklet for First Nations Communities
The Child Protection Parent Education Program Committee will translate a child protection booklet into the Mi’kmaq language. The booklet accompanies the legal information DVD on child protection proceedings created with a previous Law Foundation of Ontario grant.
$ 3,500
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
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
Pro Bono Legal Support Program for Syrian Refugee Sponsors
This project will provide access to justice for those wishing to sponsor Syrian refugees. Lifeline Syria currently partners with the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program (SSP) to provide pro bono legal support to private sponsors. Lifeline Syria will hire a Project Coordinator for one year to leverage and enhance the pro bono efforts of lawyers and law students.
$ 89,400
December 22, 2015
