CREATE Justice Receives Inaugural Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Fund Grant to improve access to justice for the people of Saskatchewan
The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Fund awarded its first grants towards five different organizations across Canada. CREATE Justice is grateful to be among those recipients, which will enable access to justice improvements in Saskatchewan.
Courtesy: The McLachlin Fund
“Testing new concepts and sharing knowledge of innovative and practical ideas offers a significant opportunity to advance access to justice across the country. The McLachlin Fund is pleased to support these five initiatives,” said the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin.
The grant recipients, in alphabetical order are:
- Access Pro Bono Society of BC for the BC Public Interest Teaching Clinic & Incubator project (British Columbia) for $60,000,
- Canadian Council for Refugees – Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés for the Building Quality Justice Services for Newcomers project (Quebec) for $60,000,
- CREATE Justice, USask College of Law, and Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice for a project entitled Improving Communication of Legal Information (Saskatchewan) for $32,338.75,
- Justice for Girls Outreach Society for a project targeted at Enhancing Access to Civil Justice for Teen Girls (British Columbia) for $60,000, and
- Peter A. Allard School of Law at University of British Columbia for a project entitled Evaluating Access to Environmental Justice (British Columbia) for $25,040.
McLachlin Fund is grateful to all the applicants and the work they do in support of access to justice.