Safety and Legal Information for Victims of Abuse
The Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s, NFLD) will produce and distribute safety and legal information for victims of abuse
$ 25,000
December 5, 2012
Child Protection Parent Education Project
The Child Protection Parent Education Committee (Halifax, NS) will produce and distribute a plain language, accessible DVDs to parents involved in the Child Protection system in rural Nova Scotia.
$ 50,285
December 5, 2012
Mi'kmaq Legal Service Project
The Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law, (Dalhousie, NS) will continue their core work of reducing structural and systemic discrimination by increasing the representation of Indigenous Black and Mi’kmaq lawyers. It will also provide legal information sessions on domestic violence, human rights, wills and estates and the use of Gladue reports to Mi’kmaq communities.
$ 160,000
December 5, 2012
Victims of Family Violence Information Sessions
The Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s, NFLD) will deliver legal information sessions to service providers in rural Newfoundland that work with victims of domestic violence. The service providers will include social workers, nurses, transition house staff, police, violence prevention staff and government workers.
$ 25,000
December 5, 2012
Program Activities 2012-13
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. Program 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
October 24, 2012
Tamil-English Legal Glossary
The Ryerson Law Research Centre (Toronto, ON) will develop a Tamil-English legal glossary containing standardized legal words and phrases. The glossary will be available to the public online.
$ 14,842
October 24, 2012
Support of Native Law Centre's Mandate
The Native Law Centre 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
October 24, 2012
Ontario Court of Appeal Inmate Duty Counsel Program
The Ontario Court of Appeal Inmate Duty Counsel Program will conduct a pro bono program where senior counsel from the appellate bar volunteer their time to provide duty counsel in Kingston and Toronto to unrepresented inmates in their appeals. The project seeks to formalize the administration of this 14 year old program.
$ 70,000
October 24, 2012
Ontario College Libraries: Proposal to acquire Quicklaw for thirteen college libraries which have accredited paralegal programs
Thirteen 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.
$ 71,805
October 24, 2012
Ontario Future Planning Online Resource Centre
PLAN Toronto will design, develop and distribute future planning resources, information and tools to families caring for a relative with a disability or mental illness.
$ 80,000
October 24, 2012
