BarTalk February 2000
Volume 12, Number 1
New Chair of The Law Foundation
The Law Foundation Board of Governors is pleased to announce that David Brine has been elected as Chair of the Law Foundation for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2000. Mr. Brine is a partner in the law firm McQuarrie Hunter in a general civil litigation practice. He has served as a Governor of the Law Foundation since 1992, and was Deputy Chair of the Foundation in 1998 and 1999. He was also Chair of the Law Foundation’s Finance and Administration Committee for three years. Mr. Brine has also served on both the BC Branch’s Executive Committee and on Provincial Council.
New Projects Funding
The Law Foundation of British Columbia has a budget of $400,000 available in June 2000 for New Projects. To be eligible for funding, a project must fall within one or more of the five program objectives of the Foundation: legal aid; legal education; law reform; law libraries or legal research. The proposal must be for a time-limited project only. There are no funds available for ongoing services in the community. The maximum amount available for each project is $50,000.
To be considered at this meeting, a grant application must be received by the Law Foundation no later than 5:00 pm on the date indicated.
LAW FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING
Saturday, June 17, 2000
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Monday, March 20, 2000
Please contact Law Foundation staff at (604) 688-2337 to discuss your project prior to submitting your application. Application guidelines may be obtained from the Law Foundation at 1340 - 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3.
There will be another $425,000 available for one-time project initiatives, to be adjudicated at the Law Foundation Board meeting held November 25, 2000. The application criteria will be available after the Law Foundation Board meeting held June 17, 2000.
Grants Approved
The Law Foundation approved funding totaling $5,536,676 for the following grants at its meeting on November 20, 1999, as well as $319,000 in one-time targeted grants for continuing grantees.
Funding totaling $5,111,865 was approved for the following 14 continuing grantees:
BC COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
(Advocacy Access Program 2000) - $124,464
BC COURTHOUSE LIBRARY SOCIETY
(Special Grant Fund) - $500,000
BC FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ASSOCIATION
(Law Reform/Public Legal Education Program 99/2000) - $18,900
BC HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION
(Human Rights Advocacy and Education Project 99/2000) - $100,000
DEBATE AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION OF BC
(Law Foundation Cup Debates 2000) - $13,000
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENTS’ASSOCIATION
(Advocacy Services Project 2000) - $93,946
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMEN’S CENTRE
(Legal Advocate Program 2000/2001) - $27,000
GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS’ LEGAL ADVICE PROGRAM
(Operating 99/2000) - $110,005
LAW FOUNDATION LAY ADVOCACY EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUND
(2000) - $31,450
LAW COURTS EDUCATION SOCIETY
(Northern Public Legal Education Programs for First Nations Communities 2000/2001) - $55,250
LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY
(Operating 2000/2001) - $2,975,000
(One-time Projects) - $500,000
NORTH ISLAND CRISIS & COUNSELLING CENTRE SOCIETY - PORT HARDY
(Poverty Law Advocacy Program: Bridge Funding) - $4,000
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FACULTY OF LAW
(Endowment Funding) - $165,000
(Graduate Fellowships 2000/2001) - $54,400
(Entrance Awards 2000/2001) - $12,250
(Undergraduate Scholarships 2000/2001) - $26,350
(Projects Grant 2000) - $25,000
(First Nations Clinical Program 2000/2001) - $59,500
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, FACULTY OF LAW
(Endowment Funding) - $165,000
(Entrance and Renewal Scholarships 2000/2001) - $26,350
(Projects Grant 2000) - $25,000
Funding totaling $424,811 was approved for the following 18 new legal projects:
ABBOTSFORD COMMUNITY SERVICES
(Legal Education and Outreach Project) - $75,000
BC DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICUM SOCIETY
(Court Mediation Practicum Program – Stage II) - $27,637
CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE SOCIETY
(Advocacy Training Project) - $8,926
CANADIAN ANTI-RACISM EDUCATION & RESEARCH SOCIETY
(Legal Information Pamphlet) - $14,800
CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING FEDERATION OF BC
(Legal Education Project) - $22,900
IMMIGRANT & MULTICULTURAL SERVICES SOCIETY OF PRINCE GEORGE
(Legal Education for Immigrant and Refugee Women) - $25,760
100 MILE HOUSE & DISTRICT WOMEN’S CENTRE SOCIETY
(Advocacy Workshops) - $850
LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION, SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND CHAPTER
(Know Your Rights Booklet Project) - $19,000
LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY ON BEHALF OF THE POVNET STEERING COMMITTEE
(PovNet: Electronic Legal Information Network) - $49,000
MOSAIC
(Working Group on Poverty, Law Reform Project) - $20,000
OPEN LEARNING AGENCY
(Viewers’ Guides and Videos: Ethical Challenges for Court Interpreters) - $25,000
PEOPLE’S HAVEN SOCIETY
(Legal Information Centre, Dease Lake) - $11,150
RUSSIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
(Child Protection Translation Project) - $5,500
SOCIAL PLANNING & RESEARCH COUNCIL OF BC
(Impact of current Immigration Legislation and Policies on Sponsored Women) - $35,200
THE VOICE OF THE CEREBRAL PALSIED OF GREATER VANCOUVER
(Rights and Obligations of People Receiving Attendant Care Booklet Project) - $29,088
WEST COAST DOMESTIC WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION
(Domestic Workers’ Outreach Project) - $15,000
WEST COAST LEAF ASSOCIATION
(Equality Rights Millennium Initiative: Part III) - $15,000
WEST COAST PRISON JUSTICE SOCIETY
(Canadian Prison Law) - $25,000
This article was published in the February 2000 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved. |