Roy & Ria McMurtry Endowment 2014-15
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
March 18, 2015
Program Activities 2015-2016
The Ontario Justice Education Network 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 10, 2015
Connecting Communities: Human Trafficking-Increasing our Community’s Capacity to Respond through Legal Education
The Coalition Assisting Trafficked Individuals (CATI) proposes to develop and implement an innovative legal training project that will offer training to front line community agency staff as well as non-traditional service providers. The information will be offered to a wide range of intermediaries, both those traditionally considered service providers (i.e. shelter workers, health workers) as well as non-traditional intermediaries (i.e. individuals who work in hair and nail salons, hotels and restaurants). The project will increase participants’ awareness of the social and legal issues facing people who are being trafficked and will, most importantly, provide information and resources to them.
$ 43,140
February 10, 2015
Connecting Communities: The Spirit of the Law: Educating the Faith Sector on Poverty Law
This project will provide members of Ontario’s faith sector with relevant knowledge about key poverty law areas and how these relate to situations where an individual has mental health issues. The project will enhance the capabilities and capacities of the faith sector to identify legal issues and be able to provide pre-crisis and referral supports to individuals living in poverty and with mental health-related issues.
$ 50,000
February 10, 2015
Connecting Articling Fellowship 2016-2017
The Community Advocacy and Legal Clinic (Belleville, ON) will hire an Articling Student to provide legal information and services to residents of rural and remote communities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 54,625
February 10, 2015
Connecting Articling Fellowship 2016-2017
The Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (Toronto, ON) will hire an Articling Student to provide legal information and services to linguistic minorities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 54,625
February 10, 2015
Connecting Articling Fellowship 2016-2017
The Legal Clinic will have an Articling student to provide legal information and services to residents of rural and remote communities. The Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 54,625
February 10, 2015
Connecting Articling Fellowship 2016-2017
The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (Toronto, ON) will hire an Articling Student to provide legal information and services to linguistic minorities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 54,625
February 10, 2015
Connecting Articling Fellowship 2016-2017
The Keewaytinok Native Legal Services (Moosonee, ON) will hire an Articling Student for 2016-2017 to provide legal information and services to linguistic minorities and residents of rural and remote communities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 54,625
February 10, 2015
Evolving Legal Services Research Project - Phase Two
In this three-year research study CLEO, working in partnership with the Institute for Social Research at York University, will examine the effectiveness of Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) in helping people with low and modest incomes address their legal problems. The research, conducted at sites in Ontario and British Columbia, will collect and examine qualitative and quantitative data on the factors or characteristics that contribute to PLEI’s effectiveness in supporting positive outcomes in a range of circumstances along the legal services continuum.
$ 263,050
February 10, 2015
