BarTalk April 2000
Volume 12, Number 2

Grants Approved

The Law Foundation approved funding totaling $3,761,903 at its meeting on March 11, 2000.

Funding totaling $2,956,170 was approved for the following 20 continuing grants:

Battered Women’s Support Services (Legal Advocacy Program 2000/2001) - $42,508

BC Branch, Canadian Bar Association (Law Week 2000) - $5,000

BC Civil Liberties Association (Operating 2000/2001) - $122,088

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Bridge Funding) - $77,920

British Columbia Law Institute (Operating 2000/2001) - $127,500

Community Legal Assistance Society (Operating 2000/2001) - $595,000

Continuing Legal Education Society (Professional Legal Training Course 2000/2001) - $212,500

End Legislated Poverty (FLAWline Public Legal Education Newsletter and Working Group 2000/2001) - $17,759

Golden Family Center (Legal Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $46,382

Law Foundation Graduate Fellowships (2000/2001) - $50,000

Nelson District Community Resources Society (Legal Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $95,786

North Island Advocacy Coalition Society (Campbell River) (Legal Advocacy Program 2000/2001) - $76,930

People’s Law School Society (Operating 2000/2001) - $238,500

Separation and Divorce Resource Centre (Victoria) (Volunteer and Legal Support Services Program 2000/2001) - $36,900

Tenants’ Rights Action Coalition (Legal Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $198,737

University of Saskatchewan (Native Law Centre - Program of Legal Studies and Operating 2000/2001) - $9,350

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law (Law Centre Clinical Program 2000/2001) - $174,930

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association (Legal Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $96,630

West Coast Environmental Law Association (Operating 2000/2001 and Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund) - $641,750

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund Association (Operating 2000/2001) - $90,000

Funding totaling $805,733 was approved for the following 10 new legal projects under the Aboriginal Justice Issues Initiative:

BC Dispute Resolution Practicum Society (Court Mediation Practicum Program – Aboriginal bursaries) - $16,000

Cariboo Tribal Council (Northern Secwepemc Justice Centre) - $143,515

Carrier Sekani Family Services (Family Law Dispute Resolution Project) - $105,000

Chawathil First Nation (Parent/Child Advocate Resource Project) - $15,000

Law Courts Education Society (Courtlink Program for Native Youth with Special Learning Needs) - $45,000

Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society (Restorative Justice Project) - $40,000

Vernon First Nations Friendship Centre, Kla-How-Ya Communications (Video on Aboriginal youth and the criminal justice system) - $40,000

UBC Faculty of Law, First Nations Legal Studies (Centre for International Indigenous Legal Studies) -  Year One: $127,718 and Year Two: $125,000 matching grant

University of Victoria aboriginal policy forum & the Indigenous Bar Association (Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Workshops) - $102,500

The Spirit of the People Aboriginal Support & Healing Centre Society (Professional Legal Education Workshops) - $46,000

This article was published in the April 2000 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.