Grants Awarded April 2014 to March 2015

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LAW REFORM

Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre
Legal research and education on civil liberties and human rights – $703,721
Discrimination in Seniors settings DVD and Workshop development project – $87,500

Alberta Law Reform Institute$1,095,000
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform

Canadian Bar Association, Alberta$20,000
Legislative Review Officer – assists the Committee to review all bills prior to first reading and summarize bills passing through the Legislature

Canadian Institute of Resources Law$226,007
Legal research, education and publication activities

Canadian Research Institute for Law and The Family
Legal research, education and publication activities – $462,377
National Symposium project – $40,000

Centre for Constitutional Studies
Legal research, education and publication activities – $374,641
Strategic Planning Consultant – $1,500

Environmental Law Centre$397,748
Legal research, education, information and referral about environmental law

LAW LIBRARIES

Joint Library Committee$1,614,144
Maintenance of Alberta Law Libraries collections

PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION

Alberta Legal Information Society$992,500
Development of a provincial interactive web site to serve as a central access point to legal information in Alberta that will assist Albertans in addressing their legal issues, using guided pathways

Alberta Seventh Step Society$221,500
Education in the schools about the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender

Alberta Workers’ Health Centre$200,000
Work Plays Program – dramatic presentations to school audiences about Employment and Workplace Health and Safety law

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society$28,000
PLE workshops on immigration, family, employment and criminal law to clients of CCIS and to service providers

Calgary Chinese Community Service Association – $62,580
Law & Advocacy project

Calgary Workers’ Resource Centre
Employment rights, obligations and benefits education program – $78,311
Enhanced vulnerable workers support project – $154,342

Canadian Bar Association, Alberta$42,000
Law Day 2015 – partial funding for public legal education events held across the province

Chinook Learning Services, Calgary – $42,000
Provision of public legal education workshops

Edmonton Public Schools, Metro Continuing Education$39,419
Provision of public legal education workshops

Elk Island Public Schools, Sherwood Park – $17,932
Provision of public legal education workshops

Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning$26,150
Provision of public legal education workshops

John Howard Society of Alberta
Public legal education in Alberta schools and communities about the criminal justice system
Provincial Office
CJE program workshops – $27,260
Web-based criminal justice education project – $59,004
Provincial CJE print materials – $19,530
YCJA video production for school and community presentations – $97,978
Calgary District – $234,257
Edmonton District – $197,290
Lethbridge District – $168,487
Medicine Hat District – $85,209
Red Deer District – $96,430
Grande Prairie District – $200,060

Kinbrace Community Society$47,049
Refugee Hearing Preparation: A Guide for Refugee Claimants

Legal Resource Centre
Print and web-based public legal education and information resources; legal referrals and presentations to the public; and training for intermediaries – $612,000
Law Now project – $50,679
Intermediaries Legal Education and Training project – $86,010

Lethbridge College$66,560
Provision of public legal education workshops

Medicine Hat College$36,250
Provision of public legal education workshops

Mount Royal University Foundation$5,000
Scholarships for students pursuing Honours BA, Criminal Justice

Portage College, Lac La Biche – $102,020
Provision of public legal education workshops

Red Deer Public Schools, Community Programs$14,082
Provision of public legal education workshops

University of Alberta, Faculty of Law
Undergraduate Bursaries – $272,000
Undergraduate Awards – $20,000
Aboriginal Law Speaker Series – $7,371

University of Calgary, Faculty of Law,
Canadian Association of Environmental Law Societies (CAELS) Conference – $6,875

University of Calgary, Faculty of Law$160,000
Undergraduate Bursaries

University of Calgary, Faculty of Law, Voices In Law – $22,100
Speakers Series

NATIVE PEOPLES LEGAL PROGRAMS

Native Counselling Services of Alberta
BearPaw Media Productions – $382,009
BearPaw Legal Education and Resource Centre – $391,401

University of Saskatchewan, Native Law Centre$20,000
Partial funding of the legal research and education program

COMMUNITY AND STUDENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Calgary Legal Guidance
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; Homeless Outreach program; related administration costs – $2,234,455
Aboriginal Articling Student position – $26,509
Client Relationship Management System project – $15,939
Communications Director project – $193,500

Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter Association$145,901
Provision of legal information, assistance and referral

Camrose & District Victim Services Society$15,938
Court Support Assistant

Central Alberta Legal Clinic Foundation$419,725
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs

Central Alberta Victim & Witness Support Society$53,620
Court Support Liaison project

Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society$151,402
Provision of legal information, assistance and referral in Red Deer and surrounding communities

Children’s Legal & Educational Resource Centre$345,596
Legal support, services and legal education for children and youth

Crowsnest Pass Women’s Resource and Crisis Centre$18,000
Legal information, support and referral services

Edmonton Community Legal Centre
Volunteer lawyer clinic services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs – $1,364,866
Grande Prairie Legal Guidance (volunteer lawyer clinic services, information and referral) – $54,157
Family Law project (PLE; volunteer lawyer services, follow-up legal advice and representation, information and referral) – $84,589

Elizabeth Fry Society, Calgary
Calgary Adult and Youth Court program – information, guidance referral and support to persons in Provincial and Youth Court; Community Awareness Program for Immigrants – $276,480
Satellite Court Expansion projects – $82,854

Elizabeth Fry Society, Edmonton
Edmonton Adult Court program – Information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Provincial Court; – $75,682
Edmonton Youth Court Program – Information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Youth and Family Court; – $95,284
Volunteer lawyer clinic at the Edmonton Institution for Women; Satellite – $14,978
Court #1 program in St Albert, Stony Plain and Morinville; and Satellite – $68,228
Court #2 program in Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park – $73,558
Satellite Court #3 project in Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Ponoka – $81,791
Satellite Court #4 project in Red Deer – $54,822

Lethbridge Legal Guidance $380,929
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs

Pro Bono Law Alberta$247,537
Partial funding of operations costs to assist delivery of pro bono legal services

Student Legal Assistance, University Of Calgary
Provision of legal information and assistance to the community by law students – $387,981
Capital Equipment project – $31,516

Student Legal Services of Edmonton$402,050
Provision of legal information and assistance to the community by law students, including Pro Bono Students Canada at the University of Alberta

University of Calgary, Faculty of Law, Pro Bono Students Canada$28,255
Funding for student coordination of volunteer programs

Women’s Centre of Calgary$38,121
Legal Clinic Volunteer Coordinator

Grants 2020-2021

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