BarTalk April 1999
Volume 11, Number 2

Aboriginal Justice Issues Funding Initiative

The Law Foundation has established a fund of $600,000 to support one-time funding for initiatives designed to enable aboriginal people to meet their special justice needs; and/or to improve the legal system for aboriginal people. A project must fall within one or more of the Foundation’s statutorily mandated areas of legal education, legal research, law reform and legal aid. There is a two-stage application process:

Stage One
Applicants submit a Letter of Intent form with a brief description of the project and how it meets the initiative’s objectives.

Stage Two
A limited number of applicants will be invited to submit a formal grant application.

Letters of Intent must be received (by hand, mail or fax) by the Foundation no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesday, June 30, 1999.

For more information, or to receive a Letter of Intent Form, contact the Foundation:

1340 - 605 Robson Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3
Tel 604.688.2337
Fax 604.688.4586

Grants Approved

The Law Foundation approved funding totalling $3,345,750 at its meeting on March 6, 1999. Renewal funding for the following 19 programs was approved:

Battered Women’s Support Services (Legal Advocacy Program 1999/2000) - $42,508

BC Branch, Canadian Bar Association (Law Week 1999) - $5,000

BC Civil Liberties Association (Operating 1999/2000) - $122,088

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Operating 1999/2000) - $467,500

British Columbia Law Institute (Operating 1999/2000) - $127,500

Community Legal Assistance Society (Operating 1999/2000) - $595,000

Continuing Legal Education Society (Professional Legal Training Course 1999/2000) - $212,500

End Legislated Poverty (FLAWline Public Legal Education Newsletter and Working Group 1999/2000) - $17,759

Golden Family Center (Legal Advocacy Project 1999/2000) - $46,382

Law Foundation Graduate Fellowships (1999/2000) - $50,000

Nelson and District Community Resources Society (Legal Advocacy Project 1999/2000) - $95,786

North Island Advocacy Coalition Society (Campbell River) (Legal Advocacy Program 1999/2000) - $76,930

People’s Law School Society (Operating 1999/2000) - $238,500

Separation and Divorce Resource Centre (Victoria) (Volunteer and Legal Support Services Program 1999/2000) - $36,900

Tenants’ Rights Action Coalition (Legal Advocacy Project 1999/2000) - $198,737

University of Saskatchewan (Native Law Centre - Program of Legal Studies and Operating 1999/2000) - $9,350

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law (Law Centre Clinical Program 1999/2000) - $174,930

West Coast Domestic Workers Association (Legal Advocacy Project 1999/2000) - $96,630

West Coast Environmental Law Association (Operating 1999/2000 and Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund) - $641,750

West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund Association (Operating 1999/2000) - $90,000

These articles were published in the April 1999 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.