Archives: Grants (page 75)

Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) will  place students in paid positions with legal aid clinics and public interest organizations that enable students to learn about public interest law and access to justice, observe the legal aid system, and interact directly with community members.

LAWS is an innovative partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Toronto District School Board that delivers a law and justice-themed academic and extra-curricular high school program designed to not only teach marginalized students about law and justice, but to support them to graduate from high school, access post-secondary education and consider a justice sector or legal profession career.

The comprehensive grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

Community Legal Education Ontario (Toronto, ON) will continue to house the Connecting Communities Secretariat to coordinate and support the activities of a group of legal and non-legal organizations working to improve access to justice for linguistic minorities and rural and remote communities.

The Centre Haïtien des Carrières et des Emplois will organize, develop and deliver a legal information training program in French to 100 youth from French-speaking, ethno cultural communities.  The training will cover general information about the justice system and criminal law, including youth rights in interactions with police, breach of recognizance, the legal aid system and support for youth in detention centres.

The comprehensive grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

CHALN will improve the support services available to women in Ontario by 1) convening front-line workers from HIV and violence against women sectors to learn about the intersections among their areas of work, and 2) creating information sheets for service providers and "Know Your Rights" materials for women living with HIV on gender based violence, HIV and available services.

The comprehensive grant will support activities that respond to access to justice needs in the local community and provide student enrichment opportunities through experiential learning and other means.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust will conduct in-class seminars, workshops and lectures to students in elementary and high schools, and to pre-service teachers in faculties of education across Ontario via two programs: Teaching Civil Liberties and Civil Liberties in the Schools. The focus is on engaging students in critical thinking and respectful debate about rights and freedoms.

The BLSA Canada annual conference and initiatives are projects that promote professional development, legal education, mentorship, cultural awareness and access to justice.