The Law Foundation of British Columbia

Grants Approved
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 26, 2004. Funding totaling $105,950 was approved for the following 10 new Small Project Grants.

New Small Project Grants
$15,000 - Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Community Research Manual

$15,000 - Vernon and District Women’s Centre Society, Poverty Advocate

$14,900 - People’s Law School, Teacher’s Guide to Learning about the Law

$13,000 - Western Canada Society to Access Justice/Downtown South Gathering Place Community Centre Association, 2004/2005 Vancouver Pro Bono Clinic Promotion and Expansion Project

$12,000 - North Shore Projects Society for the Low-Income and Handicapped (Co-Pro), Legal Advocacy Project

$10,000 - Law Courts Education Society, Plain Language Booklets for the Public on Supreme Court Rules for Civil Proceedings

$7,500 - Terrace Women’s Resource Centre Society, Legal Education Project

$6,550 - UBC Faculty of Law, Pro Bono Students of Canada Summer Program 2004

$6,000 - BC Civil Liberties Association, Freedom in Action: Youth and Civil Liberties – An Interactive Workshop

$6,000 – MOSAIC, Front Line Advocacy Workers’ Coordination Project

This article was published in the October 2004 issue of BarTalk. © 2004 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.