BarTalk August 2002
Volume 14, Number 4

Grants Approved

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of BC met on June 15, 2002.

Funding totalling $739,765 was approved for the following 11 continuing grantees:

Abbotsford Community Services Society and Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $90,000

BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors, Legal Advocacy Program - $90,000

Contact Women’s Group Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $40,000

Cranbrook Women’s Resource Society, Poverty Law Advocate Program - $81,102

Justice for Girls Outreach Society, Street Level Outreach Legal Advocacy Program for Girls - $66,103

Kettle Friendship Society, Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program - $70,000

Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, Legal Advocacy Services for Aboriginal People Living Off-reserve - $75,000

Kootenay Region Metis Association, Aboriginal Family Law Program - $73,600

Legal Services Society, PovNet – Core Funding - $55,000

Port Alberni Friendship Center, Legal Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Issues - $58,960

South Surrey/White Rock Women’s Place, Legal Advocacy Program - $40,000

Funding totalling $473,923 was approved for the following 20 new projects:

Advocacy Outreach Society, Welfare, Child Protection Information Project - $9,000

Association des juristes d’expression francaise de la BC, Legal Texts Project - $1,000

BC Civil Liberties Association, “Arrest” Handbook - $56,000

BC Human Rights Coalition, Web site Project - $9,829

BC Iranian Seniors’ Society, Adult Guardianship Legislation Legal Education Project - $13,000

BC Law Institute, Financial Arrangements Between Older Adults and Family Members - $60,000

Coast Foundation Society, “Establishing Trust Funds for Low Income Clients”: A Guide for Non-Profit Agencies - $15,000

CRJ-Society for Racial Justice in BC, Immigration Law Education Project - $20,000

Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society, Legal Education Project for Immigrant and Refugee Seniors - $30,253

Legal Services Society, Reprinting “When I’m 64" and “Your Welfare Rights” Booklets - $40,000

Multiple Sclerosis Society, BC Division, Volunteer Legal Advocacy Program - $13,300

Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society, Women and Family Court Project - $34,825

Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society, Sex Trade Workers Legal Education Project - $29,912

Scow Institute, Legal Research and Dissemination of Information on Aboriginal Justice Issues - $15,000

Society for Children and Youth of BC, The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Promoting Compliance of Legislation and Policy Affecting Children in BC - $30,000

Surrey Women’s Centre Society, Family Law Workshops - $3,550

UVIC, Faculty of Law, “Property Rights in the Colonial Imagination and Experience” Book Project - $15,000

Vancouver Custody and Access Support and Advocacy Association, Custody/Access in Marginalized Communities Legal Education Project - $53,304

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association, Employment Law for Domestic Workers Legal Education Project - $6,200

West Coast LEAF Association, Equality, Diversity and the Legal Profession Legal Education Project - $18,750

Funding of $3,215,300 was previously approved for the following continuing grantees:

Active Support Against Poverty, Advocacy Services 2002/2003 - $52,400

BC Courthouse Library Society, 2003 Operating Grant - $2,190,200

BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Operating Expenses 2002/2003 - $486,800

Canadian Bar Association – BC Branch, Dial-A-Law and Lawyer Referral 2002/2003 - $241,600

Mental Patients’ Association, Court Services Project 2002/2003 - $45,000

MOSAIC, Paralegal Project 2002/2003 - $73,700

Together Against Poverty Society, Advocacy Project 2002/2003 - $54,500

Yellow Page Ads, Advertisement of Public Legal Services - $71,100

This article was published in the August 2002 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.