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.