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GRANTS AWARDED 2008-09

ALBERTA SEVENTH STEP SOCIETY
Education in the schools re the criminal justice system from the viewpoint of the ex-offender
PLE Program Speaker
$ 212,175


$43,000
ALBERTA WORKERS' HEALTH CENTRE
Workplays Program - Employment / Health and Safety school law presentations
"That's Danger" Work Play - development and presentations for junior high audiences
$ 100,000


$50,000
CALGARY CATHOLIC IMMIGRATION SOCIETY
PLE workshops on immigration, family, and criminal law to clients of CCIS and to service providers
$ 25,000
CALGARY LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs, the volunteer lawyer clinical services program and Dial-A-Law
Homeless Outreach
$ 980,000


$ 125,250
CALGARY WORKERS' RESOURCE CENTRE
Employment Rights, Obligations and Benefits Education
$ 66,450

CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ALBERTA
Law Day '09 - partial funding for public legal education events held across the province
Law Day - website upgrades
Legislative Review Officer - assists the Committee to review all bills prior to first reading

$ 42,000

$ 8,000

$ 20,000

CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE ADMINSTRATION OF JUSTICE
Conference on Reasonable Accommodation, September 2008

$ 5,000

CANADIAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (CanLII)
Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal and Queen's Bench case decisions in Alberta - digitization of historical cases

$ 445,955

CENTRAL ALBERTA LEGAL CLINIC FOUNDATION
Administration costs and volunteer lawyer clinical service program
Technology upgrades and capital equipment

$ 304,750

$ 25,000

CENTRAL ALBERTA WOMEN'S OUTREACH SOCIETY
Provision of information and assistance
Rural legal support

$ 76,802

$ 37,925
CHINOOK LEARNING SERVICES, CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 38,000
CROWSNEST PASS WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND CRISIS CENTRE
A program of legal information and referral.
$ 13,879
EDMONTON COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE
Law clinic providing legal information, referral and education
Moving costs, leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures
$ 813,883

$ 97,500
EDMONTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS,METRO CONTINUING EDUCATION
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 33,800
ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY, CALGARY
Trained volunteers provide information, guidance, referral and support to persons in Provincial Court
Community Awareness Program for Immigrants
$ 182,500


$ 74,900
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 St. Albert, Stony Plain and Morinville
Courtworker pilot expansion to Fort Saskathchewan and Sherwood Park
$ 120,737


$ 16,246
$ 81,824
$ 77,426
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE
Research, education, information, and referral
$ 360,000
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
Lethbridge District
Medicine Hat District
Red Deer District
Grande Prairie District

Community Legal Education Program for Immigrants (Medicine Hat)



$ 55,500
$ 205,445
$ 219,247
$ 142,135
$ 82,908
$ 84,000
$ 172,265

$76,507
JOINT LIBRARY COMMITTEE, LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA / ALBERTA JUSTICE
Maintenance of courthouse library collections
$1,023,952
LEGAL EDUCATION SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
Partial funding of the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education Program
Infrastructure Enhancement
$ 212,700


$ 150,000
LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 82,058
LETHBRIDGE LEGAL GUIDANCE
Funding for administration costs and volunteer lawyer clinical service program
$ 191,950
MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 38,500
MOUNT ROYAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Criminal Justice Scholarships
$ 3,000
NATIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES OF ALBERTA
Media Department - multi-media legal education resources
Aboriginal Resource Centre
Alberta Aboriginal Legal Education Centre
Aboriginal Legal Service feasibility study

$ 349,420
$ 55,395
$ 323,258
$ 57,310
PEMBINA INSTITUTE
Land-Use Framework Legislation research
$ 29,915
PORTAGE COLLEGE, LAC LA BICHE
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 92,604
PRO BONO LAW ALBERTA
Funding for operation costs to assist delivery of pro bono legal services
Moving costs and capital equipment
Crande Prairie Legal Guidance
$ 205,000

$ 21,294
$ 37,700
RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Provision of public legal education workshops
$ 19,334
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, NATIVE LAW CENTRE
Partial funding of the research and education program
$ 20,000
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Partial funding of the research and education program
$ 20,000
WOMEN'S CENTRE OF CALGARY
Legal clinic volunteer coordinator
$ 20,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
ABORIGINAL LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION,
Faculty of Law
Law Speakers Series
$ 3,830
ALBERTA LAW REFORM INSTITUTE
Research into law and the administration of justice and proposing law reform
$1,078,000
CANADIAN FORUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE
Civil justice system research, law reform and publications
$ 200,000
CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES
Research, education, and publication activities
$ 325,000

HEALTH LAW INSTITUTE
Research, education, and publication activities
5th International DNA Sampling Conference, the Age of Personalized Genomics

$ 583,300

$ 50,000
INDIGENOUS ACADEMIC SERVICES, Faculty of Law
A support program for natives enrolled in the law school
$ 94,352

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 362,750
STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
$ 280,486
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Support for the centres and institutes at the Faculty of Law
Technology Infrastructure
$ 129,300

$ 138,420
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
ABlawg, Faculty of Law
A blog with commentary on Alberta court and tribunal decisions, legislative and policy developments, as well as some Supreme Court cases with a connection to Alberta
$ 11,535
ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROGRAM, Faculty of Law
Academic support for students from diverse backgrounds
$ 18,170
ALBERTA CIVIL LIBERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE
Legal research and education on civil liberties and human rights
Anti-Racism DVD and video
Anti-Racism teaching manual
Human Rights and Discrimination DVD and workbook
$ 542,689


$ 12,000
$ 28,500
$ 48,900
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF RESOURCES LAW
Research, education, and publication activities
$ 366,000
CANADIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND THE FAMILY
Research, education and publication activities
$ 543,600
CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER LAW:
NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE, Faculty of Law


$ 35,000
DISTINGUISHED VISITING SPEAKER SERIES, Faculty of Law
$ 26,500
EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Medicine
A conference to address the challenges faced by legal professionals handling cases involving children, November 2009
$ 43,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SOCIETY, Faculty of Law
Speaker Series
$ 1,550
LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Alberta Legislative History - digitization, Phase IV - bylaws
$ 229,000
PRO BONO STUDENTS CANADA, Faculty of Law
Funding for student coordinators of volunteer program
$ 31,150

SCHOLARSHIPS, Faculty of Law

$ 358,500
STUDENT LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Provision of legal information and assistance programs to the community
$ 269,500

Updated: July 2009