Archives: Grants (page 7)

Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic (GBCLC) will continue to educate seniors, members of the public, and trusted intermediaries who support seniors about elder law in Grey and Bruce Counties. GBCLC will partner with Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic and the Community Legal Clinic Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk to expand the reach of its elder law capacity building project.

Legal Information and Resource Network (LiRN) will support its digital services, including e-LiRN, remote services, content creation, and collaborative delivery partnerships.

TalentLift will help newcomers in Ontario from refugee backgrounds to reunite with their family members living abroad through activities focused on legal research, legal education, and immigration legal services, including mapping immigration pathways available to refugees and creating online educational materials.

The Federation of Black Canadians (FBC) will build on their completed needs assessment and published report, The Bridge Project, to address the gaps in legal information and training for Canadians of African descent, especially Black youth. They will create a digital toolkit housed in their existing Black Pulse website for Black youth to know their legal rights when interacting with the police and help them access trusted legal services. FBC will also develop and deliver legal education workshops for Black youth in their existing programs.

The Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter will work with the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic and the Parkdale Community Legal Services to design and deliver public legal education, workshops, and outreach sessions in English and Chinese. The project aims to support and empower precarious and marginalized Chinese workers and immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area by delivering accurate, translated legal information including employment rights, immigration pathways, and avenues for legal supports.

St. Leonard’s Society of Canada will launch inteGREAT (Generating Resources & Equitable Access Together), a system navigation initiative supporting people with indeterminate (life) sentences and Dangerous Offender designations in Ontario. The project will streamline access to legal information, services, and educational resources for individuals in federal correctional facilities and those supporting their reintegration. Co-designed with community, government, and justice partners, inteGREAT will combine peer-led supports, training, accessible legal resources, and a digital resource hub.

Artists’ Legal Advice Services will expand its legal clinic, public legal education, and legal resource programs for artists across Ontario. Volunteer arts, entertainment, and intellectual property lawyers, along with law students from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall law schools, provide summary legal advice to artists, writers, performers, and other creators. This initiative will benefit artists who may not otherwise access legal help and will evaluate how adding paid staff strengthens service delivery within a long-standing volunteer model.

Solidarity Place Worker Education Centre will expand its Know Your Rights program to provide free public legal education on Ontario employment laws for vulnerable workers, including newcomers, youth, low-income individuals, precariously employed workers, and racialized communities. Through workshops delivered in partnership with community organizations, as well as multimedia educational resources, the organization will equip participants with the knowledge and tools to understand and advocate for their workplace rights. The project will also increase the number of available trainings and expand the program's reach across Hamilton and southwestern Ontario.

Mind Forward will conduct a needs assessment in collaboration with clients, caregivers, and staff to identify the gaps in legal services for people with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI). Mind Forward will meet with current service providers for low-income and disabled people to learn about the existing systems and develop referrals and partnerships. The needs assessment will result in a final report, identifying future areas of needs for people with ABIs and their caregivers that can be addressed by Mind Forward and other service providers to improve access to justice for disabled people.