Archives: Grants (page 91)

The Windigo First Nations Council will develop an innovative means of enforcing community bylaws to reduce the use of intoxicants.  A regional support network will coordinate the implementation within a framework that encourages the treatment of afflictions and a restorative justice approach to underlying harms.

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will develop and disseminate public legal education resources as well as deliver workshops and similar educational events for community members and agencies, as well as for legal professionals, addressing the key HIV-related legal issues of privacy and discrimination, and criminal law and HIV non-disclosure.

The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section will hold the inaugural annual conference for Canadian Association of Environmental Law Societies (CAELS) to bring together environmental law students, academics, and practitioners to learn and network.

A group of justice sector non-profits will develop a joint fundraising initiative, and  a "Shared Back Office Services" initiative.

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law will provide a scholarship to a law student in financial need.

The Roma Community Centre will increase its capacity to provide culturally attuned legal information and pro bono legal aid services to assist Roma people to navigate the refugee determination process.

The Ontario Justice Education Network will deliver Law Day activities that mark the anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and are designed to develop awareness of the legal profession, the judicial system, and the rule of law in Canada.  Activities include elementary and high school mock trial tournaments, court tours, law seminars, poster competitions and the Great Debate.

The Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support will revise all training materials, forms and systems used to assist unrepresented refugee claimants throughout the refugee determination process, and to reeducate staff and volunteers, in response to changes to Canada's immigration system under Bill C-31.

Spinlaw will  provide travel bursaries to enable law students from Ontario law schools to attend the annual conference organized by students from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, which aims to raise awareness and generate discussion about public interest issues.

Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario will organize and lead Law Day activities aimed at Francophone Ontario high school students in five different regions of the province.