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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.

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.

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.

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.

Community Legal Education Ontario will continue to develop the "yourlegalrights.ca" site that contains the three building block components (i. legal information, ii. information and referral, and iii. education and training) of a comprehensive legal information site for Ontarians. The site’s goal is to serve as the central hub for all public legal education and information related activity in Ontario, and establish best practices and tools for online PLEI work.

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.

SKETCH will develop and deliver training workshops to provide relevant legal education and practice in advocacy and problem solving for community professionals working with homeless and street involved youth ages 16-24. The workshops will include youth facilitators who will provide experiential learning opportunities for participants through role playing.

The Collaborative Justice Program will provide support, safety, accountability, reparation, and reintegration to the accused, victims and their close contacts affected by serious cases of adult crime.

Luke's Place will develop an inventory of violence against women family law support work currently being done in Ontario.