News items from the Foundation.
The Law Foundation of BC is excited to announce the second round of the Racial Justice Grants Call, offering Development Grants of up to $50,000 for one year. These short-term grants are intended to provide flexible funding for groups and organizations to develop capacity, early-stage ideas, and plans that may lead to new programming, projects, …
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About the role: The Program Director, Access to Justice is a member of a dynamic team that is working to create, amplify and support innovative solutions to difficult access to justice challenges and systemic inequities that affect the well-being of diverse communities in British Columbia. For more information on this position, please see the full …
About the role: The Director of Legal Service Grants is part of a dynamic team working to create innovative solutions to difficult access to justice challenges that affect diverse communities in British Columbia. For more information on this position, please see the full posting on the Foundation’s hiring portal: https://lawfoundationbc.bamboohr.com/careers/42
About the role: The Project Manager, Finance Support will join a dynamic team that is developing innovative solutions to difficult access to justice challenges in support of a future where systems of law and justice support all people to live and thrive in dignity. For more information on this position, please see the full posting …
About the role: The Data Management Specialist is part of a dynamic team that is working to create innovative solutions to difficult access to justice challenges that affect the well-being of diverse communities in British Columbia. For more information on this position, please see the full posting on the Foundation’s hiring portal: https://lawfoundationbc.bamboohr.com/careers/40
Prisoners’ Legal Services – How one local organization is changing the face of prison advocacy The West Coast Prison Justice Society operates Prisoners’ Legal Services (PLS), the only program focused exclusively on prison-related legal advocacy in western Canada. “Prisoners’ Legal Services is unique in Canada because we administer all prison legal aid in our jurisdiction, …
About the role: The Process and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Indigenous Justice will join a dynamic team that is working – in partnership with communities – to support solutions to justice challenges that affect the well-being of diverse Indigenous communities, whether through Indigenous laws, Canadian law, or both. As an important part of existing efforts to …
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How West Coast LEAF’s Community of Practice creates an intentional space for those engaged in the child welfare system In 2019, the West Coast LEAF released the “Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare” report with funding from the Law Foundation of BC. The report came about as a result of a year-long …
Kinbrace Ready Tours — Pre-hearing support for refugee claimants For most people who do not work in the legal system, participating in a tribunal process can be confusing and intimidating. That experience is amplified for refugee claimants attending a hearing that may determine whether they will be able to stay in the country they’ve begun …
About the role: The Grants Manager, Indigenous Justice will join a dynamic team that is working – in partnership with communities – to support solutions to justice challenges that affect the well-being of diverse Indigenous communities, whether through Indigenous laws, Canadian law, or both. This role will support the decision-making, administration, and learning with and …
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