Self-Help Computer - Legal Information
St. Paul’s Anglican Church (Vancouver, BC) will provide a legal advocacy and information program for homeless and low income individuals with a dedicated computer and an advocacy office director.
$ 44,000
May 24, 2012
Jane Doe Legal Network
Pivot Legal Society (Vancouver, BC) will provide individual legal advice to survivors of domestic violence and a series of workshops on issues pertaining to domestic violence for providers and survivors.
$ 104,000
May 24, 2012
Connecting Communities Tenant's School
The Federation of Metro Tenants Associations(Toronto, ON) will hold a series of trainings aimed at providing settlement workers with an in-depth education on tenants’ rights. This project is an outgrowth of the Connecting Communities Consortium.
$ 100,200
May 24, 2012
You're Right! It's the Law!
Justice for Children and Youth (Thunder Bay, ON) will educate youth workers through providing workshops on the Youth Criminal Justice Act and youth records, education law (suspensions, expulsions) and human rights. Many of the youth workers who will be trained work with aboriginal youth. This project is an outgrowth of the Connecting Communities Consortium.
$ 45,152
May 24, 2012
Concentration en justice! (Yr 5)
Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario will deliver an academic law-focused program, taught solely in French, to students attending a French language high school in the Ottawa region. In addition to teaching students about law and justice, the program encourages the pursuit of post-secondary education in French, and bilingual employment in the justice sector.
$ 30,677
May 24, 2012
Connecting Region Initiative - Phase 2
The Connecting Region Ottawa (Ottawa, ON) is a consortium of over 35 legal and non-legal organizations that will implement a regional plan to provide legal information and referrals to linguistic minorities.
$ 807,104
May 24, 2012
The Meeting Place: Truth and Reconciliation Toronto 2012
The Toronto Truth and Reconciliation Event will subsidize the attendance of Aboriginal survivors at The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Toronto event.
$ 15,000
May 7, 2012
Online Directory of Free and Low-Cost Legal Services
Centre Pro Bono Québec (Montréal, QC) is developing an online directory of free and low-cost legal resources and services available in Québec.
$ 46,642
March 22, 2012
L'ABC du recours collectif: guide a l'intention des associations de consommateurs
Coalition des Associations de Consommateurs du Québec (Montréal, QC) will develop a comprehensive guide on class actions to educate its members organizations and help them identify potential class actions. The Guide will be made available online.
$ 23,976
March 22, 2012
Sabbaticals for Directors, Instructors, and Supervisors at Ontario's Teaching Legal Clinics. Recipient: Hilary Evans Cameron
This program will enable instructors at teaching legal clinics to take a sabbatical to reflect on their work, on pedagogy, and to contribute to the debates on access to justice through writing on the issues that arise for them in the course of their work. Ms. Evans Cameron of Downtown Legal Services proposes to review and analyze the E-Team pilot, a project of Downtown Legal Services wherein a team of law students worked at stopping deportations.
$ 40,000
March 22, 2012