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GRANTS AWARDED 2006-07

ALBERTA SEVENTH STEP SOCIETY
Education in the schools re the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender
$ 199,000
ALBERTA WORKERS' HEALTH CENTRE
Workplays Program
$ 50,000
CALGARY CATHOLIC IMMIGRATION SOCIETY
PLE workshops on immigration, family, and criminal law to clients of CCIS and to service providers
Law and Legal Issues teaching module
$ 20,000


$6,000
CALGARY LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs, the volunteer lawyer clinical services program and Dial-A-Law
Homeless Legal Outreach
$ 620,000


$ 173,400

CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ALBERTA
Law Day '07 - partial funding for public legal education events held across the province
Legislative Review Officer - assists the Committee to review all bills prior to first reading


$ 40,000

$ 20,000

CENTRAL ALBERTA COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC
Administration costs and volunteer lawyer clinical service program

$ 235,816

CENTRAL ALBERTA WOMEN'S OUTREACH SOCIETY
Provision of information, guidance, referral, and support to women regarding legal matters
Workplace Violence Toolkit
Rural legal support

$75,000


$ 7,790
$ 37,000
CHINOOK LEARNING SERVICES, CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 36,000
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH
PLE newspaper and web resource
$ 97,962

CROWSNEST PASS WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTRE
A program of legal information and referral
$ 11,000
EDMONTON CENTRE FOR EQUAL JUSTICE
Law clinic providing legal information, referral and education
Staff lawyer
$377,309

$ 35,000
EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, METRO CONTINUING EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 32,302
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, CALGARY
Trained volunteers provide information, guidance, referral, and support to persons in Provincial Court
Community Legal Awareness Program
$ 158,600


$ 30,000
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, EDMONTON
Trained volunteers provide information, guidance, referral, and support to persons in Provincial Court
Volunteer lawyer clinic at the Edmonton Institution for Women
Courtworker expansion
$ 111,378


$ 14,944
$ 60,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE
Research, education, information, and referral
Oilsands Reclamation Security research
$ 346,743

$ 55,800
GRANDE PRAIRIE COUNCIL FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 15,500
INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN
Rights Path - Alberta booklet reprint
$ 62,225
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Public legal education re the criminal justice system in Alberta schools and communities
Edmonton District - Web-based CJE Programmer
Lethbridge District - Grade 8 program position
Provincial Office - Criminal Justice Education Conference
$ 778,936


$ 50,000
$ 31,000
$ 20,880
JOINT LIBRARY COMMITTEE, LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA / ALBERTA JUSTICE
Maintenance of courthouse library collections
$ 950,000
LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Partial funding of the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education Program
Course materials revision
$ 200,000


$ 20,000
LEGAL RESOURCE CENTRE
A PLE program of electronic resources, research and publications
Transition costs
Law for Alberta Schools Website
$ 475,000

$ 100,000
$ 155,200
LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 76,300
LETHBRIDGE LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs and volunteer lawyer clinical service program
$ 167,911
MEDIATION AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTRE
Research on restorative justice in domestic violence cases
$ 45,000
MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 39,500
NATIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES OF ALBERTA
Media Department - multi-media legal education resources
Aboriginal Resource Centre
Alberta Aboriginal Legal Education Centre

$ 330,063
$ 48,114
$ 324,276
PORTAGE COLLEGE, LAC LA BICHE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 78,618
PRO BONO LAW ALBERTA
Funding for operation costs to assist delivery of pro bono legal services
$ 200,000
PRO BONO LAW ONTARIO
First national pro bono conference
$ 10,000
PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION NETWORK OF ALBERTA
Public legal education and information networking
$ 73,500
RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 19,970
SHELDON CHUMIR FOUNDATION
Alberta's Human Rights, Citizenship and Multicultural Act Workshops
$ 37,080
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, NATIVE LAW CENTRE
Partial funding of the research and education program
$ 20,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
ABORIGINAL LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
Faculty of Law
Law Speakers Series
$ 1,846
ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform
$ 1,095,000
CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE
Civil justice system research, law reform and publications
PLE Mapping Proposal development
$ 420,000


$ 12,195
CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES
Research, education, and publication activities
Webmaster
$ 281,800

$ 18,000
FACULTY OF LAW
Capital improvements for the centres and institutes housed at the Faculty
$ 675,000

HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE
Research, education, and publication activities
Webmaster

$ 430,000

$ 21,500
INDIGENOUS LAW PROGRAM, Faculty of Law
A support program for natives enrolled in the law school
$ 104,000

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 250,000
STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
$ 264,797
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Technology infrastructure
Webmaster
$ 109,254
$ 11,490
$ 53,340
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROGRAM, Faculty of Law
Academic support for students from diverse backgrounds
$ 11,190
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Legal research and education on civil liberties and human rights
$ 493,435
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF RESOURCES LAW
Research, education, and publication activities
Alberta's Water for Life Strategy research
Research associate
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Alberta research
$ 355,968

$ 120,350
$ 221,644
$ 193,750
CANADIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND THE FAMILY
Research, education and publication activities
Persistent Young Offender research
Family Law Act evaluation
$ 411,500


$ 210,890
$ 208,240
FACULTY OF LAW
Capital improvements for the centres and institutes housed at the Faculty
$ 675,408
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA, Faculty of Law
Funding for student coordinators of volunteer program
$ 20,885

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 178,000
STUDENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
Red Deer summer clinic
$ 200,155


$ 44,245


SPECIAL PROJECT FUND GRANTS, 2006-07

ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST VIOLENCE
Integrated service delivery model focus groups
$ 50,000
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Genetics and human rights conference
$ 50,700
ALBERT NETWORK OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN
Our Dignity in Our Hands PLE Booklet
$ 74,940
CALGARY COALITION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE
Domestic violence practice guide
$ 25,000
CALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE
Domestic violence research - Responsible Choices for Men
$ 37,500
CALGARY LEGAL GUIDANCE
Immigrant Legal Needs assessment
Pro Bono Alberta Network (PBAN) stakeholders roundtable

$ 48,383
$ 14,840
CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE
Self-represented litigants access to justice mapping
$ 82,875
CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE ADMINSTRATION OF JUSTICE
Sustainable Development and the Law conference
$ 15,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE
Library catalogue web conversion
$ 24,157
HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE
VISIONS Health Law Conference
$ 66,404
NATIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES OF ALBERTA
Aboriginal legal needs assessment
$ 62,066
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Faculty of Law
Consumer and Corporate Law Workshop
$ 10,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Faculty of Law
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Confernece
$ 25,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Faculty of Medicine
Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation research
$ 10,000

Updated: July 2007