Grants 2019-2020

Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre – $733,220
Provides legal research, publications and education on civil liberties and human rights.

Alberta Law Reform Institute – $835,000
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform.

Canadian Bar Association – Alberta – $15,000
Legislative Review Officer assists the Legislative Review Committee to review all bills prior to first reading and summarize bills passing through the Legislature.

Canadian Institute of Resources Law – $207,840
Legal research, education and publication activities

Centre for Constitutional Studies – $404,008
Legal research, education and publication activities.

Environmental Law Centre
Regulatory Approaches to Conservation Funding – $95,200
Water Law – $118,500
The Law and the Sun – $85,620

Alberta Law Libraries – $1,321,432
Maintenance of the Alberta Law Libraries collections.

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) – $33,000
A project to update citations to Alberta court decisions on CanLII.org

Alberta Seventh Step Society – $223,848
Education in the schools about the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender.

Alberta Workers’ Health Centre – $225,000
Work Plays Program – Dramatic presentations to school audiences about Employment and Workplace Safety law.

Calgary Chinese Community Service Association – $82,608
Law and Advocacy Program – Provides legal information and referrals, legal clinics, follow-up legal services, Commissioner for Oaths, assistance with wills and estates, document drafting, Enduring Powers of Attorney, legal resources and publications.

Calgary Youth Justice Society
Calgary Police Service Youth Justice Awareness Project – $126,552
Provides education to Calgary Police Service members to increase knowledge, understanding and utilization of Section 18 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Youth Justice Committee Coordination Project Grant – $91,300
Provides legal education to community volunteers involved with their local Youth Justice Committee, to parents of youth involved in the criminal justice system, and to the general public and community partners to increase understanding of the youth justice system and what is required to be involved in and support youth criminal justice processes.

Canadian Bar Association, Alberta – $35,700
Law Day 2020 – partial funding for public legal education events across the province.

Kinbrace Community Society – $26,691
Update, print and distribute Refugee Hearing Preparation: A Guide for Refugee Claimants.

Legal Resource Centre – $636,000
Print and web-based public legal education and information resources; legal referrals and presentations to the public.

Mount Royal University Foundation – $8,600
Project to support the Isstoiyitahsinni/Traditional Cultural Expressions & Indigenous Legal Orders Legal Panel on protecting visual sovereignty, design, story and language in decolonizing cultures. Part of Otahpiaaki 2019: Indigenous Beauty, Fashion & Design Week.

Portage College, Lac La Biche – $76,950
Provision of public legal education workshops in north-east Alberta.

Workers’ Resource Centre
Public Legal Education Program – $92,944
Provides plain-language educational workshops for marginalized Alberta workers on employment-related rights, obligations and benefits.
Case Work Program – $179,944
Provides information, assistance and representation to help vulnerable workers in Alberta access their legislated benefits and entitlements.

Native Counselling Services of Alberta
BearPaw Legal Education and Media Program – $574,776
Develops and delivers Indigenous-focused legal education and information.
Calgary Urban Indigenous Peacemaker Program – $163,332
Offers supported resolution alternatives through culturally appropriate peacemaker circles in the Indigenous restorative justice tradition.
Lethbridge Urban Indigenous Peacemaker Program – $162,792
Offers supported resolution alternatives through culturally appropriate peacemaker circles in the Indigenous restorative justice tradition.

O’Chiese First Nation – $180,600
Project grant to develop and deliver legal education and information on the O’Chiese Nation.

University of Alberta, Faculty of Law, Indigenous Law Students Association – $12,100
Organization and presentation of the annual 5-day Speakers Series on Indigenous justice issues.

The Alex – $80,940
Provision of legal information and referrals to adult and youth clients by a justice navigator.

Ambrose University – $50,000
Resources to assist with the planning and execution of initiatives taken on by the Justice Constellation.

Calgary Legal Guidance – $2,990,000
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; Homeless Outreach Program, Domestic Violence Family Law Program; Sahwoo Mohkaak Tsi Ma Taas; Elder Law Program; Social Benefits Advocacy Program.

Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter Association – $166,552
Provision of legal information, assistance and referral to vulnerable women.

Central Alberta Legal Clinic Foundation
Volunteer lawyer clinic services – $729,804
Volunteer legal advice clinic, outreach and local follow-up advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs, coordination of Medicine Hat Legal Help Clinic.
Immigration Law Project – $99,912
Provides follow-up services to those needing legal advice relating to immigration issues throughout Central Alberta, Medicine Hat, Lloydminster and Fort McMurray.

Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society
Legal Information and Referral Program – $153,628
Provision of legal information, assistance and referral in Red Deer and surrounding communities.
Paralegal Support Services Project – $139,488
Provides assistance and legal information to vulnerable individuals regarding legal processes and concerns. Services address issues such as completing court and government forms and procedures, EPOs and family law applications, and assisting individuals dealing with issues such as criminal-related offences, landlord/tenant issues, or outstanding fines or warrants.

Cochrane and Area Victim Services Society – $100,500
Court Advocacy Project – Court support, providing information, referrals and advocacy to victims and witnesses going through the criminal justice system.

Crowsnest Pass Women’s Resource and Crisis Centre – $30,360
Provides free legal information, support and referral services to residents of southwestern rural Alberta.

Edmonton Community Legal Centre
Volunteer lawyer clinic services – $2,198,792
Volunteer legal advice clinic, follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs.
Grande Prairie Legal Guidance – $73,624
Volunteer legal advice clinic; information and referral; public legal education.

Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary
Calgary Adult and Youth Court Program – $148,068
Provides information on court procedures, processes, options and referrals for individuals attending first and subsequent appearances in criminal or traffic court in Calgary.
Regional Court Project – $93,140
Provides information, referral and support to persons attending courts in South Regional Courts (Airdrie, Okotoks) and North Regional Courts (Cochrane, Canmore, and Didsbury) in the Adult Criminal and Case Management Office and Youth Courts, (as well as Traffic Court in South Region).
Domestic Violence Court Project – $38,284
Provides information on court procedures, processes, options and referrals for individuals attending first and subsequent appearances at the Calgary Domestic Violence Court.
Lethbridge Court Pilot Project – $73,000
Provides information on court procedures, processes, options and referrals for individuals attending first and subsequent appearances in court in Lethbridge.
Regional Court East, Strathmore, Siksika Pilot Project – $37,004
Provides information on court procedures, processes, options and referrals for individuals attending first and subsequent appearances at court in Strathmore and Siksika First Nation.

Elizabeth Fry Society of Edmonton
Edmonton Adult Court Program – $482,688
Information, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Provincial Court;
Edmonton Youth Court Program – information, referral and support to persons in Edmonton Youth and Family Court;
Volunteer lawyer clinic at the Edmonton Institution for Women;
Satellite Court Work #1 in St Albert, Stony Plain and Morinville; and
Satellite Court Work #2 in Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park
Satellite Court Work #3 in Wetaskiwin, Camrose and Ponoka
Satellite Court Work #4 in Red Deer
Satellite Court Work #5 in Fort McMurray – $82,368
Satellite Court Assistance Program (SCAP) – $105,333
Legal advice, information and mentorship for young women involved in the court system.

Lethbridge Legal Guidance – $439,076
Volunteer lawyer clinical services; follow-up legal advice and representation; public legal education, information and referral; related administration costs.

Pro Bono Law Alberta
Pro bono legal services delivery – $221,692
Document Assembly Support Service (DASS) Needs Assessment Project – $34,500
Project to conduct a needs assessment on the need for a Document Assembly Support Service (“DASS”) that would serve to assist self-represented litigants (SRLs) complete civil legal/court documents.
Document Assembly Support Service (DASS) – Needs Assessment Project Extension – $8,940
Ethics review process for the DASS needs assessment.
2020 National Pro Bono Conference – $25,140

Student Legal Assistance, University of Calgary – $440,976
Provision of legal information and assistance to the community by law students.

Student Legal Services of Edmonton – $482, 135
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 – $31,125
Coordinates law student volunteers who deliver pro bono legal services under the supervision of volunteer lawyers to communities, organizations and individuals in need.

Women’s Centre of Calgary – $47,484
Legal advice clinics provide free, half-hour advice sessions to women on matters such as family issues, civil cases, immigration and other types of matters, not including criminal law.

Youth Restorative Action Project – $48,360
Youth Justice Committee Project – Support for programming to administer the restorative justice processes of the youth justice committee, including Extrajudicial Sanctions panels and Section 19 conferences, in Edmonton and surrounding rural areas.

Last updated May 28, 2020