BarTalk August 2000
Volume 12, Number 4

2000 Major Projects Initiative

The Law Foundation has established a budget of $5 million to support the 2000 Major Projects Initiative.

Purpose of the Initiative
Due to the fiscal restraint of the last several years, the Foundation has not had an opportunity to provide funding for major projects. The Foundation is now able to seek proposals of a significant size for time-limited projects, which will have a long-term impact. Examples of such proposals include multi-year projects that run over a 3 to 5 year period and endowments.

The Foundation encourages applicants to collaborate, to involve its community and stakeholders, and to rethink traditional approaches.

Who can apply?
Any incorporated non-profit organization in BC whose proposed project falls within one or more of the five statutory mandated areas of the Foundation: legal education, legal aid, legal research, law reform and law libraries.

The Foundation encourages applicants and projects which reflect the cultural diversity and/or geographic diversity of BC.

The Foundation also encourages applications for projects in the following areas, listed alphabetically: Aboriginal Justice, Family law, Professional Legal Education, and Seniors and the Law.

Grant Size and Process
Grants are between $50,000 and $500,000.

Proposal forms may be obtained from the Law Foundation at 1340 – 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, or please call (604) 688-2337 or fax (604) 688-4586. For an email copy, please email your request to lfbc@telus.net. Proposal forms must be submitted by 5:00 pm Monday, October 2, 2000.

Adjudication Date
Proposals will be reviewed at the November 25, 2000 meeting of the Board of Governors.

Grants Approved
The Law Foundation approved funding totaling $3,690,690 at its meeting on June 17, 2000. Funding totaling $2,982,013 was approved for the following 8 continuing grantees:

Active Support Against Poverty (Advocacy Services 2000/2001) - $47,600

BC Courthouse Library Society (Operating Grant 2000/2001) - $2,050,200

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Operating Grant 2000/2001) - $442,500

Canadian Bar Association-BC Branch (Dial-A-Law and Lawyer Referral 2000/2001) - $219,655

Mental Patients’ Association (Court Service Project 2000/ 2001) - $40,913

MOSAIC (Paralegal Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $67,035

Together Against Poverty Society (Advocacy Project 2000/2001) - $49,510

Yellow Page Ads (Advertisement of Public Legal Services) - $64,600

Funding totaling $708,677 was approved for the following 25 new legal projects:

Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (Violence Against Aboriginal Women and the Law Project) - $29,050

BC Association for Community Living (Community Living and Disability Rights Legal Research Project) - $25,000

BC Law Institute (Civil Remedies for Sexual Assault: Final Publication) - $5,000 (Law and the Elderly: Family Agreements – Avoiding Financial Abuse) - $45,000

BC Persons with AIDS Society (Advocacy for the Community: Public Legal Education Resource Project) - $11,500

BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (Victim Assistance Manual) - $5,000

Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges (A Study of Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Judges, Puisne Judges and Judges’ Associations) - $12,000

Canadian Human Rights Reporter (Canadian Human Rights Reporter Online) - $22,867

Centre for Restorative Justice, Simon Fraser University (Law Foundation Graduate Scholarship in Restorative Justice) - $50,000

Christian Task Force on Central America (Preventing Child Apprehension in the Latin American Community: Workshops) - $27,560

Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE Web Project) - $50,000

Environmental-Aboriginal Guardianship through Law and Education (EAGLE) (First Nations and Water Workshop) - $45,000

Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University (Legal Information for Seniors in Care) - $19,765

Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (A Guide to Conservation Giving in BC) - $5,000

Institut de Droit International (70th Biennial Reunion) - $45,000

Joint Committee of Canadian Bar Association–BC Branch and Law Society of BC (Pro Bono Forum) - $50,000

La Boussole, Centre Communautaire Societe (“Your Welfare Rights: A User’s Guide to BC Benefits” Booklet Translation Project) - $14,705

Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (Legal Resources and Training Project) - $47,800

Representation Agreement Resource Centre Association (Community Education Resources and Workshops Project) - $46,700

Salmo Community Resource Society (Salmo Advocacy Resource Development Project) - $11,083

South Surrey/White Rock Women’s Place (Pro Bono Legal Services Project) - $15,472

Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women (Legal Education Workshops for Seniors) - $11,000

Vancouver Status of Women (Single Mothers’ Resource Guide 2000) - $17,000

West Coast Environmental Law Association (Forest Land Use Planning on Tsimshian Traditional Territory) - $47,175

West Coast LEAF (Civil Legal Rights of Abused Women: A Transformative Public Legal Education Project) - $50,000

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