Grants Approved

Continuing Programs and Projects
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 19, 2010 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects. Chair Mary Mouat is pleased to announce that funding totalling $5,100,925 was approved for the following 32 programs and projects:

Funding totalling $463,890 was approved for the following 12 large projects:

• $75,000, DR INNOVATION SOCIETY, Aboriginal Human Rights Project
• $73,500, PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL, Media Campaign on Debt and Consumer Law Issues for Immigrants Project
• $50,000, THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Public Commission on Legal Aid Project
• $40,000, THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Professional Development Webinar Access Project
• $50,000, WATARI RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Systems Negotiator Project
• $40,000, WEST COAST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, Enabling a Greener Economy: Law Reform for Rural B.C. Project
• $38,800, WEST COAST LEAF, Equality and Fairness: Auditing B.C. Legislation Project
• $30,000, JUSTICE EDUCATION SOCIETY, Small Claims and Supreme Court PLEI Project
• $26,590, VICTORIA EPILEPSY AND PARKINSONS CENTRE, Epilepsy and the Law Project
• $15,000, B.C. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ASSOCIATION, E-Health Privacy Rights Education Project
• $15,000, THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY, Consultation Project
• $10,000, SHUSHWAP NATION TRIBAL COUNCIL, Secwepemc Elders Workshop Series

Funding totalling $439,635 was approved for the following four projects:

• $175,000, ECOJUSTICE CANADA, Building Capacity: Public Interest Environmental Law Test Case Litigation Project
• $175,000, FIRST UNITED CHURCH, Poverty Law Advocacy Project
• $75,000, TERRACE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocacy Project
• $14,635, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, Legal Advocacy Program Transition Funding

Funding totalling $4,197,400 was approved for the following 16 continuing programs:

• $2,737,750, B.C. COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY, Operating Grant
• $279,310, B.C. BRANCH OF THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 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
• $109,000, ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $107,820, MPA – MOTIVATION, POWER & ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY, Court Services Program
• $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 Program
• $50,000, CONTACT WOMEN’S GROUP SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $40,000, SOCIAL HEALTH & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $35,000, YELLOW PAGES GROUP, Advertisement of Public Legal Services
• $25,000, GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY, Law Students’ Legal Advice Program

For full details of the programs and projects that received funding, please visit the Law Foundation of B.C. website at www.lawfoundationbc.org.

This article was published in the August 2010 issue of BarTalk. © 2010 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.