Hip hop artists navigate world of Intellectual Property rights with new toolkit

Canadian hip hop artists have a new resource to help safeguard their rights and livelihoods: the Intellectual Property Toolkit for Artists
Adapting to meet women’s urgent legal needs

Like the justice system itself, the pandemic challenged the Criminalization of Women Pro-Bono Program to find new ways of operating.
Expanding to serve LGBTQ2S communities across Ontario

The pandemic allowed The 519 to reimagine what it means to provide access to justice and legal services to LGBTQ2S communities.
A wider role and audience for substantive law training

The pandemic helped CLEO to recognize it can play a useful role in substantive law training across Ontario.
Fueling legal help for rural and remote communities

The Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County is receiving $250K to further develop its successful “law van” pilot project.
Building capacity for community-based legal help

Capacity-building for an Inclusive Sector grantees will be better positioned to provide reliable and culturally appropriate legal support.
Indigenous diversion program breaking cycle of incarceration

The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres’ Indigenous Community Justice Program is a culturally-based program that takes a wholistic approach to justice and aims to divert Indigenous youth and adults who have come into conflict with the law away from the criminal justice system.
Bilingual legal centre a resource for Ontarians

The Ontario Legal Information Centre, a service run by the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO), offers free legal information in all areas of law, in French and English, to anyone living in the province, regardless of income.
Online course helps Ontarians learn mental health rights

Community Law School (Sarnia-Lambton), with Lambton Mental Wellness Centre, developed a workshop series and an online course on Mental Health Laws and Advocacy.
Legal Hotline helps Ontarians navigate the pandemic

With help from our Catalyst grant, Pro Bono Ontario’s Legal Hotline helps Ontarians navigate the pandemic.