Law Foundation Grants Approved | April 2020

A list of grants adjudicated at the March 7, 2020 Board of Governors meeting.

April 2020

Outlined below is a list of grants adjudicated at the March 7, 2020 Board of Governors meeting.

Funding totalling $7,270,500 was approved for the following 42 continuing and on-track programs:

$960,000
Community Legal Assistance Society

Major Programs

$470,000
West Coast Environmental Law Association

Access to Justice Programs

$468,000
Access Pro Bono Society of BC

Major Programs

$400,000
BC Law Institute

Program Grant

$385,000
Justice Education Society of BC

Major Programs

$380,000
West Coast LEAF Association

Litigation and Law Reform Program

$370,000
People’s Law School Society

Major Programs

$280,000
Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre Society

Tenant Legal Advocacy Program

$250,000
Environmental Law Centre Society, University of Victoria

Environmental Law Centre Clinic Program

$220,000
Seniors First BC Society

Elder Law Clinic

$190,000
BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Regulatory Justice Program

$190,000
Pivot Legal Society

Homelessness and Police Accountability Programs

$150,000
Migrant Workers Centre BC Society

Migrant Workers Centre Legal Advocacy Program

$150,000
People’s Law School Society

Dial-A-Law: Enhancing A2J Through Innovative IT Applications

$142,500
Access Pro Bono Society of BC

APB Lawyer Referral Service

$105,000
Community Connections Society of Southeast BC

East Kootenay Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$100,000
PovNet Society

PovNet Program

$100,000
University of Victoria

Access to Justice Centre for Excellence

$100,000
West Coast Prison Justice Society

Human rights, Charter and health care initiative

$95,000
Atira Women’s Resource Society

Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
Battered Women’s Support Services

Legal Services and Advocacy Program

$95,000
Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society

Legal Support Program

$95,000
Immigrant Services Society of BC

ISS of BC Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
North Shore Community Resources Society

North Shore Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society

Legal Advocacy for the North Okanagan Program

$95,000
Quesnel Tillicum Society

Family Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Quesnel Tillicum Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Seniors First BC Society

Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
SHARE Family and Community Services

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Sources Community Resources Society

Legal Information & Advocacy Program

$95,000
Sources Community Resources Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Terrace and District Community Services Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Wachiay Friendship Centre Society

Wachiay Advocacy Outreach Program

$95,000
Watari Research Association

System Negotiator Program

$95,000
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$80,000
Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society

Legal Advocacy Program

$70,000
Mediate BC Society

Public Education Program

$60,000
Community Legal Assistance Society

David Mossop, QC, Public Interest Articling Fellowship

$55,000
University of Saskatchewan

Indigenous Law Centre

$40,000
Kinbrace Community Society

Accessing Refugee Protection

$30,000
University of British Columbia

LSLAP For — Credit Program

$10,000
University of British Columbia

Indigenous Legal Studies Academic Leadership Certificate

Funding totalling $177,000 was approved for the following grants:

$120,000
Society for Children and Youth of BC

Wayne Robertson, QC Fund for Access to Justice for Children and Youth — Articling Fellowship

$57,000
Spirit of the Children Society

Court Elder Program, Aboriginal Family Healing Court Conference, New Westminster, Burnaby and Coquitlam

Funding totalling $102,000 was approved for six Law Foundation Graduate Fellowships.

Funding totalling $103,300 was approved for seven other grants.