Roy & Ria McMurtry Endowment 2013-14
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
October 23, 2013
Family Sponsorship and Refugee Law - Community Awareness Project 2013
The Council of Agencies Serving South Asians, in partnership with the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, will train front-line workers, faith leaders and community representatives in the Greater Toronto South Asian Community on the recent changes to the family sponsorship and refugee law.
$ 48,000
October 23, 2013
Connecting Communities Consortium: Secretariat
As Secretariat for the Connecting Communities Consortium, Community Legal Education Ontario will support and facilitate projects recommended by the Consortium, the Training Committee, and the Public Legal Education Learning Exchange.
$ 114,000
October 23, 2013
Connecting Articling Fellowships 2013-2014
The Keewaytinok Native Legal Services (Moosonee, ON) will hire an Articling Student 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.
$ 14,106
October 23, 2013
Child Protection Parent Education Project Phase 2 - Mi'kmaq Soundtrack
The Child Protection Parent Education Committee will dub the soundtrack of a plain language DVD in Mi'kmaq. The DVD provides legal information to parents involved in child protection proceedings in Nova Scotia.
$ 5,500
October 23, 2013
Justice Montreal
The Mile End Legal Clinic, which provides pro bono legal services to low income people in Montreal, will document its administrative policies, compile model legal opinions, update its case management system and website, and increase staff time to run the clinic.
$ 45,640
October 23, 2013
Street Youth Legal Services
Street Youth Legal Services (SYLS), the only program of its kind, will reach out to street-involved and homeless young people by going to where they are - at drop-ins, shelters, youth serving organizations and health clinics - making legal information and education readily accessible. SYLS helps youth to be informed about the legal issues they face, empowering them to make informed decisions and have greater access to justice than they would otherwise have.
$ 100,000
September 18, 2013
Building Provincial Capacity and Awareness on Precarious Employment
Workers' Action Centre will build provincial capacity addressing precarious employment through providing community front line worker training, facilitating forums across Ontario on precarious employment, and developing educational resources to support awareness on issues facing workers.
$ 96,498
September 18, 2013
Electronic Legal Resource Initiative
LibraryCo will acquire electronic resources for its Toolkit of Legal Resources, a bundled package of electronic resources available to lawyers and library staff through the county and district law libraries in Ontario. This service will be of particular value to lawyers working in rural and remote locations.
$ 542,000
September 18, 2013
Support for Native Law Centre's Mandate
The Native Law Centre (NLC) will carry out research and educational activities on issues in Aboriginal and constitutional law. The NLC also maintains an online database of legal pleadings in cases of interest to practitioners of Aboriginal law, and publishes resources on developments in Aboriginal law with a focus on Aboriginal concepts of justice.
$ 20,000
September 18, 2013
