June 20, 2013

Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation

Youth4Housing4Youth Toronto

Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, in partnership with Pathways for Education  and the Regent Park Community Health Centre, will develop an arts-based education series on human rights in housing which they will deliver to youth in the Regent Park area of Toronto.

$ 15,000
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013

Injured Workers Consultants Inc.

100th Anniversary of Workers' Compensation (October 31 - November 2, 2013)

Injured Workers Consultants will provide travel subsidies  to injured workers to attend the conference on the 100th Anniversary of Workers' Compensation.

$ 15,000
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013

John Howard Society of Ontario

On The Record: A Legal Educational Workshop Series on the Retention and Disclosure of Non-Conviction Information on Police Record Checks in Ontario

The John Howard Society of Ontario will develop materials and deliver a series of workshops throughout Ontario for individuals, social service providers and legal professionals that examine the issues around the disclosure of non-conviction information on criminal record checks.

$ 15,000
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013

University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences

Improving Legal, Criminal Justice, Child Welfare, Health Care, and Educational Services for Families Affected by Youth Sexual Offending

The Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section will hold a  workshop series and conference entitled "Improving Legal, Criminal Justice, Child Welfare, Health Care, and Educational Services for Families Affected by Youth Sexual Offending".

$ 11,419
June 20, 2013
May 22, 2013

Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children

Program Activities 2013-14

METRAC will build the capacity of individuals, communities and organizations to effectively assist the most marginalized women and youth facing violence and in need of legal information. Activities include providing legal education and information in clear language on a range of topics for service providers, and producing and disseminating regionally targeted and multilingual legal information resources sensitive to the diverse experiences and realities of women.

$ 293,575
May 22, 2013
March 28, 2013

North York Women's Centre

Connecting Communities Consortium: Bathurst Finch Women's Safety Training

The North York Women's Centre will provide workshops to settlement and community workers to enhance their ability to provide legal services information to assist newcomer women who do not speak English or French and who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing domestic violence.

$ 23,602
March 28, 2013
March 28, 2013

The Law Society of Upper Canada

Legal Information for Everyone

LIFE is a collaboration between The Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Justice Education Network and Community Legal Education Ontario, that  will result in the development of standardized training videos and other resources for lawyers and paralegals who deliver public legal education presentations and projects.  The materials will address facilitation, plain-language legal information and expectations for speaking about legal topics with the public, particularly newcomers and youth.

$ 8,673
March 28, 2013
March 28, 2013

Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust

Translation and Closed Captioning of PLE Materials

CCLET will expand access to its public legal education resources by translating current English-only material into French and providing closed captioning for online videos.

$ 25,000
March 28, 2013
March 28, 2013

Hispanic Development Council

Connecting Communities Consortium: Loving our Children Without Fear: Understanding the Child and Family Services Act and its impact on the Hispanic Community

The Hispanic Development Council will educate Latino Hispanic social and community workers and community leaders on child welfare law and courts.

$ 49,018
March 28, 2013
March 28, 2013

Community Development Council Durham

Connecting Communities Consortium: Improving access to public legal information for immigrant communities in Ontario using innovative practices and communications technologies

The Community Development Council Durham will deliver workshops on the social assistance system for service providers who work with linguistic minorities.  The workshops will be delivered using advanced video conferencing technology to enable people in remote and rural areas to participate.  The project will evaluate the efficacy of using this technology for delivering public legal education.

$ 50,495
March 28, 2013