Access to Justice
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Design and execution of evaluation for UN Joint Programme on Gender Equality resulting in Systemization of Results.
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Impact assessment, strategic monitoring tools, executive transition support and strategic planning for national feminist legal advocacy organization.
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Strategic planning for YWCA asserting a bold vision to build a safe, healthy and vital future for women living rurally and in the city.
Gender Equality
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Organizational and communication strategy to align access to justice across Canada and with SDG 16.
Adoption and annual reporting on Canada’s Justice Development Goals and promotion of Canada’s collaborative role in gender mainstreaming.
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Guide for Civil Justice projects as an integrated strategy for advancing SDGs and pursuing People Centred Justice
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Contracted as part of the Serious Legal Problem research project to conduct research into the experiences of 16 – 30 year old Black young adults facing legal issues with a focus on gender, race and economic status.
Digital Transformation
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Global mapping of e-Justice, policy paper and toolkit for country offices advancing rights-respecting technology projects.
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Evaluation of the justice outcomes of an electronic case management system to assess the feasibility of replication as a digital public good.
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Research into emerging technologies and gendered threats to judicial integrity. Publishing of knowledge products, tools and strategic foresight webinar with judges in the ASEAN region.
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Research of direct legal service technology needs and legal sector capacity to address access to justice through entrepreneurial innovation model.
Human Rights & Discrimination
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Development of a 47 day training program for new Law Officers focused on the Rule of Law, international standards of fair trial practices and the role of the prosecutor, judge and defence counsel in criminal and family law.
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Monthly training for managers across the Ontario Public Service on unconscious bias, prevention of harassment and discrimination, legal obligations and restorative approaches.
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Design of a needs assessment of vulnerable groups in Turkey, specifically women, children, LGBTI, refugees and people with disabilities, within the legal aid system. Development and delivery of training materials in a train-the-trainer format to 600+ criminal lawyers with legislative and practice guidelines.
Indigenous Rights & Decolonization
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Mental Health Review: an inquiry into the consequences of the colonial policing model and chronic underfunding of Indigenous police services in Ontario for the mental health of members
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Development and delivery of staff engagement sessions on healthy workplaces.
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Coordination and facilitation of a Gladue Summit to develop provincial recommendations and directions on the delivery of alternative sentencing models for Indigenous offenders, in partnership with Aboriginal Legal Services.
CALIBRATE Projects
Still Waiting for Disruption
Without adjustment to our services and systems, we know that the justice system’s probable future is as an extension of our current state where many people are excluded, intimidated and seeking resolution outside the formal justice system.
Out of Pocket
The Out-of-Pocket tool is transferable to any Canadian jurisdiction and generates concrete, local costs information about family law processes to influence public policy, legal reform and media conversations about access to justice in the family context.
“The evaluation was rated as very good by UN Women’s independent meta-evaluation system.”
- Isabel Suarez, UN Women Europe and Central Asia Regional Evaluation Specialist