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
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
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
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
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
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
Critical Link 7 - Global Awakening: Leading Practices in Interpreting Conference (June 17-21, 2013)
Critical Link will hold a conference for interpreters, legal professionals and stakeholders in community interpreting to discuss recent international research on language access and language rights issues. Key themes include legal interpretation and Aboriginal interpretation.
$ 10,000
March 28, 2013
Connecting Communities Consortium: Trans Family Law Project
The LGBTQ Parenting Network (Toronto, ON) will develop legal education training materials addressing the needs of trans parents, and deliver this training to those who provide informal support to this community (trusted intermediaries) as well as those who provide formal support (legal support workers). This project is an outgrowth of the Connecting Communities Consortium.
$ 35,548
January 24, 2013
Connecting Articling Fellowships 2014-2015
Legal Aid Ontario (Timmins and Thunder Bay, ON) will hire an Articling Student to provide legal information and services to linguistic minorities and residents of rural and remote communities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 98,000
January 24, 2013
Connecting Articling Fellowships 2014-2015
The Waterloo Region Community Legal Service (Kitchener, ON) will hire an Articling Student to provide legal information and services to linguistic minorities and residents of rural and remote communities. This Articling position is funded through the Connecting Articling Fellowship program.
$ 49,000
January 24, 2013
