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What’s New at Legal Information for Incarcerated Manitobans

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Authored by Kirsten Wurmann, Librarian, Legal Information for Incarcerated Manitobans, Manitoba Law Library The Legal Information for Incarcerated Manitobans (LIIM) Initiative was officially launched as a project of the Manitoba Law Library and the Manitoba Library Association-Prison Libraries Committee in January 2024 with funding from the Manitoba Law Foundation. We are inspired in part by […]

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International Access to Justice Forum 2024 – Registration Now Open!

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Registration is now open! October 23 – 25, 2024 At Osgoode Professional DevelopmentDowntown Toronto, Canada (Hybrid)yorku.ca/ia2j/ REGISTER The Program will bring together a group of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world. You can look forward to: Day 1Community Legal EducationJustice DigitizationLegal Advantage/VulnerabilityPerson-Centred Justice Day 2AI in Legal TechLegal Needs SurveysGender-Based ViolenceLegal Services MarketYouth &

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Survey on the Federal Child Support Guidelines – The Department of Justice Canada

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The Department of Justice Canada would like to invite you to participate in the Survey on the Federal Child Support Guidelines: https://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=42c6ed2c-8127-47a7-b3a7-f264c5d32a92. Please respond by September 25, 2024. In Canada, child support is calculated using regulations called child support guidelines. They are a set of rules and tables used to determine child support amounts. The Federal Child Support Guidelines (Federal

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Saskatchewan’s Immigration Services Act

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Authored by Mackenzie Coleman, Law Student, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law On July 1st, Saskatchewan’s Immigration Services Act came into force. The Immigration Services Act replaced the Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act. Now, all of the province’s immigration procedures fall under the Immigration Services Act. The provincial government hopes the new act

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Legal Aid Lockdown: The Consequences of Closing Legal Aid Services

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Authored by Mackenzie Coleman, Law Student, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law Legal aid programs are a significant component of access to justice. For many individuals, publicly funded legal services are crucial to support their right to liberty and security of person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.[1] Along with this, legal aid is

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Funding Opportunity – McLachlin Fund

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Application Deadline – September 16, 2024 “There is no justice without access to justice.” – The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Funding call: The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Access to Justice Fund (“McLachlin Fund”) was established in 2019 to provide financial support for innovative projects and programs to improve access to civil and family justice. The

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Canada-US Border Rights Clinic launch event – July 11th @ 1:30pm ET

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You are invited to an online launch event for the Canada-US Border Rights Clinic: Thursday July 11th @ 1:30-2:30 ET (10:30PT, 11:30MT, 12:30CT, 2:30AT) Learn about the clinic and our services, as well as when and how to make a client referral. French interpretation will be provided. Click here to register. A recording of the event will be

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Funding and Learning Opportunities | Possibilités de financement et d’apprentissage

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Shared on behalf of Family Resolution Service, Courts Division, Manitoba Justice Funding Opportunity: From the Ground Up We would like to share the Department of Municipal and Northern Relations’ new community development grant opportunity called From the Ground Up – Safe Healthy Communities for All. Grants under the program will support initiatives in the areas

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Inuit Legal Clinic Stakeholder Summit

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 Authored by Tasha Ellis, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law articling student-at-law At this landmark summit, Inuit Elders, community members, and stakeholders from Nunavut and Manitoba were invited to gather on Treaty 1 territory at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law, to learn, share information, and discuss the need for an Inuit-specific Legal Clinic

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Trusted Intermediaries – Legal Information (TI-LI) Within Bars but Not Without Rights: Legal Information and Library Access for Incarcerated Persons / Information juridique et accès aux bibliothèques pour les personnes incarcérées

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Shared on behalf of Within Bars But Not Without Rights Panel TI-LI members are invited to attend an exciting, free panel presentation advocating for access to libraries, law, and legal information for incarcerated persons in Canada. Please share this invitation widely with any in your network who may be interested in this panel.   Please see

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