The Law Foundation of Ontario
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Parkdale Community Legal Services received the Guthrie Award in 1998. The clinic was selected in recognition of its valuable contribution to law students in the provision of hands-on experience and the clinic’s focus on the study of poverty law and reflection on the broader themes of the administration of justice and law reform. Nominations are now open for the 2022 Guthrie Award. Have your access to justice champion recognized: https://bit.ly/3G1G9t3

We couldn't celebrate in person because of the pandemic so we made a video to celebrate our most recent Guthrie Award recipient, the Elders' Council of the Indigenous Justice Division. Please watch and share: https://youtu.be/lQBkP-VLaqc

Peter Oliver received the Guthrie Award in 1997. Peter served as the editor-in-chief of The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, publishing 35 volumes. As Editor, he spearheaded many innovative and interesting projects. As a professor of Canadian history at York University, Prof. Oliver specialized in the political, social, and legal history of Ontario in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as correctional history and penology. Nominations are now open for the 2022 Guthrie Award. Have your access to justice champion recognized: https://bit.ly/3G1G9t3

Join us on January 19 for a workshop with Waterloo Region Community Legal Services on Human Rights in Housing. Learn about the Ontario Human Rights Code, and ...what tenants can do when facing discrimination & harassment, or need an accommodation. Register https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/human-rights-in-housing-virtual

Volunteer with us! If you’re interested then click the link in our bio to learn more or contact us at [email protected]!

The Korean Legal Clinic is hiring! If you’re passionate about improving access to justice for Korean Canadians, you’re encouraged to apply for the position of E...xecutive Director. This is a *paid* position and the deadline to apply is this Friday, January 21. For more information, go to https://koreanlegalclinic.ca/job-posting-executive-director/.

The pandemic prevented us from hosting an in-person celebration for our last Guthrie Award, so we're bringing it to you. Watch and share our video and join us in celebrating the Elders' Council of the Indigenous Justice Division: https://bit.ly/3tzIFTW Nominations for the 2022 Guthrie Award are now open. /// Nishnawbe Aski Nation Matachewan First Nation Mohawk Council of Akwesasne United Chiefs and Councils of Mnidoo Mnising Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory Whitefish Lake First Nation #459 Six Nations of the Grand River Fort William First Nation Métis Nation of Ontario Saddle Lake Cree Nation News, Events and Information Hamlet of Baker Lake

Family Law Legal Clinic for LGBTQ2S Communities Consultations scheduled between 6:00 pm-8:30 pm, second and fourth Thursday of every month. One-time virtual con...sultation, by appointment only. Contact [email protected], or call 416-392-6874. Free over-the-phone and video-based family law summary advice. Advice and referrals offered in relation, but not limited to: Separation and divorce Common-law and cohabitation agreements Adoption Child custody Parental recognition The Law Foundation of Ontario #FamilyLaw #LGBTQ2S #Queer #QueerFamily #LegalClinic #LegalSupport

Vous connaissez (ou admirez de loin) quelqu’un qui s’est démarqué par ses réalisations en faveur de l’accès à la justice pour les personnes en Ontario ? Proposez sa candidature pour le prix Guthrie d’ici au 11 mars. Pour en savoir plus sur la procédure de présentation de candidatures simplifiée, rendez-vous sur lawfoundation.on.ca. Passez le mot. https://bit.ly/334mzhc

Know (or admire from afar) someone who has a significant and proven track record of furthering access to justice for Ontarians? Nominate them for a Guthrie Award by March 11. See details on the streamlined nomination process, and please share: https://bit.ly/3G1G9t3

Housing Law Legal Clinic for LGBTQ2S Communities 6:00 pm-8:30 pm, Second and Fourth Monday of every month One-time virtual consultation (video or over the phone...), by appointment only. Contact [email protected], or call 416-392-6874. Advice offered includes but is not limited to: lease agreements eviction notices discrimination pre and during tenancy landlord-tenant issues dealing with the Landlord and Tenant Board #LegalClinic #Housing #LGBTQ2S #HousingIssues #housingisahumanright The Law Foundation of Ontario See more

Our Mobile Outreach Clinic is going VIRTUAL for the month of January. Please be advised we will not be available for in-person meetings at the Halton Hills Publ...ic Library in Acton or Georgetown this month. Instead join us on Zoom or contact us by phone. A zoom link will be posted to our website and social media accounts (facebook, twitter, instagram) Friday mornings for direct access to one of our lawyers. Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County The Law Foundation of Ontario Halton Region Downtown Acton Downtown Georgetown

Renters who are facing eviction can take steps to protect their right to housing. We've pulled together information for renters from each province and territory... about the laws that protect their tenancy and where they can get legal support. Check out our latest resource with the National Right to Housing Network! See more

Innocence Canada is hiring a Legal Director and Staff Lawyer and application deadlines are extended to January 7, 2022 at 5:00PM EST. Join us in the fight again...st wrongful convictions! Send applications to: [email protected] by January 7, 2022 at 5:00PM EST. See details in link: https://www.innocencecanada.com//innocence-canada-is-hiri/

www.abijustice.org, created by Brain Injury Society of Toronto and funded by The Law Foundation of Ontario, is the first and currently the only resource in Onta...rio that assists people with brain injury who are involved with the criminal justice system. https://torontobraininjuryblog.wordpress.com//abijustice-/

Criminal Law Legal Clinic for LGBTQ2S Communities Free one-time criminal law summary advice. Consultation includes but is not limited to support for individuals... who have been charged with a crime or are victims of a crime. Consultations will be scheduled between 6:00 pm-8:30 pm, first Tuesday and third Thursday of every month. Contact [email protected], or call 416-392-6874. For other clinics offered, visit: https://www.the519.org/programs/access-to-justice #LegalClinic #LGBTQ2S #CriminalLaw #Legal The Law Foundation of Ontario See more

The Legal Services Coordination Program aims to increase Muslim women’s access to avenues of justice and provide appropriate legal services for a range of family and domestic issues. Applying is super simple! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on our website or DM us!

Our (one and only) 2021 Responsive call for applications closes in 10 days. If you're a nonprofit organization with an access to justice project idea that will benefit people in Ontario, learn more about this granting opportunity: https://bit.ly/2SVYiCY

With the support of our Catalyst granting, The 519 offers legal services to LGBTQ2S+ communities, and now they're expanding. Learn more below. *** A call for applications for Catalyst is now open! Catalyst provides organizations working to advance access to justice in Ontario a unique opportunity to secure time-limited core funding. Visit our website for details.

Notre programme de financement de base, Catalyse, est ouvert et accepte les demandes jusqu'au 7 juin ! Catalyse soutient les organismes sans but lucratif ayant la capacité organisationnelle et les antécédents nécessaires pour faire progresser l'accès à la justice en Ontario. Voir les critères complets et les détails de la demande sur notre site Web : https://bit.ly/31Yw4L3

Wonderful to learn about this year's Pro Bono Students Canada / Étudiant-e-s pro bono du Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner award recipients and the many ways they helped advance access to justice within their communities. Congratulations, and thank you!

Private Group Webinar - Sex Work: Know Your Rights Tuesday, March 30, 3-4:30pm ET Via Zoom. Register: bit.ly/519swr Free webinar for BIPOC LGBTQ2S and other mar...ginalized sex workers. Learn about your rights and the community supports available to you. All personal identifiers and cameras will be disabled during the webinar. Questions? Contact [email protected] The Law Foundation of Ontario, Naomi Sayers, Barrister/Solicitor & Notary Public #Webinar #Legal #LGBTQ2S #BIPOC See more

How time flies! Congratulations, Tushar! We were fortunate to have Tushar work with us in 2015. See more: https://bit.ly/3m3ApG1.

With the help of a The Law Foundation of Ontario grant, Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) has developed a Legal Education Toolkit for Refugee Women to aid refugee women in learning more about their rights and responsibilities and giving them access to supports and resources that are available to them. The toolkit and short summaries are accessible here in 8 different languages. Learn more

Are you a law student who would like to help advance access to justice this summer? We're hiring a Summer Law Student for the Class Proceedings Fund. See the job posting and apply by April 14: https://bit.ly/3m21rxL

Nous sommes heureux d'accueillir Jack Braithwaite au sein de notre conseil d'administration. Me Braithwaite est conseiller du Barreau de l’Ontario (Sudbury) et avocat chez Weaver Simmons LLP, le plus important cabinet d’avocats du nord de l’Ontario. Il possède une expérience considérable en matière de congédiement injustifié et d’autres litiges liés à l’emploi. Il se spécialise dans la représentation des employeurs dans la négociation collective, les droits de la personne, les affaires de la Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l’assurance contre les accidents du travail, les poursuites en matière de santé et de sécurité au travail et les procédures de la Commission des relations de travail de l’Ontario. Pour en savoir plus : https://bit.ly/39gwLDx

We're pleased to welcome Jack Braithwaite to our Board of Trustees. Jack is a Law Society of Ontario Bencher (Sudbury) and Counsel at Weaver Simmons LLP, the largest law firm in northern Ontario. He has significant experience in wrongful dismissal and other employment related litigation. His specializes in employer representation in collective bargaining, human rights, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board matters, Occupational Health and Safety prosecutions, and Ontario Labour Relations Board proceedings. Learn more: https://bit.ly/39eyBEO

We completed this important Statistics Canada survey, and we encourage our grantees and stakeholders to do the same. The goal of the survey is to better understand who is serving on the Boards of nonprofits and charities in Canada. This will help identify whose voices are active and whose voices may be missing within the sector. Find the survey at the link below

Jean-Noé Landry of Open North and a recipient of our Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship (2018-19) is moderating a year in review conversation about citizen agency in the realm of data & technology & smart cities with CDTS / CLTS UOttawa. Learn more in the link below.

With a grant from our national Access to Justice Fund, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic developed a new, progressive risk assessment tool to assist Court stakeholders to identify red flags for high-risk Intimate Partner and Gender-based Violence situations. Learn more in the link below.

With the help of one of our Responsive grants, Brain Injury Society of Toronto has developed ABI Justice, a legal information and education resource that aims to decrease common barriers that become present for persons with brain injury when faced with legal matters.

One of our Catalyst grantees, OJEN has an online game for high school students and their educators that helps increase people's understanding of the challenges faced by individuals accessing the justice system to resolve a variety of common legal difficulties, from landlord tenant disputes to family law issues.

In our Borderless Voices Podcast, we talk about the impact of the COVID-19 on women facing an abusive relationship. We also review how women are trapped with t...heir abusers, especially migrant women that do not have access to resources. If you or someone you know is being abused, you can contact The Assaulted Women’s Helpline GTA 416.863.0511 https://www.fcjrefugeecentre.org/20//elimination_violence/

In our Borderless Voices Podcast, we talk about the impact of the COVID-19 on women facing an abusive relationship. We also review how women are trapped with t...heir abusers, especially migrant women that do not have access to resources. If you or someone you know is being abused, you can contact The Assaulted Women’s Helpline GTA 416.863.0511 https://www.fcjrefugeecentre.org/20//elimination_violence/

With one of our Responsive grants, Community Living Ontario has created a guide to help people with disabilities and their families learn about working with a private Support Worker, including information on the law that governs the employer/employee relationship. Visit the Community Living Ontario link below to download the guide.