The Law Foundation of British Columbia

Grants Approved
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of BC met on June 15, 2002.

Funding totalling $739,765 was approved for the following 11 continuing grantees:

• Abbotsford Community Services Society and Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $90,000
• BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors, Legal Advocacy Program - $90,000
• Contact Women’s Group Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $40,000
• Cranbrook Women’s Resource Society, Poverty Law Advocate Program - $81,102
• Justice for Girls Outreach Society, Street Level Outreach Legal Advocacy Program for Girls - $66,103
• Kettle Friendship Society, Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program - $70,000
• Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, Legal Advocacy Services for Aboriginal People Living Off-reserve - $75,000
• Kootenay Region Metis Association, Aboriginal Family Law Program - $73,600
• Legal Services Society, PovNet – Core Funding - $55,000
• Port Alberni Friendship Center, Legal Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Issues - $58,960
• South Surrey/White Rock Women’s Place, Legal Advocacy Program - $40,000

Funding totalling $473,923 was approved for the following 20 new projects:

• Advocacy Outreach Society, Welfare, Child Protection Information Project - $9,000
• Association des juristes d’expression francaise de la BC, Legal Texts Project - $1,000
• BC Civil Liberties Association, “Arrest” Handbook - $56,000
• BC Human Rights Coalition, Web site Project - $9,829
• BC Iranian Seniors’ Society, Adult Guardianship Legislation Legal Education Project - $13,000
• BC Law Institute, Financial Arrangements Between Older Adults and Family Members - $60,000
• Coast Foundation Society, “Establishing Trust Funds for Low Income Clients”: A Guide for Non-Profit Agencies - $15,000
• CRJ-Society for Racial Justice in BC, Immigration Law Education Project - $20,000
• Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society, Legal Education Project for Immigrant and Refugee Seniors - $30,253
• Legal Services Society, Reprinting “When I’m 64" and “Your Welfare Rights” Booklets - $40,000
• Multiple Sclerosis Society, BC Division, Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program - $13,300
• Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society, Women and Family Court Project - $34,825
• Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society, Sex Trade Workers Legal Education Project - $29,912
• Scow Institute, Legal Research and Dissemination of Information on Aboriginal Justice Issues - $15,000
• Society for Children and Youth of BC, The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Promoting Compliance of Legislation and Policy Affecting Children in BC - $30,000
• Surrey Women’s Centre Society, Family Law Workshops - $3,550
• UVIC, Faculty of Law, “Property Rights in the Colonial Imagination and Experience” Book Project - $15,000
• Vancouver Custody and Access Support and Advocacy Association, Custody/Access in Marginalized Communities Legal Education Project - $53,304
• West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association, Employment Law for Domestic Workers Legal Education Project - $6,200
• West Coast LEAF Association, Equality, Diversity and the Legal Profession Legal Education Project - $18,750

Funding of $3,215,300 was previously approved for the following continuing grantees:

• Active Support Against Poverty, Advocacy Services 2002/2003 - $52,400
• BC Courthouse Library Society, 2003 Operating Grant - $2,190,200
• BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Operating Expenses 2002/2003 - $486,800
• Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch, Dial-A-Law and Lawyer Referral 2002/2003 - $241,600
• Mental Patients’ Association, Court Services Project 2002/2003 - $45,000
• MOSAIC, Paralegal Project 2002/2003 - $73,700
• Together Against Poverty Society, Advocacy Project 2002/2003 - $54,500
• Yellow Page Ads, Advertisement of Public Legal Services - $71,100

This article was published in the August 2002 issue of BarTalk. © 2002 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.