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The Manitoba Law Foundation is seeking a collaborative, strategic, and highly organized individual to join our team as Manager, Strategic Grants. This full-time contract position (two-year term, renewable up to five years) plays a central role in advancing access to justice throughout Northern, rural, and remote Manitoba. The position oversees a major funding initiative aligned …

We are pleased to announce that Dennis Deng has joined the Manitoba Law Foundation as our new Director of Finance. Dennis is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) with more than 15 years of senior finance leadership across nonprofit, public and private sectors. He brings deep expertise in financial strategy, governance support, audit and risk …

The next deadlines for applications to the Foundation for Project Grants and Small Grants are fast approaching. Applications are due on or before Monday, October 2, 2023 for Project Grants and on or before Tuesday, October 31, 2023 for Small Grants, for consideration by the Board of Directors in December 2023. The Small Grants Program …

The next deadline for Small Grants Applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation is Thursday, March 31, 2022, with applications being considered by the Board of Directors in June 2022. The Foundation’s Board is inviting applications for Small Grant funding that further legal education, legal research, legal services/supports, and law reform activities that address and include: …

The Manitoba Law Foundation is working to develop an evidence base for access to justice issues related to civil and family law experienced by Manitobans, and performance metrics to measure the performance of the justice system and related programs and initiatives. To inform this work, the Foundation engaged Prairie Research Associates Inc. to conduct a …

For Immediate Release:  The Manitoba Law Foundation is pleased to announce today that three organisations will benefit from a total of just over $600,000 in Special Granting Initiative funding to support their efforts to enhance access, and remove systemic barriers, to justice in Manitoba. First Nations Family Advocate Office of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs …

The next deadlines for applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation for Project Grants and Small Grants are fast approaching. Applications are due on or before October 1st for Project Grants and on or before October 31st for Small Grants, for consideration by the Board of Directors in December 2020. Small Grants support small, one-time, distinct law-related …

The next deadlines for applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation for Project Grants and Small Grants are fast approaching. Applications are due on or before October 1st for Project Grants and on or before October 31st for Small Grants, for consideration by the Board of Directors in December 2019. Small Grants support small, one-time, distinct law-related …

The Board of Directors of The Manitoba Law Foundation is pleased to welcome Erin Wilcott as its new Executive Director. Erin takes over the helm of the Foundation from Karen Dyck, who has recently been appointed as Chief Appeal Commissioner at The Appeal Commission. Erin brings to the Foundation a wealth of legal profession experience. …

The next deadline for applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation for Small Grants is fast approaching. Applications are due on or before March 31, 2019, for consideration by the Board of Directors in June 2019. Small Grants support small, one-time, distinct law-related projects. To qualify as a Small Grant, a project must: The Foundation’s Board determined last September …

The Manitoba Law Foundation’s Board of Directors met in early December to consider applications received in the most recent granting cycle.  The Board had determined at their September 2018 meeting to set aside up to $1.4 million for discretionary granting, including offering an increase of 15% to current recipients of core funding grants. The Board …

The Manitoba Law Foundation, last December, made a project grant to Manitoba Law Library, Inc. (MLL) to fund the development and implementation of an online library catalog for MLL’s collection of materials held in the Great Library at the Law Courts Complex in Winnipeg. We are pleased to see that the catalog has now gone …