Grants Awarded
2011-2012
Canadian Bar Association, National Immigration law Section - $43,500
Informing the Public on the Benefits of Legal Representation in all Immigration Matters
Canadian Bar Assocaition, National Criminal Justice Section - $5,950
Preventing Injustice in Sentencing
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Access to Justice - $40,000
Building Blocks for Change on Access to Justice - Part 1 of a 2 Stage Plan
Pivot Legal Society with charitable partner Hope in Shadows Inc. - $15,000
Impact of Controlled Drugs and Substances Act sentencing reform for people with addictions
West Coast LEAF Association - $16,900
Equal Access Under the Law - Court watch of Child Protection Proceedings
2010-2011
Canadian Bar Association Standing Committee on Equity- $31,210
CBA Measuring Diversity Guide - Research Initiative
Canadian Bar Association - British Columbia Branch - $40,000
Improving Legal Aid Through Public Awareness and Dialogue
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation- $15,000
1, 2, 3: Housing Rights Canada
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law - $25,000
Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
2009-2010
Canadian Bar Association Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $36,000
Expert Evidence for Legal Aid Challenges
Canadian Bar Association Task Force on National Class Actions - $25,000
Bringing Class Actions from Multijurisdictional Chaos to National Cooperation
Council of Canadians with Disabilities - $6,000
Accommodation in the 21st Century
McGill University (Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law) - $15,000
Private Law Dictionary of the Family and Bilingual Lexicons - Electronic Edition
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice - $15,000
Action Committee on Access to Justice
2008-2009
Canadian Bar Association Standing Committee on Equity / Canadian Bar Association Elder Law Section - $16,240
Towards More Accessible Legal Services: Practical Help for Lawyers
Canadian Bar Association - Quebec / Éducaloi - $25,000
Project to Simplify the Citizenship and Charter Committee Handbook and Make it More User-Friendly
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) - $20,000
More Access to Less Justice: The Expanding Role of Efficiency in Civil Justice Reform
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice - $20,000
Research and Support for the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil & Family Matters
Ecojustice Canada - $15,000
Working Towards Recognition of Environmental Rights in Canada
2007-2008
Canadian Judges' Forum, Canadian Bar Association - $15,000
Courthouse Security "Best Practices" Guidelines
Reach Canada - Equality and Justice for People with Disabilities - $10,150
A One Day Conference Entitled "Long-Term Disability: Keeping the Promise of Peace of Mind"
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - $20,930
More Access to Less Justice: The Expanding Role of Efficiency in Civil Justice Reform
Task Force on Conflicts of Interest in Law Firms, Canadian Bar Association - $48,250
Bridging the Gap from Theory to Practice
2006-2007
Community Legal Services, University of Western Ontario - $20,000
An Analysis of Outcomes in the Criminal Courts for Unrepresented Persons
Department of Psychology and Faculty of Law, University of Windsor - $20,000
The Mental Health of Women in the Legal Profession: Incidence, Causes and Consequences
No-Fault Working Group, Canadian Bar Association - $72,500
No-Fault Working Group Plan of Action - Research Requirements
Supreme Court Advocacy Group - $15,000
Advocacy Program and Legal Education Program
Task Force on Conflicts in Law Firms, Canadian Bar Association - $34,000
Canadian Bar Association Task Force on Conflicts of interest in Law Firms - Research Assistance
2005-2006
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) - $14,000
Canadian Housing Rights
Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia - $10,000
Abusive Institutionalisation: Systemic Negligence in Institutional Settings for Older Adults
Canadian Bar Association - $24,000
Advocacy Materials for National Poverty Law Services
ARCH: Disability Law Centre - $30,000
Criminal Justice for Persons with Disabilities Who Have Been Abused
The Canadian Environmental Law Association and the Resource Centre for the Environment and the Law - $25,000
European and Canadian Environmental Law: Best Practices and Opportunities
Women's Human Rights Resources, Bora Laskin Law Library, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - $5,115
Women's Human Rights Resources Online - Women's Rights Law Database
Standing Committee on Equity, Canadian Bar Association - $12,000
Racial Equality in the Legal Profession: Developing Standards
2005-2006 - Joint Project with the Law Commission of Canada
Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba, Inc. - $13,888
Listening to their Voices: Women Prisoners and Access to Justice in Manitoba
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba - $19,895
Will Community Policing Provide Greater Access to Justice for Residents of Winnipeg Inner City Neighbourhoods
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - $19,750
Youth in Focus, Friends in Trouble: Justice, Access to Justice for "Marginalized" and Low Income Youth
2004-2005
Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) - $15,000
You Be The Judge - A National Judicial Education Program Targeted to High School Students Across Canada
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $20,000
Advocacy Guidelines for National Poverty Law Services
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice - $20,000
Civil Justice Reform 10 Years On: Research Project
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Equity - $10,000
It's About Respect - On-Line and Video Legal Resource for Diversity and Anti-Harassment Training
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Issues - $50,000
Modernizing the Canadian Bar Association Code of Professional Conduct
West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation - $10,000
Academic research on statutory interpretation and public rights in common law
Canadian Human Rights Reporter Inc. - The Poverty and Human Rights Centre - $15,000
Constitutional Law in Canada and the Rights of Poor People - A Legal Primer
Society for the Advancement of Marginalized Persons / Pivot Legal Society - $7,600
Alternatives to Criminal Regulation of the Sex Trade Project
2003-2004
Canadian Bar Association - $50,000
Coping with Conflicts in the Wake of R v. Neil - A Delicate Balance
Conservation Council of New Brunswick - $33,500
Protecting Public Trust Resources Through Common Law
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law - $3,400
The Development of Family Mediation in British Columbia
University of Calgary - $17,360
The Legal Regulation of Whistleblowing Activity in Canada
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Equity - $20,000
Racial Equality in the Legal Profession: Developing Standards
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $20,500
Federal Obligation to Provide Legal Aid Services
Canadian Constitution Foundation - $25,000
Integrating Canadian Sovereignty & Aboriginal Self-Government Application
2002-2003
Reach Canada - $33,200
Access to Mental Health Law for the Deaf – Part 2 (LSQ)
Wildlands League - $13,000
Legally Wild: A New Provincial Parks Act for Ontario
Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association - $34,000
A Course on the Canadian Judiciary
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $82,000
Defending Access to Legal Aid
Phoenix Community Works Foundation: Teaching Peace Through Justice - $30,000
Teaching Peace Through Justice: The International Court and the Evolution of Human Rights
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Issues - $65,000
Modernizing the Canadian Bar Association’s Code of Professional Conduct
Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Ontario Office - $15,000
Illegal Aliens: A Legal Strategy to Protect Canada’s Ecosystems and Economy from Alien Invasive Species
Royal Roads University, Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies Division - $20,000
Whose court is it Anyway? Judicial Dispute Resolution in Canadian Courts – A Symposium for Judges
2001-2002
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $20,000
Public Legal Education Kit – Defending Access to Justice
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Equality - $16,750
It’s About Respect: On-Line and Video Legal Resource for Diversity and Anti-Harassment training
Reach Canada - $20,000
Access to Mental Health Law for the Deaf
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development - $12,000
An Analysis of Legal and Public Policy Issues Arising from the Self-Regulation of Ontario Natural Resource Industries
2000-2001
Community Law School (Sarnia-Lambton) Inc. - $12,000
Web Page Development
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy - $10,000
Development of an Appropriate Regulation in Canada for Genetically Modified Organisms
Canadian Human Rights Reporter - $13,000
CHRR Online / Law Student Field-Testing Project
Canadian Bar Association - $40,000
Short Book/Collection of Papers, Essays and Recommendations: Aboriginal Rights in Canada: Renewal of an Agenda for Action
Energy Probe Research Foundation - $5,000
Regulatory Reform in Ontario’s Electricity Sector : Implication for Administrative Law
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice - $15,000
Civil Justice Clearinghouse Projects – Québec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island & Newfoundland
Canadian Bar Association, Tort Liability Task Force - 17,500
Tort Liability and Compensation Issues in Canada – Economic Analysis
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $32,500
Research Paper: Legal Aid – a Privilege or a Right?
University of Western Ontario - $30,148
The Development of a Handbook on Civil, Criminal and Administrative Remedies for Victims of Sexual Violence
Professor Mark Perry, University of Western Ontario - $10,000
LITICA: Law, Infrastructure & Technologies of Internet Computer Addressing
International Social Service Canada - $16,600
Inter-country Adoption
West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) - $15,000
Transforming Women’s Future: An Equality Rights Guidebook
Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Judges Forum - $28,450
Public Education on Judicial Independence
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Professional Assistance Program - $17,500
Health, Wellness and Recovery Education Series (LPAC)
1999-2000
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Issues - $20,000
Canadian Bar Association’s Code of Professional Conduct
Canadian Bar Association, Tort Liability Task Force - $30,000
Tort Liability and Compensation Issues in Canada
1998-1999
Professor Gillian K. Hadfield, University of Toronto - $23,000
Just Law: How the Legal System Allocates Justice
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice - $14,880
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice Clearinghouse – National
Canadian Bar Association - $38,290
CBA’s Public Legal Education: Conflict Resolution and the Canadian Justice System
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Aid Liaison Committee - $25,000
National Legal Aid Review
Centre for Constitutional Studies - $16,637
A Citizen’s Guide to Canadian Constitutional Debates
Council of Canadian with Disabilities (CCD) - $20,000
Fundamental Human Rights
Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation - $10,000
Promoting Economic and Social Rights in Canada
Canadian Bar Association, Committee on the International Practice of Law - $54,500
The Transformation of the Accountancy Profession: Lessons in the Delivery of Professional Services to the Canadian Public
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy- $10,000
Legal & Public Policy Implications of the use of Non-Governmental “Delegated Regulatory Organizations”
Canadian Bar Association, Working Group on Client Rights and Responsibilities - $10,400
The Client and Lawyers’ Guides to Legal Services
1997-1998
International Social Service Canada - 16,600
Protection of Children in Respect to Intercountry Adoption
Canadian Bar Association, Standing Committee on Equality - $15,000
Training Video – Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Judges Forum - $21,600
Reference Regarding Independence and Impartiality of Judges in the Provincial Courts
University of New Brunswick - $15,000
Spousal Abuse, Children and the Legal System
Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives Association - $15,000
Collaboration Sentencing Planning Project
Canadian Bar Association, Working Group on Racial Equality - $7,800
Implementation of the Working Group on Racial Equality Report
Interim Organizational Committee for a National Forum on Civil Justice - $15,000
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
1996-1997
National Association of Women and the Law - $1,200
Gender and the Law: An Introductory Handbook for Law Students
Institute for Dispute Resolution - $5,000
Progress Toward a Level Playing Field
Canadian Bar Association, Young Lawyers’ Conference - $5,000
Study of the Future of the Legal Profession in Canada
Canadian Bar Association, Legal Professional Assistance Program - $20,000
Lawyers Wellness Program
1995-1996
Canadian Bar Association, Code of Judicial Conduct Committee - $10,000
Code of Judicial Conduct
Canadian Bar Association - $6,000
CBA 100th Anniversary Commemorative Book
Legal Resource Centre for Persons with Disabilities - $5,000
Disability Law and Legal Education on the Internet
Nova Scotia Judicial Development Project Coordinating Committee - $15,000
Judicial Development Pilot Project
John Howard Society of Alberta - $5,000
Criminal Justice Education Program for School Children
Surrey Place Centre - $5,000
Knowledge of Legal Terminology and Court Proceedings in Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Canadian Bar Association - $15,000
Symposium on Québec Sovereignty
1994-1995
Sierra Legal Defence Fund - $2,250
Protection of Canada’s Endangered Species
National Institute for Administrative Tribunals, and Division of University Extension and Community Relations, University of Victoria - $12,000
Tribunal Training – Multi-media Programs
Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children in London - $5,500
Research on Violence Against Women and Children
University of Toronto Faculty of Law and York University’s Centre for Health Studies - $18,000
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Genetic Testing and Counselling
Public Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia - $2,250
PLE – Society of Nova Scotia
Canadian Bar Association, Gender Equality - $10,000
Gender Equality – Educational Materials to Promote Gender Equality in the Legal Profession
Canadian Bar Association, Working Group on Racial Equality - $95,000
CBA’s Working Group on Racial Equality in the Legal Profession
Canadian Bar Association, Systems of Civil Justice Task Force - $100,000
Systems of Civil Justice Task Force
Canadian Bar Association, Nova Scotia Branch and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society - $9,000
Insurance/Tort Reform
Task Force on Court Delays - $10,000
Court Reform
1993-1994
Professor Peter Bowal, University of Calgary - 8,966
Legal Liability of Third Parties for Land Contamination in the New Environmental Regulation in Canada
1992-1993
Supreme Court of Canada Task Force - $20,000
Conflict of Interest Task Force
Canadian Intellectual Property Institute - $10,000
Canadian Intellectual Property Institute
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - $30,000
Street Cents – CBC Television
1991-1992
Canadian Bar Association - $79,900
A Study of the Constitutional Amendment Process in Canada and Amending Processes in European Countries
Canadian Bar Association - $55,000
Rebuilding a Canadian Consensus, Constitutional Initiative
Canadian Bar Association - Gender Equality Task Force - $110,000
Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity and Accountability
1990-1991
Canadian Bar Association, Criminal Code Recodification Task Force - $25,000
Recodification of the Criminal Code
Canadian Bar Association, Health Care Task Force - $54,000
Law and Ethics in Health Care Allocation
Canadian Bar Association - $25,000
Court Reform Task Force
1989-1990
Canadian Bar Association, Environmental Action Plan for the Future - $35,000
Sustainable Development Task Force
1988-1989
Canadian Bar Association - $10,000
Goods and Services TAX (GST) Study
Canadian Bar Association - $10,000
The Independence of Federal Administrative Tribunals in Canada
Canadian Bar Association – Court Cost and Delay in Canada - $17,500
Court Costs and Delays Task Force
Canadian Bar Association, A Canadian Perspective Task Force - $25,500
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