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Manitoba's Access to Justice Stakeholders
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A newsletter to connect Manitoba's A2J community
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This newsletter is an initiative directed at furthering engagement in the A2J community. Hosted through the Manitoba's Access to Justice Hub website, the newsletter is an axis to keep A2J actors connected to updates in their community, including achievements, developments, or changes in services across A2J organizations, as well as highlighting upcoming A2J events and prominent A2J news in the province. We encourage you to subscribe and participate in building a better connected A2J community in Manitoba.
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Court of King’s Bench
The work of ensuring efficient, meaningful and innovative access to justice remains a priority for the Court of King’s Bench. In both the General Division and the Family Division, transformative changes to the delivery of judicial services to Manitobans are providing fair, timely and affordable access to justice.
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A Practice Direction was issued on October 2, 2025, addressing the length and format of motion and application briefs. The Court noted the following:
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A cornerstone of the Court of King’s Bench Rules is proportionality. This foundational principle extends to written materials that are filed in civil and family proceedings. Increasingly, there is a trend towards longer application and motion briefs, which gives rise to concerns about proportionality and even effective advocacy.
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The Practice Direction reminded counsel that the most effective briefs are concise and focused. The Court provided further direction on the formatting of briefs and affidavits...
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In the Family Division, the Case Management and Scheduling Model continues to deliver effective and timely access to justice for Manitobans facing family breakdowns. A practice Direction issued on September 24, 2025, noted the following:
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There continues to be a high-resolution rate of contested family proceedings at the appearance before the triage judge. In 2024, approximately 86% of all family cases that came before a triage judge in Winnipeg Centre were completely or partially resolved at one appearance. Only 17 family trials proceeded in Winnipeg Centre in 2024.
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The Practice Direction also announced a Pilot Project to address cases of extreme financial hardship:
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A Pilot Project is being undertaken as part of this Court’s ongoing commitment to enhance access to justice in the area of family law.
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King’s Bench Rule 70.24(12) currently permits a judge to hear a motion or application prior to a triage conference in three emergent situations.
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A judge may hear a motion or application prior to the triage conference for a family proceeding if the motion or application relates to a situation involving one of the following:
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(a) an immediate or imminent risk of harm to a party or a child of a party;
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(b) the removal of a child from Manitoba;
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(c) the loss or destruction of property.
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Following consultation with the Triage Implementation Committee and the Family Law Bar, it has been concluded that there shall be a fourth emergent situation where a judge may hear a pre-triage conference motion or application. This emergent situation is:
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(d) extreme financial hardship of a party or a child of a party.
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This new emergent category will permit a party who is experiencing extreme financial hardship for themself or their child to request a motion or an application for spousal/common-law partner support or child support.
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This Pilot Project is being implemented immediately in all Court of King’s Bench Centres when this Practice Direction comes into effect.
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The Court’s commitment to judicial reconciliation began in earnest in 2017 with the establishment of the Trust, Reconciliation and Access to Justice Committee (TRAC). Judges and Indigenous community members work together to advise Chief Justice Joyal on all aspects of judicial reconciliation. TRAC’s work is informed by four pillars:
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(1) Building trust and understanding with Indigenous communities through outreach and engagement;
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(2) Utilizing judicial education to increase awareness of the challenges and opportunities of judicial reconciliation;
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(3) Producing real change by identifying specific reconciliation initiatives to be implemented.
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(4) Normalizing the Court’s attentiveness to the unique access to justice issues faced by Indigenous communities and individuals.
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TRAC’s work has produced meaningful changes in the courtroom. For example, a sacred eagle feather is available at all Court counters and in all courtrooms throughout Manitoba. TRAC’s efforts help promote respectful inclusion and support culturally appropriate justice for Indigenous Manitobans.
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Increasingly, the Court receives requests to permit ceremony to take place at the commencement or conclusion of the court proceedings. Such requests have been welcomed and accommodated.
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In order to ensure that the process for requests is accessible to all Manitobans, TRAC has undertaken the work of creating protocols to welcome Indigenous legal and cultural practices in all courthouses, on circuits and in all courtrooms in Manitoba. The work is being done in partnership with the Provincial Court of Manitoba. The Indigenous Services Branch and Manitoba Justice have been helping with this work. We are mindful that such work must be done in the right way. TRAC hopes to have the protocol ready for full implementation in early 2026.
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Provincial Court
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The Provincial Court continues to work through a number of items identified in its Strategic Plan related to Access to Justice. There are a number of specific action items that are at various stages of completion. These relate to improving physical access to legal services in remote locations in the province, incorporating Indigenous Legal systems into our colonial court structure, finding ways to encourage and promote racialized populations to thrive in the justice system, and simplifying court processes to allow for better mobility of lawyers to serve clients across the province.
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Some ongoing projects include:
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(a) Utilizing the Starlink technology to facilitate lawyers to meet with clients
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(b) Creation of a Relief Judge Program to allow quicker bail applications in regional centres
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(c) Creation of court protocols to allow for easier remote appearances by counsel
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(d) Participation in the Internationally trained lawyers Advisory Group
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(e) Discussion with Indigenous Nations on changing court processes.
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The Law Society has been engaging with community organizations, legal information providers, Indigenous rights holders, the courts, various provincial government departments, the law school, the MBA, the Manitoba Law Foundation and others over much of this year. The purpose was to listen to what community had to say about the shared challenges and opportunities among providers delivering A2J services and determine whether there is interest in and support for collective action. After listening to the community, we have collated what we heard and returned to community to validate our understanding of what they told us and ensure we “got it right”. We plan to release our What We Heard report in the new year. The next step will be to build a cross-sectoral action coalition which will take a reconciled approach to justice, by supporting collective action and innovation across governments, sectors, systems and organizations.
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An A2J public awareness project is underway. Research shows that most people face legal issues within five years, yet often don't recognize them as legal in nature, and when legal issues arise, people are more likely to turn to friends and family than professionals. The MBA is engaging in a campaign to raise public awareness of A2J agencies and the services they offer. The project targets rural communities to highlight and promote organizations improving access to justice. The campaign is open to everyone who wants to get involved. Organizations interested in being featured can contact Michelle Falk. Additional efforts include advocacy around unpaid articling positions, which especially impact internationally trained lawyers (ITLs). The Manitoba Bar Association has launched a new Section dedicated to supporting ITLs.
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The Métis Justice Institute (MJI) with the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) provides culturally founded justice services for Red River Métis Citizens with the development of a wide range of programs that strive to reduce the involvement of Citizens in the criminal justice system, prevent crime and enhance community safety and well-being. The MJI has built partnerships to deliver advocacy, support and strengthen families.
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The Indigenous Justice Strategy (IJS) released in March 2024 included a tailored, distinctions based approach which has a specific Métis chapter. Section 2: Priorities of Red River Métis as Represented by the Manitoba Métis Federation was developed specific to the distinctions-based priorities of the Red River Métis community, ensuring they are recognized separately from broader Indigenous groups.
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The Red River Métis Justice Strategy takes a Citizen-centered approach; development was supported by federal funding to identify access to justice priorities for Red River Métis Citizens. The strategy is guided by three core principles that were applied to the Métis Priorities Chapter “Foundational Principles” within the IJS.
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The MJI currently has the following programs available to Citizens:
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• Red River Métis Community Justice Centre – Justice Navigation Program (CJC)
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• Red River Métis Justice Support Program (JSP)
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• Red River Métis Court Work Program (CWP)
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The MJI also offers two court-ordered Diversion Programs court ordered through the Manitoba Courts.
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• Red River Métis Community Justice Program (MCJP)
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• Thompson Community Justice Program (TCJP)
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New to us this Fiscal Year:
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Red River Métis Community Justice Centre – Victim Navigation Program (CJC):
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The Victim Navigation Program enhances support services for Red River Métis victims and survivors of crime by establishing a dedicated Navigator position within the Métis Justice Institute. The initiative aligns with the Federal Victims Strategy and the Strengthening Indigenous Victims and Survivors of Crime (SVIC) funding initiative, both of which prioritize increasing the availability and accessibility of culturally appropriate services for Indigenous peoples. The Red River Métis Victim Support Navigator provides culturally safe, trauma-informed support to help Red River Métis victims and survivors navigate the criminal justice system and connect with essential community resources. Acting as the primary point of contact, the Navigator ensures individuals receive timely
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referrals to counselling, Legal Aid, court support, Red River Métis-specific services, and culturally grounded healing opportunities.
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• Red River Métis Family Support Program (FSP): The Family Support Program focuses on community education which includes:
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o Resource and Program Availability – The program has developed a resource manual for families which includes input from Victim Services to assist connecting families to their Family Information Liaison Units within Manitoba.
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o Resource Materials and Family Safety – The program has developed resource materials for Red River Métis families as an education series to know what to do if someone is at risk of going missing, or has gone missing, this includes information on the process for reporting, working with law enforcement, navigating social media and so on.
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o Red River Métis Community Workshops – In the next few months, the Family Support Navigator will host a series of workshops across all 7 MMF Regions on the resource materials developed to support early intervention strategies and resources.
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In recent years, Manitoba has undertaken a significant modernization of its family law framework. This legislative overhaul introduced The Family Law Act and The Family Support Enforcement Act, and amendments to several related statutes, which came into force on July 1, 2023, modernizing provisions and aligning provincial laws with the federal Divorce Act. These reforms reflect a strong commitment to improving access to justice by simplifying legal processes, reducing reliance on the courts, and making the system more navigable for self-represented individuals.
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In addition, Manitoba implemented the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, which came into effect in the province on February 1, 2024. This international treaty enables Manitoba families to establish, vary, and enforce child and spousal support orders across borders in participating countries. The International Child Support and Family Maintenance (Hague Convention) Act and its accompanying regulation provide the legal framework for this process, applying procedures under The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Act to international cases. This development significantly enhances access to justice for families with cross-border support obligations by offering a reliable and coordinated mechanism for international support applications and enforcement.
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Access to Justice Week 2025
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The University of Manitoba’s Access to Justice Week 2025 brought together legal professionals, students, and the public from October 27–31 to explore innovative approaches to expanding and embracing justice and inclusion. Hosted in partnership with the Law Society of Manitoba and the Manitoba Bar Association, the week featured four well-attended webinars on topics like accessible legal services, AI in law, art and media in justice, and culturally informed sentencing practices, with recordings now available online. Click here to read a recap.
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Clinical Programs Generally
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The Faculty of Law’s experiential learning programs continue to play a significant role in supporting access to justice in Manitoba. Students are contributing to criminal, family, prison, human rights, and poverty-law services, as well as public interest and law reform initiatives.
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Students are placed in a wide range of clinical and community-facing 12-credit hour externships, including the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre (criminal law, family law, and prison law), the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic, the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts, the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, Legal Help Centre, the Public Interest Law Centre, the Law Library Hub, and National Council of Canadian Muslims.
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These students are gaining hands-on experience while directly assisting underserved communities. This year, 54 students are involved in clinical externships with another 8 students in court externships. Additionally, students are involved in 3-credit hour internships with Legal Help Centre, Infojustice, and the International Human Rights Clinic. For the second year, a student is completing an intensive externship in Northern Manitoba with Legal Aid Manitoba’s Thompson office, with generous support from the Manitoba Law Foundation.
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Ongoing research will examine the broader impact of the Faculty of Law’s clinical legal education on both law graduates and the communities they serve.
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L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts
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Throughout 2025, the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic have significantly expanded their outreach across Manitoba. Over the summer, a record seven law summer students provided pro-bono legal services to clients province-wide through the clinics. Marking important milestones in 2025, the clinics surpassed 10,000 hours of pro-bono legal advice and services since their inception! The clinics, in partnership with various other University of Manitoba departments and external organizations, also presented at various public legal education events.
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The Arts Clinic offered legal education and support to artists and creatives, including a presentation entitled “Business Affairs Workshop for Emerging Producers and Filmmakers”, helping emerging film-industry professionals navigate incorporation and contractual issues. The Arts Clinic students also delivered a session to media-arts students at the Mid-Ocean School of Media Arts (MOSMA) covering business structures, contracts, and independent contracting. Finally, students presented during the “Ignite: Your Future an Independent Artist” series for the University of Manitoba’s Masters of Fine Art program, covering topics from intellectual property rights to contract negotiations.
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Beyond direct service, both clinics contributed to public interest advocacy: in August 2025 they jointly submitted recommendations to the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), urging reforms to funding for public-interest participation in regulatory proceedings.
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University of Manitoba Community Law Centre
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The University of Manitoba Community Law Centre (UMCLC) office handles criminal (summary conviction), family (uncontested divorces), and prison matters. In addition, it may provide assistance for The Highway Traffic Act offences, other offences prosecuted under The Provincial Offences Act, and individual disputes with Manitoba Public Insurance. The prison law clinic services have recently expanded beyond federal prisons (Stony Mountain Institution) to serve individuals incarcerated in provincial jails and other detention settings across Manitoba.
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Fourteen students are currently enrolled in the UMCLC externship program, along with student supervisors, volunteers, and summer students.
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UM Internationally Trained Lawyer (ITL) Program Update
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On November 14, the Faculty of Law held it’s first ITL Career Symposium. With specific programming for internationally trained lawyers at all stages of their requalification process as well as specific programming for potential employers. Access to justice was supported by providing valuable information to internationally trained lawyers regarding the NCA process, what is required for admission, and job search advice to encourage more internationally trained lawyers to join the profession. Prospective employers learned more about the NCA process and received practical advice to support the recruitment and hiring of internationally trained lawyers. The downstream effect will help the profession become reflective of the people it serves and supports access to legal services for our most vulnerable.
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Legal Help Centre (LHC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing access to justice and reducing barriers for low-income and underserved Manitobans. We provide free legal information, self-representation support, system navigation, and referrals to external resources. Our model integrates legal and social services, delivered by students and supported by experienced staff and over 100 volunteer lawyers.
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Core Services & Programming
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• Drop-In Legal Clinics: Accessible, no-cost legal help for individuals facing legal issues.
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• Systems Navigation: Connecting clients to other legal services and essential social supports such as housing, income assistance, and health service.
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• Mentorship and Education: Training students in client interviewing and client management from a trauma-informed perspective.
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• Protection Order Set-Aside Court List: LHC staff attending the weekly
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The Legal Help Centre is committed to advancing new initiatives that strengthen access to justice across Manitoba. We’re providing legal support for those with missing family members, including MMIWG2S+ cases, and exploring northern outreach and further estates support pending funding. Together, these projects deepen our ability to connect community members with the legal and social resources they need.
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Legal Help Centre’s Relocation
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Update LHC has moved; we’re co-locating with Welcome Place at their offices at 521 Bannatyne Avenue. All services have continued as usual, and our contact information, including phone numbers and email addresses, has remained unchanged. If you haven’t had the chance to visit our new space yet, we invite you to reach out to arrange a tour to see firsthand the meaningful, community-centered work LHC delivers. To read more about our community impact, please see our latest Annual Report. If you have any questions or to connect with us, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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General Line: 204-258-3096
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General Email: info@legalhelpcentre.ca
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We received funding from Justice Canada and are again able to offer our Workplace Sexual Harassment project. We are pleased to have Jill Duncan operating our Workplace Sexual Harassment Hotline in conjunction with this project. She can be reached at 1-877-226-4366 or by email at sexualharassmenthelp@communitylegal.mb.ca.
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Ashley Rees is the Project Coordinator for the Workplace Sexual Harassment workshops. If you are interested in booking either a presentation or a workshop for your organization, or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Ashley by email at: arees@communitylegal.mb.ca.
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We offered the following webinars this fall: Family Law: Parental Alienation, Bankruptcy, Consumer Proposals, and Mortgage Foreclosures, and Immigration Law Changes: Temporary Status and Permanent Residence. If you were not able to watch these webinars live, you will be able to watch the recordings soon on CLEA’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@CommunityLegalMB/videos
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The Legal Information for Incarcerated Manitobans (LIIM) Initiative specifically looks at the unmet legal information needs of incarcerated Manitobans. Begun in 2024, the project is grateful for funding support from the Manitoba Law Foundation that ends December 31, 2026. While information-access is an established and recognized basic human right, it is often denied to incarcerated people in Manitoba prisons. LIIM works to counter that inequity. What exists instead inside prisons is information poverty or information marginalization. There are extreme issues for folks who are incarcerated to get access to information - whether that be access to health information, language learning, recreational reading, educational or cultural information, or legal information. We know that 80% of incarcerated people in Manitoba are Indigenous, and LIIM prioritizes the importance of supporting all Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. Specifically we commit to #30 working to eliminate the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in custody. Working with stakeholders and partners, LIIM seeks to help break the “substantial barriers in accessing justice” that Indigenous peoples face.
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In 2025, LIIM delivered a print collection to all adult provincial correctional centres. This means that people who are incarcerated can access legal information that might assist them in building some legal capability. We are adding materials to our catalog often and the collection currently sits at about 60 books and resources. LIIM also provides access to many of the materials as a “digital” library including short legal information videos created by the Community Legal Education Association. These USBs are available for self representing litigants only at this time.
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Creating awareness of this print collection is important. We attended Community Resources fairs at the Women’s Correctional Centre (WCC), and Headingley Correctional Centre (HCC) in order to communicate to the people incarcerated in these institutions as well as to the staff who work there. Partnering with the Rights Clinic and the Prison Law Clinic means that LIIM has been able to share information about Employment Rights with a Criminal Record in two presentations geared towards the incarcerated population - at HCC and at the Brandon Correctional Centre.
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LIIM has also been creating content that is Manitoba-specific, in plain language, and addresses some of the literacy challenges inside prisons.
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1) FAQs We currently have four FAQs that have been developed with the assistance of the Rights Clinic at Robson Hall. These FAQs are short, one-pagers that can be easily understood about topics that have been identified as important by our prison library users. This collection of FAQs will grow in 2026. The FAQs are distributed to all Manitoba prisons and are also available on the LIIM website.
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2) Manitoba Law Library (MLL) toll free access to a law librarian The MLL toll free phone number has been added as a free call for people incarcerated in Manitoba prisons. This means that people can call and reach a law librarian for help with legal information questions. MLL staff also help in answering legal information questions that come in through the Email Reference Service. This service is assisted by prison staff and teachers who email the legal information questions to MLL for answers and links to further resources. Questions received so far include: unlawful eviction, medical and psychological care in Manitoba jails, legal information in Oji-Cree, and surveillance questions.
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3) Graphic Novel A major project for the coming year is the development of a graphic novel. We think that a graphic novel can help folks with low and multiliteracies better understand the legal system and build their legal capability, and best offer equitable learning experiences and multimodality.
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A multiliteracies approach makes use of learners' unique ways of knowing, being and doing, thereby creating an accessible and more inclusive learning environment. Meanwhile, offering multiple modes of communication helps to communicate and make sense of information (including legal information) within the world around us.
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The graphic novel we are creating combines interviews/narratives with justice-involved people interspersed with legal primers - all information that we hope will help the reader better understand the realities and the letter of the law. We hope the novel will give voice to a population whose perspective is not often sought, while meeting the need for legal information for that same population.
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Partnerships with the Prison Law Clinic at Robson Hall, with prison justice organizations like EFry and John Howard, and with an Indigenous cultural consultant have been integral to the project. Hiring this consultant has helped us do this work with the ethics and respect that are central to Indigenous ways of knowing and doing.
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Mediation Services continues to work towards facilitating peaceful / purposeful interactions that transform relationships. We are working at our goal of a restorative process by piloting a program to train volunteers to become surrogate victims. The training of 12 individuals has taken place and we expect to begin adding surrogate victims to our process in the new year.
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Families going through divorce and separation can access our mediation support in preparing parenting plans and comprehensive separation agreements by contacting Get Guidance at 204 945-2313 or GetGuidance@gov.mb.ca.
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Interested in building skills in conflict engagement and mediation? Visit our us at https://shop.mediationserviceswpg.ca/store for a list of upcoming training in: Dealing with Difficult People, Transforming the Argument or Mediation Skills for Leaders.
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Other questions about how we support access to justice or access to resolution? Call us at 204 925.3410.
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The Manitoba Council of Administrative Tribunals continues to support its members through delivering relevant and comprehensive training and educational opportunities for tribunal members in Manitoba. This fall, we offered a sold out New Member Training to recently appointed tribunal members. Upcoming, we have a full day workshop on decision writing in February and our annual conference in May. Through these programs, we educate on topics that address access to justice challenges including plain language communications, hearings with self representing parties, and addressing bias.
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The Duty to Assist Winnipeg initiative, our youth homelessness prevention effort focused on exploring what statutory reform could mean for lived experts, service providers, and community members, continues to grow in meaningful ways. This quarter, we published a comprehensive report through the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, capturing the key findings from our October 2024 launch event. Alongside the report, five companion blogs were released, all co-authored with youth lived experts of homelessness.
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As we move forward, we are expanding our Youth Advisory Committee, whose insights and leadership continue to propel this systems-advocacy work. Their voices are central in shaping conversations and influencing the policy spheres in which we operate.
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For links to the full report and subsequent blogs, please see:
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Healthy Muslim Families emerged in 2020 in response to growing access to justice needs, especially among newcomers, refugees and other racialized communities. While services are open to all, the majority of clients are from the Muslim community. Healthy Muslim Families has staff trained in several languages and has been involved in numerous projects, including legal webinars, document translation, and assisting with immigration-related matters, among others. Healthy Muslim Families regularly collaborates with partners like CLEA, the Legal Help Centre and Pro Bono Students Canada.
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- Refugee Claimant Support Project: Offering individuals help with court forms, translating documents (notably in Arabic and Somali), and providing preparation for legal appointments and upcoming hearings.
- Sandbox Program: Since Healthy Muslim Families now operates as a recognized civil society organization, they are now a part of the Sandbox Project in collaboration with the Law Society of Manitoba. Healthy Muslim Families offers weekly family law clinics and monthly immigration clinics, now accessible virtually to individuals across Manitoba and beyond.
- Direct Legal Representation: Healthy Muslim Families has also recently taken on its first Legal Aid case, with plans to expand their caseload in the future.
- Youth Outreach: Healthy Muslim Families have offered court tours and legal career talks to students in an effort to improve representation in the legal profession.
- Capacity Building Project: Catered to Equity-Led Organizations who lack resources or infrastructures. Over the past year, Healthy Muslim Families has mentored three organizations, with a fourth one underway.
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Fisher River Cree Nation is actively engaged in delivering culturally grounded prevention and intervention services to address the needs of the community, such as homelessness, addictions and mental health. With a strong focus on promoting a healthy lifestyle, Fisher River Cree Nation offers culturally relevant programming, including drum-making and Sundance ceremonies. They also regularly distribute self-care packages directly to the homes of community members. The Fisher River Cree Nation has established meaningful partnerships with organizations such as the Joy Smith Foundation, which is dedicated to preventing human trafficking. Fisher River Cree Nation also receives referrals from the RCMP and the Crown, maintaining regular virtual meetings with Crown representatives and working to rebuild trust with law enforcement.
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• Virtual workshops: anger management, healthy relationships, etc.
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• Justice sweat follow up: 2nd annual: participants included MFNPS, Fisher Branch RCMP detachment and community members
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• Self-defence: handling in a non violent situations: victims defending against stalking, and violence
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• Podcast • Fisher River Justice and Hallow Water hosting Regional RJ Gathering Jan 25-29/2026
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• RJAM RJ meetings and organizing a RJ gathering: Dec 05, 2025
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• FRCN Justice invited to help implement and assist The Pelican Lake Restorative Justice program.
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• Justice: Deco for FRCN band staff Christmas dinner: The Grinch theme: naughty year Special
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Fisher River Justice Program Expresses Gratitude to Faculty of Um Law: The Fisher River Justice Program extends its sincere gratitude to the Faculty of Um Law, particularly Natasha Brown and Marc Kruse, for their invaluable contributions. Their support has provided us with the platform to share our programs and the remarkable achievements of our decolonization justice initiatives. These initiatives aim to foster healing and restoration within our communities by delivering culturally based programs and healing services.
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Habeas Corpus Proceedings: Striking a Balance between Efficiency and Liberty
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Alexandra Gagnon A tool meant to silence abusive litigants may now be muffling the voices of people who need the courts the most. Vexatious litigant provisions to curb abusive or repetitive filings have been applied in Alberta courts – but do vexatious litigant orders inadvertently block legitimate applications brought forward by incarcerated people? This blog post will examine how Alberta’s …
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Can AI be used to reduce delays in the Canadian legal system?
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Scott Riddle, University of Alberta Law Student January 9, 2025 With artificial intelligence (AI) seemingly entrenching itself into the ethos of society and with more advancements on the inevitable horizon, it is time for the justice system to be proactive in its approach to such powerful technology. By working to develop or integrate Canadian justice with an AI tool, courts …
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A2J Week 2025: Making Rights Real: A Vision for Providing Accessible Legal Services
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https://youtu.be/6vfzirldD5Y Through the discussion of real-world based scenarios, this panel of experts with legal and/or accessibility experience, provided suggestions on how lawyers could and should provide accessible legal services. Moderator: Janell Jackson (Moderator), Law student, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law & MBA Equality Section Co-Chair Janell Jackson is a third year law student at the University of Manitoba, holding …
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A2J Week 2025: AI and Access to Justice: Promise, Pitfalls, and Practice
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https://youtu.be/-ZZbbMqezBA Everyone is talking about AI and how it will reshape our lives, including how we access justice. Whether you are a lawyer, law student or member of the public, there are key things to understand when using AI for help with a legal matter. This panel included: A brief overview of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) Law …
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A2J Week 2025: Access to Justice through Art and Media
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https://youtu.be/fRv4qrDOXis Focusing on podcasting, radio, murals, and graphic novels, this Zoom webinar event highlights the role of art and media in breaking down legal barriers. Through discussions with creators and advocates, the event will demonstrate how these mediums can educate, empower, and connect communities to their rights and the legal system. Moderator: Quinn Saretsky, Gladue Writer, At the Root Consulting …
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