BLSA Canada 24th Annual National Conference
The BLSA Canada annual conference and initiatives are projects that promote professional development, legal education, mentorship, cultural awareness and access to justice.
$ 12,000
December 10, 2014
Annual Comprehensive 2015-16
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.
$ 254,000
December 10, 2014
Annual Comprehensive 2015-16
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.
$ 306,000
December 10, 2014
2015 Program Activities
AIDWYC will continue to coordinate and administer its pro bono program that provides review and assessment of claims of innocence, and legal assistance for adopted cases of wrongful murder convictions.
$ 230,000
December 10, 2014
Program Activities 2015
The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History will study and promote public interest in the history of the law, the legal profession and the judiciary in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada, and to stimulate research and publication on these subjects.
$ 184,912
December 10, 2014
Youth & Law TV Broadcast Project
The project will engage 25 youth (ages 14-24) in the research, production, and broadcasting of a television series (5 shows) around public legal education topics, legal resources, and case studies that are relevant to and reflective of the lives of young people today.
$ 14,500
December 10, 2014
2015 Program Activities
Pro Bono Law Ontario will continue to carry out its mandate to promote access to justice in Ontario by promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.
$ 800.000
December 10, 2014
2015 PLN Future Planning Educational Workshops
PLN will hold legal workshops for families who have a person with a disability. These workshops educate these families on how to plan for the future using wills, estate planning etc.
$ 9,965
December 10, 2014
Connecting Communities: Poverty Law through a Mental Health LENS
The Huron Women’s Shelter (Goderich, ON) will trains front-line staff working in the violence against women sector and in other grassroots agencies in rural Huron County on the intersection between poverty and mental health law. This project is an outgrowth of Connecting Communities.
$ 45,150
November 17, 2014
Connecting Communities: Tenant Schools - Focus on Rural Communities
Building on the success of a previous Connecting Communities project grant, the Federation of Metro Tenants Associations (Toronto, ON) will hold a series of trainings aimed at providing front-line workers with in-depth education on tenants’ rights in six rural communities across Ontario. This project is an outgrowth of Connecting Communities.
$ 105,610
November 17, 2014
