Title:
SpeakJustice: Legal Education Workshops for Official Language Minorities
Agreement Number:
13029948
Agreement Value:
$27,372.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 17, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
This project provides legal information workshops that simplify complex legal concepts and provide participants with practical legal knowledge to members of official language minority communities in Alberta.
Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Expected Results:
Increased public legal education information in official language minority communities
Location:
Edmonton, Alberta, CA T6W2N7
Reference Number:
119-2024-2025-Q4-00433
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
Cost Centres:
OLSF - Pos. Measures
Recipient's Legal Name:
NEW IMMIGRANTS INTEGRATION CENTRE (NIIC)
Federal Riding Name:
Edmonton--Wetaskiwin
Federal Riding Number:
48021
Program:
Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund
Program Purpose:
The Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund is designed to provide resources to facilitate access to justice in both official languages through various means, such as the creation of legal and linguistic tools, workshops and training to bilingual lawyers and stakeholders of the justice system, the development of related training material and the provision of public legal education and information. The activities and projects undertaken pursuant to the Support Fund are aligned with the Government commitments of encouraging the participation of all Canadians in linguistic duality, and in supporting official language minority communities.