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2008-09

 

GRANTS AWARDED 2007-08

ALBERTA SEVENTH STEP SOCIETY
Education in the schools re the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender
$ 207,000
ALBERTA WORKERS' HEALTH CENTRE
Workplays Program - Employment / Health and Safety school law presentations
Workplays development for ESL and junior high audiences
$ 74,000


$26,000
CALGARY CATHOLIC IMMIGRATION SOCIETY
PLE workshops on immigration, family, and criminal law to clients of CCIS and to service providers
$ 20,000
CALGARY LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs, the volunteer lawyer clinical services program and Dial-A-Law
$ 760,000

CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ALBERTA
Law Day '08 - 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


$ 45,000

$ 20,000

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

$ 291,851

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

$75,000


$ 37,000
CHINOOK LEARNING SERVICES, CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 36,000
CROWSNEST PASS WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTRE
A program of legal information and referral.
$ 12,000
EDMONTON COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE
Law clinic providing legal information, referral and education
Staff lawyer pilot
Satellite clinic pilot
External evaluation
$ 473,063

$ 30,000
$ 38,200
$ 20,000
EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS,METRO CONTINUING EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 32,190
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, CALGARY
Trained volunteers provide information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Provincial Court
Community Legal Awareness Program
$ 171,778


$ 70,322
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 pilot expansion to Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park
$ 117,109


$ 15,621
$ 149,238
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE
Research, education, information, and referral
Website upgrade
$ 342,000

$ 13,334
GRANDE PRAIRIE COUNCIL FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 19,500
JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Public legal education re the criminal justice system in Alberta schools and communities
Provincial Office
Calgary District
Edmonton District
Edmonton District - Criminal Justice Web-based Education Resources
Lethbridge District
Medicine Hat District
Red Deer District
Grande Prairie District



$ 52,500
$ 193,000
$ 160,513
$ 40,766
$ 121,302
$ 81,210
$ 79,816
$ 153,454
JOHN HUMPHREY CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Workshop to establish legal service referral network
$ 16,310
JOINT LIBRARY COMMITTEE, LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA / ALBERTA JUSTICE
Maintenance of courthouse library collections
$ 975,000
LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Partial funding of the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education Program
$ 207,500
LEGAL RESOURCE CENTRE
A PLE program of electronic resources, research and publications
Transition costs
$ 510,000

$ 118,750
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE
Provision of public legal education workshops
Video conference delivery
$ 78,150

$ 13,450
LETHBRIDGE LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs and volunteer lawyer clinical service program
$ 219,037
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
$ 54,044
$ 324,116
PORTAGE COLLEGE, LAC LA BICHE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 81,486
PRO BONO LAW ALBERTA
Funding for operation costs to assist delivery of pro bono legal services
$ 200,000
RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 19,148
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, NATIVE LAW CENTRE
Partial funding of the research and education program
$ 20,000
WOMEN'S CENTRE OF CALGARY
Legal Advice Volunteer Clinic Coordinator
$ 18,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
ABORIGINAL LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
Faculty of Law
Law Speakers Series
$ 5,412
ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform
$1,092,000
CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE
Civil justice system research, law reform and publications
Alberta Legal Services Mapping
National Access to Justice Steering Committee
Designing a Cost of Justice Report
$ 434,808

$ 651,388
$ 21,675
$ 42,020
CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES
Research, education, and publication activities
Alberta constitutional documents and papers digitization
Kids in the Courts camp project
$ 317,156

$ 14,653
$ 2,120

HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE
Research, education, and publication activities

$ 569,276

$ 21,500
INDIGENOUS LAW PROGRAM, Faculty of Law
A support program for natives enrolled in the law school
$ 103,000

KAWASKIMHON MOOT, Faculty of Law

$ 15,000

RECONCILIATION ACROSS CULTURES AND LEGAL SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, Fac of Law

$ 20,000

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 282,500
STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
Website content management
$ 282,060

16,000
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Support for the centres and institutes at the Faculty of Law
$ 112,500
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROGRAM, Faculty of Law
Academic support for students from diverse backgrounds
$ 12,092
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Legal research and education on civil liberties and human rights
$ 521,422
ALBERTA COURTS AND TRIBUNAL BLOG, Faculty of Law
$ 16,858
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF RESOURCES LAW
Research, education, and publication activities
Public Participation in Resource Development in Alberta
Water Rights of Aboriginal People - Athabasca River system
Dissolution of Alberta Energy and Utilities Board into Energy Resources Conservation Board and Alberta Utilities Commission
$ 357,000
$ 241,800
$ 105,700
$ 75,000
CANADIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND THE FAMILY
Research, education and publication activities
$ 509,600
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS TO KNOW THEIR ORIGINS, Faculty of Medicine
$ 31,500
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEWBORN SCREENING FOR
PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, Faculty of Medicine
$ 27,755
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA, Faculty of Law
Funding for student coordinators of volunteer program
$ 27,535

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 338,625
STUDENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
Lethbridge summer clinic
Red Deer summer clinic
Website upgrade and policy manual
$ 291,309


$ 21,950
$ 38,295
$ 8,500

Updated: July 2008