Outlined below is a list of grants adjudicated at the November 30, 2019 Board of Governors’ meeting.
Funding totalling $5,855,000 was approved for the following 19 continuing programs:
$3,250,000
LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY
Legal Information and Legal Assistance Programs
$435,000
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
UVic Law — Law Centre Clinical Program
$380,000
BC CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION
Major Programs
$270,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
$250,000
BC FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ASSOCIATION
Law Reform and Public Legal Education Program
$240,000
LAW SOCIETY OF BC
The Professional Legal Training Course (PLTC)
$225,000
FIRST UNITED CHURCH COMMUNITY MINISTRY SOCIETY
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$100,000
HAIDA GWAII LEGAL PROJECT SOCIETY
Legal Education/Advocacy Program
$95,000
POWELL RIVER COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Poverty Law Advocacy Program
$95,000
SOCIETY FOR EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ADVOCACY: CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND
Legal Advocacy Program
$90,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Public Interest Work Placements
$90,000
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
UVic Law Public Interest Work Placement Program
$80,000
LAW SOCIETY OF BC
CanLII Virtual Law Library
$70,000
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, BC & YUKON DIVISION
Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program (VLAP)
$65,000
PRINCE RUPERT UNEMPLOYED CENTRE SOCIETY
Advocacy Program
$40,000
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA — UBC
Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) Law Student Volunteer Program
$35,000
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA — UVIC
Pro Bono Students Canada
$25,000
DEBATE AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION OF BC
Law Foundation Cup
$20,000
CANADIAN FOUNDATION FOR LEGAL RESEARCH
Grants for Legal Research and Writing
Funding totalling $687,000 was approved for the following 12 on-track programs:
$250,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
TRU Legal Clinic and TRU Legal Clinic Society
$65,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Public Interest Awards
$55,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
UBC Innocence Project at the Allard School of Law
$55,000
UPPER SKEENA COUNSELLING & LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY
Indigenous Court: Navigator and Court Coordinator Program
$50,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Public Interest Work Placement
$45,000
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
UVic Law — Law Foundation Public Interest Awards
$40,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Public Interest Awards Funding
$35,000
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA — TRU
Pro Bono Students Canada — Thompson Rivers University Chapter
$32,000
NICOLA VALLEY COMMUNITY JUSTICE SERVICES SOCIETY
Nicola Valley Indigenous Court Coordinator Program
$25,000
PRINCE GEORGE URBAN ABORIGINAL JUSTICE SOCIETY
Indigenous Court Coordinator Project — Prince George
$25,000
TK’EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC
Indigenous Court Coordinator Project
$10,000
VANCOUVER SUMMER MENTORSHIP SOCIETY
Summer Mentorship Program
Funding of $1,000,000 was approved for the following major projects initiative grant:
COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY
Integrating Human Rights in the Mental Health Act
Funding totalling $157,000 was approved for the following eight legal research grants:
$20,000
ATIRA WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY
Stop the Poor Door Movement
$20,000
RISE WOMEN’S LEGAL CENTRE
Working Against Cultural Biases in Family Court
$20,000
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY
Indigenous Overrepresentation in BC’s Youth Correctional System
$20,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Justice, Impact, and Outcomes: A New Measurement for Student Clinical Programs in British Columbia
$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Indigenous Community Legal Clinic Assessment of Impact of Meaningful Access to Justice
$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Family Under Conditions of Mobility: Comparing Immigration Law and Family Law
$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL POLICY
Connecting Youth Experiences To Action
$17,000
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Trans Competent Lawyering and Judging