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Using a cultural ceremony to share legal information and help people with HIV and AIDS
Funded through The Law Foundation of Ontario’s Connecting Communities initiative, People 2 People Aid Organization, a small nonprofit founded by concerned individuals from the Toronto Ethiopian community, recently completed a legal training project using the traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony to share legal information about HIV and AIDS.
A marriage to make Ontario’s PLEI services stronger
The creation of LawConnect delivers more efficient and holistic legal education and information to service providers and the public.
Bringing relief and “real life” legal help to families
Jin and Pro Bono Students Canada are on-hand to help individuals prepare their family law cases
Seeing the people behind the justice system
Through Level’s Dare to Dream program, Thomas gives young students an inside and inspiring view of the justice system
Advocating for the rights of young workers
Jenny and the Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre help workers understand and uphold their rights.
That’s Not Fair!: New book helps children understand their rights and freedoms
With imagination and humour, That’s Not Fair! taps into children’s natural sense of justice and makes it easy and fun to think and talk about the rights and freedoms of people in a democracy.
Program brings restorative justice to youth
Lanark County youth will benefit from restorative justice with a new three-year outreach initiative, courtesy of the Lanark County Community Justice Program (LCCJP) and funded in part by The Law Foundation of Ontario.
Free legal help to resettle Syrian refugees
The Law Foundation of Ontario has made a grant of nearly $90K to Lifeline Syria and the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program to support free legal help that will assist the arrival of Syrian refugees in the Toronto area.
Legal services for Indigenous peoples experiencing discrimination
The Provincial Aboriginal Human Rights Training Initiative will deliver training to Friendship Centre staff across the province to promote access to legal services for Indigenous people experiencing discrimination.