The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on November 19, 2005. Chair Warren Wilson, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $4,511,200 has been approved for the following programs. In addition, the Foundation approved 9 projects for $1,150,000 at the November meeting, previously listed in the February 2006 issue of BarTalk.

Funding up to $4,156,200 was approved for the following 17 continuing programs:

$136,900, BC COALITION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, Legal Advocacy Program

$20,800, B.C. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION & PRIVACY ASSOCIATION, Law Reform and Public, Legal Education Program

$14,300, DEBATE AND SPEECH ASSOCIATION, 2006 Law Foundation Cup Debates

$103,300, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, Legal Advocacy Program

$121,000, GREATER VANCOUVER LAW STUDENTS LEGAL, ADVICE PROGRAM, Legal Advice Program

$60,800, LAW COURTS EDUCATION SOCIETY, Northern Public Legal Education Program for First, Nations communities

$84,600, LAW FOUNDATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUND, Education and Training Fund for Law Foundation, funded lay advocates

$65,000, LAW SOCIETY OF B.C. CANLII, Virtual Law Library

$3,272,500, LEGAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Core Operating Grant

$65,500, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, First Nations Legal Clinic

$127,500, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2006/2007 Graduate Fellowships, Undergraduate, Scholarships, Entrance Awards, Projects Grants

$84,000, UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA, 2006/2007 Graduate Fellowships, Entrance and, Renewal Scholarships, Projects Grants

Funding up to $355,000 was approved for the following 4 new Child Welfare Fund Initiative: Focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Aboriginal Children project grants:

$150,000, B.C. DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICUM SOCIETY, Child Protection Mediation Practicum

$70,000, CARRIER SEKANI FAMILY SERVICES, Family Dispute Resolution Project

$65,000, INTERIOR MÉTIS CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES, Métis Alternate Dispute Resolution Project

$70,000, STO:LO NATION SOCIETY, Sto:lo Nation Children and Family Services Program

Please visit www.lawfoundationbc.org for more information.

Appointment of Governor Margaret Sasges, barrister and solicitor, of Victoria, B.C., has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Law Foundation of British Columbia for a three-year term commencing January 1, 2006.

Margaret Sasges
(Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch Appointment)
Ms. Sasges earned her law degree from the University of Victoria and was called to the Bar in 1990. She practises in the areas of wills and estates, elder law, environmental covenants, business, societies and real property at the firm of Clay & Company in Victoria. Ms. Sasges is the Vice-Chair of the CBA National Resolutions, Constitution & By-laws Committee and was formerly an officer of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association (B.C. Branch). She also served as a director of the Continuing Legal Education Society from 1995 to 2002, serving as its chair from 1999 to 2001. She is an active member of the UVic Law Alumni Steering Committee.

This article was published in the April 2006 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2006, all rights reserved.