Grants Awarded April 2016 to March 2017
LEGAL RESEARCH AND LAW REFORM
Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre – $620,294
Legal research and education on civil liberties and human rights
Alberta Law Reform Institute – $840,000
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform
Canadian Bar Association, Alberta – $17,000
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 – $203,139
Legal research, education and publication activities
Canadian Research Institute For Law And The Family
Legal research, education and publication activities – $448,705
Communications Project – $6,000
Centre For Constitutional Studies – $338,114
Legal research, education and publication activities
Environmental Law Centre
Environmental Bill of Rights Project – engagement of Albertans regarding legal rights relating to environmental quality and an Environmental Bill of Rights. – $133,125
Environmental Law for High Schools Project – to increase environmental law literacy in high schools. – $95,600
Climate Change Project – to increase awareness and knowledge of climate change mitigation and adaptation laws and regulations. – $105,900
LAW LIBRARIES
Joint Library Committee
Maintenance of Alberta Law Libraries collections – $1,000,000
Project grant – $400,000
PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION
Alberta Legal Information Society – $445,000
Continuing development and maintenance of a provincial interactive website 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 – $172,474
Education in the schools about the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender
Alberta Workers’ Health Centre – $190,000
Work Plays Program – dramatic presentations to school audiences about Employment and Workplace Health and Safety law
Calgary Chinese Community Service Association – $56,320
Law & Advocacy project
Canadian Bar Association, Alberta – $35,700
Law Day 2017 – partial funding for public legal education events held across the province
Chinook Learning Services,Calgary – $39,000
Provision of public legal education workshops
Edmonton Public Schools, Metro Continuing Education – $32,282
Provision of public legal education workshops
Elk Island Public Schools, Sherwood Park – $17,957
Provision of public legal education workshops
Grande Prairie Council For Lifelong Learning – $15,806
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
Provincial CJE print materials – $14,350
Calgary District – $150,864
Edmonton District – $124,291
Lethbridge District – $90,659
Medicine Hat District – $50,743
Red Deer District – $57,946
Grande Prairie District – $128,204
Legal Resource Centre – $600,039
Print and web-based public legal education and information resources; legal referrals; workshops and training for intermediaries
Lethbridge College – $34,017
Provision of public legal education workshops
Medicine Hat College – $35,400
Provision of public legal education workshops
Portage College, Lac La Biche – $100,212
Provision of public legal education workshops
Red Deer Public Schools, Community Programs – $13,517
Provision of public legal education workshops
University Of Alberta, Faculty of Law
Undergraduate Awards – $20,000
Aboriginal Law Speaker Series – $9,495
University Of Calgary, Faculty Of Law, Voices In Law – $16,000
Speakers Series
Workers’ Resource Centre
Public Legal Education Program – $84,707
Case Work Program – $159,178
NATIVE PEOPLES LEGAL PROGRAMS
Native Counselling Services Of Alberta
BearPaw Media Productions – $100,000
BearPaw Legal Education and Resource Centre – $344,000
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 – $2,106,000
Medicine Hat Legal Help Centre project – $66,006
Central Alberta Legal Clinic Foundation – $434,100
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs
Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society – $136,262
Provision of legal information, assistance and referral in Red Deer and surrounding communities
Crowsnest Pass Women’s Resource And Crisis Centre – $17,250
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 – $1,426,466
Grande Prairie Legal Guidance (volunteer lawyer clinic services; information and referral; public legal education) – $65,427
Family Law Project (volunteer lawyer clinic services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education) – $478,741
Family Law Booklets Printing Project – $8,240
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 – $262,000
Satellite Court Expansion projects – $84,292
Elizabeth Fry Society, Edmonton
Edmonton Adult Court program – information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Provincial Court;
Edmonton Youth Court Program – information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Youth and Family Court;
Volunteer lawyer clinic at the Edmonton Institution for Women; Satellite Court #1 program in St Albert, Stony Plain and Morinville; and Satellite Court #2 program in Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park – $309,659
Satellite Court #3 project in Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Ponoka – $76,010
Satellite Court #4 project in Red Deer – $63,260
Lethbridge Legal Guidance – $364,720
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs
Pro Bono Law Alberta – $209,561
Partial funding of operations costs to assist delivery of pro bono legal services
Student Legal Assistance, University of Calgary – $383,989
Provision of legal information and assistance to the community by law students
Student Legal Services of Edmonton – $389,297
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 – $30,289
Funding for student coordination of volunteer programs
Women’s Centre of Calgary – $25,615
Legal Clinic Volunteer Coordinator
