Grants and Contributions

Systemic change informed by Gladue Principles to address Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system; The Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta is partnering with the Native Counseling Services of Alberta to deliver a multi-year education and training project. Partners will work together to develop training to be delivered through the Provincial government's existing training platform. This training will target mainstream justice partners, as well as additional specific training for specific justice professionals (e.g victim services), which will be identified through the needs assessment.

This multi-year project will address the challenges and opportunities presented by the centralization of the Gladue Courts in Toronto, Ontario. A key focus of this project will be to ensure greater Indigenous input into decisions about the Gladue Courts and how they incorporate Gladue Principles.

This multi-year project focuses on addressing systemic barriers to the use of restorative and transformative justice options in the communities served by Agency Chiefs Tribal Council justice program in Northern Saskatchewan. Local criminal justice system actors, including those working in circuit courts, and other partners will collaborate to assess needs, develop approaches based on best practices and implement effective solutions to divert more matters out of the mainstream system and into communities.

Supervised Parenting Time - This project will modify and/or expand existing supervised parenting time services in Ontario to address a growing backlog. It will improve the safety of vulnerable children and family members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery phase. Funding will increase service capacity to vulnerable children and their families, expand existing services, implement innovative solutions and improve access to court-ordered supervised visits across the province.

The Kativiik Program will reach out to Inuit family members directly affected by the experience of losing a loved one who is either missing or has been murdered. A trained and qualified Inuit outreach worker will provide culturally responsive, community-based, Inuit-specific, trauma-informed counselling. The outreach worker will also conduct Inuit specific peer support groups with the family members and provide access to Inuit Elders when they request traditional healing. The worker will also act as a liaison and link Inuit families to appropriate services offered in the community for more long-term supports. The Program will also include support group meetings, community meetings to hear feedback, concerns or new issues and a community dinner to support and honour the strength and resilience of the Inuit community in Winnipeg.

One-year contribution agreement between Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador for the delivery of immigration and refugee legal aid. Newfoundland and Labrador's 2022-2023 allocation from the $11.5 million in base funding for immigration and refugee legal aid will be $13,000. Newfoundland and Labrador will also receive a portion of the $43.5 million in additional funding announced in Budget 2022 for immigration and refugee legal aid. This additional funding is subject to the approval by the Treasury Board of Canada and the appropriation of funds by the Parliament of Canada.

Five-year cost-shared agreement between Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador for the delivery of criminal legal aid. Newfoundland and Labrador's five-year allocation for criminal legal aid will be $12,497,671. Newfoundland and Labrador will also receive an additional $981,548 in 2023-24 from the $60 million announced in Budget 2022 for criminal legal aid. This additional funding is subject to the approval by the Treasury Board of Canada and the appropriation of funds by the Parliament of Canada.

This multi-year national project will create a multi-pronged program of bilingual education and resources designated to increase knowledge and understanding of the root causes of overrepresentation of indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. The program will also help judges develop the skills and knowledge to work with Indigenous peoples and organizations in their local regions to identify and facilitate the use of community-led options for addressing crime, including indigenous and restorative justice programs.

The main objective of FAJEF's project is to provide training to IRCA assessors, to defence counsel and to other members of the legal profession. In addition, FAJEF raises awareness among judges across Canada's francophone minority communities on IRCAs for Black persons and other members of racialized minorities across Canada.

Jurisdictional funding agreement for State-Funded Counsel in Alberta.