Grants and Contributions

The organization will develop a series of legal and linguistic tools related to the standardization of French common law terminology and the development of the Juriterm database. The organization will provide reference services and repositories of documents, contribute to Jurisource.ca, a web portal that provides access to legal and jurilinguistic resources, and collaborate on the network activities of the Jurilinguistics Centers and of the National Training Consortium in Justice.

The project consists of two online courses and one in-person training per year on the legal vocabulary related to the Divorce Act, Custody and Access and Child Support. The training will target employees from English-speaking provinces and the three territories (Legal Aid lawyers, court staff, court interpreters, lawyers, mediators, clerks, etc.) as well as other private stakeholders in the field of Family Law.

The Côte-Nord Justice Hub Center will visit Anglophone communities of Côte-Nord to provide legal information sessions, one-on-one meetings, and to build partnerships to facilitate access to plain language legal information for the Official language minority community.

The project consists of supporting services provided by a bilingual justice information hub in Halifax. These services include providing legal information, referrals, information sessions on legal topics, and support for individuals who have to go to Court. The organization will also create tools for the clientele, develop partnerships and promote the hub. Services are provided by a variety of means, including face-to-face, by phone or by email.

The project aims to develop linguistic and legal tools intended to contribute to improving access to justice in English in Quebec. The project will reach jurists, law students, translators and the general population who may be involved in the legal system but who do not have any formal training.

The project involves the development and dissemination of a series of legal and linguistic tools related to the standardization of French common law terminology, the offering of online courses and of workshops for support staff in legal circles. The organization will also collaborate on the network activities of the four jurilinguistics centers and participate in the Summer Institute for Jurilinguistics.

The organization will develop and establish an evaluation service to assess language proficiency of justice stakeholders. This service will measure the language level of participants and identify language training needs, which will contribute to improving learning conditions. The organization will also promote the service. The project will improve the delivery of justice services to official language minority communities.

The project aims to develop a series of legal and linguistic tools that include the standardization of French common law terminology and the update of "La procédure civile en Ontario." The activities also include: updating and maintenance of the Centre's website; contributing to the "Jurisource.ca" web portal; research and services for the community; offering internships in legal translation; translation and revision of models of legal acts; collaboration on the network activities of the four jurilinguistic Centres; and participation in the work undertaken by the National Training Consortium in Justice.

The organization will organize and hold workshops to inform the Francophone and Francophile population of Saskatchewan on the history and evolution of language and school rights in Saskatchewan and Canada. Resources on the subject will also be developed.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from May 26 to June 1, 2019. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.