Summer Job Program - Public Interest Positions
Law In Action Within Schools will provide meaningful work experiences at law-related public interest organizations for students who may otherwise struggle to obtain summer employment.
$ 14,952
December 5, 2012
Animal Law Online Resource Library
Animal Justice Canada will compile, develop, summarize and organize animal law resources into an on-line resource library, facilitating public access to legal materials on the subject of animals.
$ 8,000
December 5, 2012
Commercial Litigation Funding Conference: Ethical, Regulatory and Comparative Perspectives
The Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor will hold a conference to examine the scope and impact of commercial litigation funding ("CLF") on our civil justice system. In particular, participants will discuss CLF from four perspectives: regulation, ethics, access to justice and effects on class action practice and management.
$ 15,000
December 5, 2012
Legal Information Service for Jewish Women Who Have Experienced Abuse
Act to End will improve access to justice and experiences with the justice system for women who have experienced abuse. The project will focus on the family court process by: using volunteer legal support workers to provide legal information and referral; running pro bono summary advice clinics; and offering legal education workshops to the community.
$ 10,000
December 5, 2012
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
Increasing Access to Justice for Immigrants, Refugees and Aboriginals with Limited or No Proficiency in English
The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (Toronto, ON) as lead organization for the Ontario Network of Language Interpreters will train interpreters to work effectively in the legal sector and training lawyers and paralegals to work effectively with interpreters.
$ 442,999
October 24, 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
