Outlined below is a list of grants recently approved by the Board of Governors.

Funding totalling $8,180,500 was approved for the following 49 Continuing and On-Track programs:  

$960,000
Community Legal Assistance Society
Major Programs

$470,000
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Access to Justice Programs

$468,000
Access Pro Bono Society of BC
Major Programs

$400,000
BC Law Institute
Program Grant

$385,000
Justice Education Society of BC
Major Programs

$380,000
West Coast LEAF Association
Litigation and Law Reform

$370,000
People’s Law School Society
Major Programs

$345,000
Immigrant Services Society of BC
Immigration and Refugee Legal Clinic

$280,000
Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre Society          
Tenant Legal Advocacy Program

$250,000
Environmental Law Centre Society, University of Victoria
Environmental Law Centre Clinic Program

$250,000
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society
knxit i? snqsilxw | Help the Relatives: Poverty Law Clinic

$220,000
Seniors First BC Society
Elder Law Clinic

$190,000
Pivot Legal Society
Homelessness and Police Accountability Programs

$150,000
Migrant Workers Centre BC Society
Migrant Workers Centre Legal Advocacy Program

$150,000
People’s Law School Society
Dial A Law Operating Grant

$142,500
Access Pro Bono Society of BC
APB Lawyer Referral Service

$105,000
Community Connections Society of Southeast BC
East Kootenay Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$100,000
PovNet Society           
PovNet Program

$100,000
University of Victoria
Access to Justice Centre for Excellence

$100,000
West Coast Prison Justice Society
Human Rights, Charter and Health Care Initiative

$95,000
Watari Research Association
System Negotiator Program

$80,000
Upper Skeena Counselling & Legal Assistance Society
Legal Advocate Program

$70,000
Mediate BC Society
Public Education Program

$60,000
Community Legal Assistance Society
David Mossop, QC Public Interest Articling Fellowship

$55,000
University of Saskatchewan
Indigenous Law Centre

$40,000
Kinbrace Community Society
Accessing Refugee Protection

$30,000
University of British Columbia
LSLAP For-Credit Program

$25,000
Nicola Valley Community Justice Services Society
Indigenous Court Coordinator Program

$10,000
University of British Columbia
Indigenous Legal Studies Academic Leadership Certificate

$95,000 to each of the following poverty law programs:
Atira Women’s Resource Society
Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
North Shore Community Resources Society
Okanagan Advocacy and Resource Society
Quesnel Tillicum Society
Seniors First BC Society
SHARE Family and Community Services
Shuswap Family Resource & Referral Society
Sources Community Resources Society
Sources Community Resources Society
Terrace and District Community Services Society
Wachiay Friendship Centre Society

$95,000 to each of the following family law programs:
Battered Women’s Support Services
Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
Quesnel Tillicum Society
SHARE Family and Community Services
University of Victoria
Wachiay Friendship Centre Society

Funding totalling $844,000 was approved for the following the Major Projects Initiative:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Society for British Columbia

Increasing capacity to identify and support individuals with FASD and complex neurodevelopmental needs in British Columbia 

Funding totalling $ 936,000 was approved for the following Public Interest Articling Grants and hirebacks.
BC Civil Liberties Association
BC Law Institute
Disability Alliance BC Society
Ecojustice Canada Society
Immigrant Services Society of BC
Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society
Migrant Workers’ Centre BC Society
Sources Community Resources Society
Together Against Poverty Society
West Coast Environmental Law Association West Coast LEAF Association
West Coast Prison Justice Society

Funding totalling $101,500 was approved for seven Law Foundation Graduate Fellowships.  

Funding totalling $244,800 was approved for the following five other grants:

$99,800
Legal Aid BC — LSS/LF Research Grant
Indigenous Women’s Legal Needs Assessment

$85,000
Society for Children and Youth of BC
Child and Youth Legal Centre Provincial Roster Expansion Project

$35,000  
Atira Women’s Resource Society
Access to Justice Through Legal Incubation

$15,000   
Level. Changing Lives Through Law
Indigenous Youth Outreach Program

$10,000
Public Interest Law Participation             
Band Members Alliance and Advocacy Association