BarTalk August 2003
Volume 15, Number 4

Grants Approved

The Board of Governors of the Law Foundation of B.C. met on June 14, 2003. Chair Don Silversides, QC is pleased to announce that funding totalling $5,965,437 has been approved for the following 74 programs and projects:

Continuing Programs
B.C. Courthouse Library Society, Operating Grant - $2,190,200

B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Operating Grant - $486,800

Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch, Dial-A-Law, Lawyer Referral and Law Week - $247,100

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

B.C. Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors, Legal Advocacy Program – $90,000

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

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

Mosaic, Paralegal Advocacy Program - $73,700

Kootenay Region Metis Association, Aboriginal Family Law Program for East and West Kootenay Regions - $73,600

Super Pages, Advertisement of Public Legal Services - $71,100

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

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

Together Against Poverty Society, Legal Advocacy Program - $59,500

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

Active Support Against Poverty, Advocacy Services - $57,160

Legal Services Society, PovNet Operating Grant - $55,000

Mental Patients’ Association, Court Services Program - $45,000

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

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

Advocacy Project Grants
Haida Gwaii Legal Society, Legal Education/Advocacy Project - $100,000

Lillooet Friendship Centre, Advocacy Project - $100,000

Nawican Friendship Centre, Legal Advocacy Project - $100,000

Upper Skeena Counselling and Legal Assistance Society, Advocacy Project - $100,000

Pentiction and Area Women’s Centre, Advocacy Project - $99,724

Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society, Poverty Law Advocacy Project - $88,625

Nicola Valley Family Justice Services Society, Advocacy Project - $85,715

Nanaimo Citizen Advocacy Association, Advocacy Project - $80,250

Prince Rupert Unemployed Centre Society, Advocacy Project - $34,000

Project Grants
B.C. Law Institute, Community Law Reform Project - $75,000

Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch, Translate Dial-A-Law Phone Tapes into Punjabi and Cantonese - $75,000

International Institute for Child Rights and Development, Research and Education Initiative on Child Participation in Family Court - $75,000

Legal Services Society, Public Legal Education and Information Needs Assessment - $75,000

Pro Bono Law of B.C. Society, Poverty Law Training Project - $75,000

411 Seniors Centre Society And Representation Agreement Resource Centre, Seniors and the Web Legal Information - $70,000

B.C. Dispute Resolution Practicum Society, Family Mediation Practicum Pilot - $65,000

Continuing Legal Education Society, Family Law Materials Addition to CLE Web site - $65,000

Law Society of B.C., Post-Call Education and Competence Support - $55,000

Mosaic, Public Legal Education for Advocates Supporting Newcomers - $50,000

Community Legal Assistance Society, Poverty Law Advocacy Needs Assessment Project - $44,500

Social Planning and Research Council of B.C., Poverty Law Needs Project - $42,500

Kermode Friendship Centre, Restorative Justice Workshops and Handbook - $40,000

Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre, Family Law Education Workshops - $35,000

People’s Law School Society, ESL Initiative - $33,819

Prince George Housing Coalition, Landlord/Tenants’ Clinic/Workshops - $28,625

B.C. Coalition of People with Disabilities, Disability Benefits Appeal System Legal Education - $23,774

Law Courts Education Society, Coordination of Services for Self-representing Litigants - $20,000

Small Project Grants
A list of the 28 Small Project Grants totalling $258,580 approved at the June 14, 2003 Board of Governors’ meeting will be included in the next issue of BarTalk and can be viewed at www.lawfoundationbc.org (see Summer 2003 Bulletin).

This article was published in the August 2003 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.