Archives: Grants (page 96)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario's draft provincial strategic plan, developed after broad consultation during Phase 2 of the project, will be vetted with legal clinics and selected groups in Phase 3 to generate buy-in, make refinements, and design implementation strategies before the plan is finalized. The two consultants involved in the previous phases will facilitate the Phase 3 process and assist the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.

The Canadian Centre for International Justice will  provide legal education that will target legal professionals, law students, front-line workers and stakeholders to increase the number of Ontario-based legal professionals working on a pro bono basis for survivors of torture, improve the quality of legal services provided, and increase the capacity of front-line workers to connect their clients with these services.

Pro Bono Law Ontario will continue to carry out its mandate to promote access to justice in Ontario by promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.

The Black Law Students Association of Canada will hold a conference in support of their efforts to work towards the removal of systemic and other barriers facing black people in relation to law school and the legal profession, and to provide access to legal education, promote academic excellence and professional development among its membership.