The McLachlin Fund provides financial support for innovative projects and programs to improve access to civil and family justice. It prioritizes projects and programs that address a defined access to justice problem in a way that can be effectively evaluated and scaled-up or adopted elsewhere if successful.
The McLachlin Fund was established to support innovative projects and programs that are:
- working to improve civil and family justice by developing and implementing practical solutions to enhance access to justice;
- stimulating innovation in the administration of civil and family justice;
- developing evidence-based methods for evaluating outcomes in the civil and family justice system;
- supporting collaboration and knowledge-sharing amongst jurisdictions and stakeholders; and
- raising awareness of and commitment to the need for improved access to civil and family justice at all levels of the justice system.
Amount: $25,000 – $100,000 per year for up to three years (for a maximum of $300,000 in total multi-year funding).
Deadlines:
Faculty Research Office: one week prior to agency deadline (for internal review of draft application allow 2-3 weeks)
Western Research: 1 week prior to agency deadline
McLachlin: August 29, 2022, 5:00 pm PT
Eligibility: Applicants from throughout Canada are invited to apply. Successful applicants will have a strong record delivering programs that facilitate and/or evaluate access to civil and family justice on a regional or national level. Successful applicants will also have demonstrated capacity to deliver and evaluate their proposed project and to contribute to a national dialogue on enhancing access to civil and family justice.
More information and applications: https://mclachlin.ca/funding A ROLA proposal must be completed with the application.
If you have any questions concerning the application process, please contact staff at: info@mclachlin.ca
Please contact Karen Kueneman if you plan to apply.
