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
Connecting Ottawa
Connecting Ottawa (Ottawa, ON) will continue to coordinate a consortium of over 40 legal and non-legal organizations to implement a regional plan to provide legal information and referrals to linguistic minorities.
$ 256,560
November 17, 2014
Technology Research Project
Luke's Place will research online conferencing services to be used to provide virtual family law services to survivors of violence against women.
$ 5,000
October 27, 2014
Refugee Hearing Preparation: A Guide for Refugee Claimants in Ontario
Kinbrace will adapt to Ontario, translate into three languages and disseminate its educational tool designed to help refugee claimants further understand the refugee determination system and increase their capacity to prepare for their refugee hearings.
$ 50,000
October 27, 2014
Ontario College Libraries: Quicklaw for fourteen college libraries which have accredited paralegal programs
Fourteen community colleges in Ontario will purchase a consortial subscription to Quicklaw, Canada's major legal information system. The subscription will allow the students and faculty of Ontario’s college paralegal programs full access to this standard electronic legal resource for both teaching and research purposes.
$ 100,000
October 27, 2014
