Grants Approved

Continuing Programs, Projects and Awards
The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on November 21, 2009 and approved funding for a number of continuing programs and projects. Chair Mary Mouat is pleased to announce that funding totaling $ 6,938,760 was approved for the following 46 projects.

Funding totaling $6,467,620 was approved for the following 33 continuing programs:

• $3,599,750, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Operating Grant 2009/2010
• $352,120, COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY, Poverty Law Services
• $257,180, LAW SOCIETY OF B.C., Professional Legal Training Course
• UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
  • $167,000 – First Nations Clinical Program
  • $120,000 – Graduate Fellowships 2010/2011
  • $58,000 – Undergraduate Scholarships 2010/2011
  • $27,500 – Projects Grant 2010/2011
• $166,920, GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS’ LEGAL ADVICE SOCIETY, Law Students’ Legal Advice Program
• $153,590, B.C. COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Advocacy Access Program
• $93,750, DZE L K’ANT FRIENDSHIP CENTRE SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy and Workshops Program
• $87,810, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENT’ ASSOCIATION, DERA Advocacy Service 2010
• $76,000, JUSTICE EDUCATION SOCIETY OF B.C., Northern Public Legal Education Program for First Nations Communities
• $75,000, ATIRA WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Services in the Downtown Eastside
• $75,000, FORT ST. JOHN WOMEN’S RESOURCE SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocate
• $75,000, HAIDA GWAII LEGAL PROJECT SOCIETY, Legal Education/Advocacy Program
• $75,000, KAMLOOPS AND DISTRICT ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocacy Program
• $75,000, NANAIMO CITIZEN ADVOCACY ASSOCIATION, Legal Advocacy Program
• $75,000, NEWTON ADVOCACY GROUP SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocacy Services
• $75,000, NICOLA VALLEY COMMUNITY JUSTICE SERVICES SOCIETY, Legal Advocacy Program
• $75,000, PENTICTON AND AREA WOMEN’S CENTRE, Legal Advocacy Program
• $75,000, POWELL RIVER COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATION, Poverty Law Advocate Program
• $71,500, LAW SOCIETY OF B.C., CANLII Virtual Law Library
• $71,000, ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocacy Initiative
• $70,000, QUESNEL TILLICUM SOCIETY, Poverty Law Information Worker
• $65,000, SOUTH PEACE COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY, South Peace Legal Advocacy Program
• UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
  • $60,000 – Graduate Scholarships 2010/2011
  • $58,000 – Entrance and Renewal Scholarships
  • $27,500 – Block Grant 2010/2011
• $55,000, UPPER SKEENA COUNSELLING & LEGAL, ASSISTANCE SOCIETY, Advocacy Program
• $50,000, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, B.C. DIVISION, Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program
• $50,000, SALVATION ARMY BELKIN HOUSE, Pro Bono Program
• $35,000, PRINCE RUPERT UNEMPLOYED CENTRE SOCIETY, Advocacy Initiative
• DEBATE AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION OF B.C., $20,000, Law Foundation Cup 2010

Funding totaling $500,000 was approved for the following seven grants:

• $140,000, COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY, Community Advocate Support Line
• $75,000, VERNON AND DISTRICT WOMEN’S CENTRE SOCIETY, Legal Information and Advocacy Program
• $75,000, CHILLIWACK COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY, Poverty Law Advocacy Initiative
• $75,000, CHIMO CRISIS CENTRE SOCIETY, Outreach and Advocacy in Richmond
• $75,000, NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, North Shore Legal Advocacy Project
• $30,000, TERRACE ANTI-POVERTY GROUP SOCIETY, Residential Tenancy Advocate
• $30,000, PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY, Low Income Housing Tenant Strategic Advocacy Project

Funding totaling $48,808 was approved for the following three Legal Research Fund grants:

• $20,000, B.C. CIVIL LIBERTIES, ASSOCIATION, Implications under international and domestic law of Canada’s participation in the United Nations Security Council’s 1267 Committee’s regime
• $10,068, MARGARET ISABLE HALL, Legal and Community Response to Domestic Violence Lessons from the “Elder Abuse” Paradigm
• $18,740, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Expert Evidence: the Admissibility Enquiry

Visit the Law Foundation of B.C. website at www.lawfoundationbc.org.

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