Grants Approved
Continuing Programs, Projects and Awards
Outlined below is a list of grants adjudicated at the June 20, 2009 Board of Governors’ meeting. Chair Mary Mouat is pleased to announce that funding totalling $6,309,250 was approved for the following 34 programs, projects and awards:

Funding totalling $728,766 was approved for the following 13 large projects:

• $75,000, B.C. LAW INSTITUTE, Unfair Contracts Relief Project
• $75,000, ECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY, Strengthening the Laws that Protect B.C.’s Water Resources
• $75,000, JUSTICE EDUCATION SOCIETY OF B.C., Supreme Court Public Legal Education and Information Website
• $75,000, PRO BONO LAW OF B.C. SOCIETY, Civil Chambers Pro Bono Duty Counsel Project Extension
• $75,000, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, UBC Law Innocence Project
• $60,000, MOSAIC, Community Based Legal Education and Research for Temporary Foreign Workers
• $50,000, B.C. LAW INSTITUTE, Assisted Living, B.C. Law Reform Project
• $45,000, CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Dr. Debt – Consumer and Credit Education for the West Kootenay Boundary
• $45,000, JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF THE LOWER MAINLAND, Best Practices: Developing and Managing Residential Placements for Parolees and Probationers with Residence or Area Restrictions
• $45,000, VANCOUVER AREA HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION SOCIETY, Human Rights in the Workplace for Small Business
• $43,766, B.C. COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Securing Our Financial Future: Community Legal Education and Registered Disability Savings Plan
• $40,000, GREATER VANCOUVER ALLIANCE FOR ARTS & CULTURE, Artists’ Legal Outreach Toolkits and Online Resources
• $25,000, CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE, Action Committee on Access to Justice Project

Funding totalling $837,500 was approved for the following two projects:

• $805,000, PRO BONO LAW OF B.C. SOCIETY, Merged Pro Bono Law of B.C./Access Justice Operations
• $32,500, SOUTH PEACE COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Project

Funding totalling $55,000 was approved for the following Child Welfare Fund project:

• $55,000, STO:LO NATION, Qwi:qwelstom Family Justice Circle Process ‘Building Relationships’

Funding totalling $40,124 was approved for the following three Legal Research Fund projects:

• $20,000, MELINA BUCKLEY, LAWYER AND LEGAL POLICY CONSULTANT, Updating the Law on the Right to Counsel in Canadian Law Project
• $10,124, SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY, Substance-Induced Psychosis and Criminal Responsibility
• $10,000, THOMAS D. SCHILLER & GAIL MCKAY, Discrimination, Duty of Accommodation and Disabilities Law

Funding totalling $4,647,860 was approved for the following 15 continuing programs:

• $2,737,750, B.C. COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY, Operating Grant
• $446,240, B.C. PUBLIC INTEREST ADVOCACY CENTRE, Operating Expenses
• $279,310, CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, B.C. BRANCH, Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week
• $168,000, TOGETHER AGAINST POVERTY SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $150,000, KETTLE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program
• $112,500, B.C. CENTRE FOR ELDER ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT, Legal Advocacy Program
• $112,500, MPA – MOTIVATION, POWER & ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY, Court Services Program
• $109,000, ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $99,540, YELLOW PAGES GROUP, Advertisement of Public Legal Services
• $89,210, COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST B.C., Travelling Poverty Law Advocate Program
• $82,500, KI-LOW-NA FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY, Aboriginal Legal Advocate Program
• $75,000, SOUTH FRASER WOMEN’S SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $71,450, ACTIVE SUPPORT AGAINST POVERTY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $64,860, PORT ALBERNI FRIENDSHIP CENTRE, Legal Advocacy Operating Grant
• $50,000, CONTACT WOMEN’S GROUP SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program

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This article was published in the August 2009 issue of BarTalk. © 2009 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.