Archives: Grants (page 9)

The Seizure and Brain Injury Centre will make legal services accessible to people living with brain injuries in northern Ontario. It will create accesible toolkits tailored for people with brain injuries, and will develop a list of legal professionals trained in working with clients with brain injuries. By expanding its laptop library, more clients in remote communities will be able to access virtual court. The object of this project is to enhance access to justice for northern Ontarians living with brain injuries.

Victim Services Toronto will work with Toronto Police 51 Division to provide victims with trauma support, legal information, case management, court accompaniment, and will provide a direct link to the Crown Attorney stationed at 51 Division. This project aims to advance access to justice by connecting police, the criminal justice system, community support agencies, and victims of crimes.

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) will use Artificial Intelligence to generate 76,140 summaries of Ontario case law and legislation. These summaries will be translated into both official languages and publicly available for free online access by legal professionals and the general public. The objective of the project is to make complex legal documents more accessible and searchable.

Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND) will develop culturally appropriate legal resources and deliver in community trainings on environmental and Indigenous rights in northern Ontario. LAND will establish an Advisory Circle of Indigenous Knowledge Holders. The project will strengthen Indigenous community members' knowledge of their rights, and their ability to participate in project decision-making and consultations with governments and industry.

Gillian's Place, located in St. Catharines, will hire a Family Court Support Worker to support its Legal Program that provides free legal advice, information, and referrals to help women who have experienced intimate partner violence through the family and criminal court systems.

The Chiefs of Ontario (COO) will develop legal education resources on the duty to consult First Nations. COO will carry out legal and policy research, and conduct outreach and engagement with the 133 First Nations in Ontario. This initiative will benefit First Nations in Ontario, and the Governments of Ontario and Canada, by providing guidance on standards for accomodation and consultation practices.

Ottawa & District Injured Workers' Group willl grow its University Clinic Project in partnership with the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. The clinic supports workers across the province whose claims for WSIB have been rejected by providng legal expertise in identifying potention objections a client may have to a WSIB decision. The project's goal is to enhance access to justice for people injured at work in Ontario.

The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), will create a multi-media learning experience to make the law more accessible through increasing public awareness of the law and the justice system. This three-year project will include the creation of an interactive 3D virtual reconstruction of the SCC as well as a self-paced Massive Open Online Course interactive audio visual website to enhance understanding and educate Canadians about the importance of the SCC and the rule of law.

The Algoma Community Legal Clinic will host articling students to support its work to provide representation to low-income people living in Sault Ste. Marie and district. The articling students will represent clients at the Landlord and Tenant Board, work on matters involving the Ontario Disability Support Program and on other benefit issues, as well as provide representation and community outreach in the area of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Amnesty International Canada will host articling students to support its research and action with respect to a variety of pressing international and national human rights concerns. Its work is both focused on individual situations such as taking up the case of an individual who is detained as a prisoner of conscience as well as on reform initiatives, seeking to create the legal, political, and social conditions that prevent human rights violations from occurring in the first place.