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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
HANDBOOK
2019-2020
Descriptions de projet 2019-2020

Prepared by Emily Cherlet,
PBSC Co-Coordinator at McGill University

Pro Bono Students Canada, McGill University | Université McGill

       514-398-3855

       probono.law@mail.mcgill.ca

      https://www.mcgill.ca/probono/
PROJECT DESCRIPTION HANDBOOK 2019-2020 - MCGILL UNIVERSITY
TABLE OF CONTENTS | TABLE DES MATIÈRES

ASSOCIATION POUR LA DÉFENSE DES DROITS DU PERSONNEL DOMESTIQUE/ASSOCIATION FOR
THE RIGHTS OF HOUSEHOLD WORKERS (ADDPD/ARHW)                                   4

CCLA – CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION RIGHTS WATCH BLOG                 5

CCLA – CANADIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION TALK RIGHTS                       6

CRIC – CARREFOUR DE RESSOURCES EN INTERCULTUREL                               7

CRARR – CENTRE DE RECHERCHE-ACTION SUR LES RELATIONS RACIALES                 8

ÉTUDIANT.E.S EN DROIT D’AIDER                                                 9

FAMILY LAW PROJECT                                                           10

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE LAW CLINIC ǀ CLINIQUE JURIDIQUE D'ALIMENTATION ET
AGRICULTURE                                                                  11

HEAD & HANDS                                                                 12

HEAD & HANDS: PROJECT X – SYSTEMIC RACISM IN MONTREAL                        13

LEAF – WOMEN’S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND                               14

MAISON PLEIN CŒUR – LEGAL CLINIC                                             15

MAISON PLEIN CŒUR – WORKSHOPS                                                16

MILE END – REFUGEE LEGAL CLINIC                                              17

NWSM – NATIVE WOMEN’S SHELTER OF MONTREAL                                    18

PINAY – FILIPINO WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION IN QUÉBEC                              19

RÉSEAU QUÉBÉCOIS DES GROUPS ÉCOLOGISTES                                      20

STELLA, L’AMIE DE MAIMIE                                                     21

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WILLS PROJECT                       22

LA TENTE JURIDIQUE                  23

YUKON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION       24

                                3
Association pour la défense des droits du personnel domestique/Association
            for the Rights of Household Workers (ADDPD/ARHW)

                                                        4 students

                                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

                  The Association for the Rights of Household an Farm Workers is a non-profit community
                  organization incorporated in 1977. Our mission is to ensure that the work done in private
                    households and farms is recognized, respected and valued. Through legal action and
                 associated research and education/advocacy activities, the ARHW fights for the recognition
                      and respect of the rights of household and farm workers in Quebec and Canada.

                                                 PROJECT | PROJET

                Our legal project at the ARHW is a constitutional challenge (on the basis of section 7 of
                the Charter) of employer-tying measures that are incorporated into federal immigration law
                (such as the employer-specific work permit issued to temporary foreign workers).

                Students will assist with various aspects of the Charter challenges. This includes producing
                research memos on a variety of issues related to mounting of a constitutional challenge which
                may include research regarding our project's eligibility for legal aid test case funding and/or
                the federal Court Challenges Program. Other research topics may include things such as
                analyzing recent section 1 jurisprudence, the use of international human rights law in
                constitutional interpretation. Other tasks include assisting with the compiling and organizing
                of relevant socio-economic evidence, assisting with the drafting of affidavits, etc.

                                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

                    •   Bilingual – must be fully competent in both English and French.
                    •   First year completed.
                    •   Constitutional law course completed.
                    •   Committed to social justice and interested to learn more about policies restricting
                        temporary foreign workers' fundamental rights to liberty, security, and access to
                        justice in the country

                                             4
CCLA – Canadian Civil Liberties
Association Rights Watch Blog

                                         1 student

                         ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

CCLA fights for the civil liberties, human rights, and democratic freedoms of all people across
  Canada. We are an independent, national, nongovernmental organization, working in the
 courts, before legislative committees, in classrooms and in the streets, protecting the rights
          and freedoms cherished by Canadians and entrenched in our Constitution.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

Students will be assigned a particular Canadian jurisdiction to monitor and will do so by
reviewing significant reports by rights-protecting and other public bodies.

CCLA has been compiling a list of links to reports that may be relevant to our mandate. This
includes reports from the various jurisdictions’ information and privacy commissions, human
rights commissions, auditors general, ombuds, police review office, correctional investigator.
The student will be provided with at least one report to review.

The student will create a memo summarizing the key civil liberties issues that are raised in the
report. Further research on a particular topic related to the report may be required. The
purpose of these memos is to allow CCLA to monitor key civil liberties issues in all
jurisdictions across the country and consider issues and areas for future advocacy and/or
litigation.

                           REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •   Self-motivated.
  •   Writing skills.
  •   Interest in civil liberties.
  •   Must be available October 7 at 1:00pm and October 10 at 3:00pm.
  •   Upper year students preferred.

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CCLA – Canadian Civil Liberties Association
              Talk Rights

                                              1 student

                              ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

   CCLA fights for the civil liberties, human rights, and democratic freedoms of all people across
     Canada. We are an independent, national, nongovernmental organization, working in the
    courts, before legislative committees, in classrooms and in the streets, protecting the rights
             and freedoms cherished by Canadians and entrenched in our Constitution.

                                       PROJECT | PROJET

   The student will research and develop subject expertise in one or more timely civil liberties
   issues in Canada and develop accessible information for the public.

         •    The primary responsibility of the student will be to create accessible information on
              rights and liberties by conducting background research and preparing an issue
              summary.
         •    The student will work with CCLA staff to determine the right kinds of materials that
              would be useful to the public on the topic and will work on drafting those materials
              which may include blog posts, resource lists, infographics, podcasts, and more.

                                REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

     •       Bilingual.
     •       Self-motivated.
     •       Writing skills.
     •       Interest in current events and civil liberties.
     •       Must be available October 7 at 1:00pm and October 10 at 3:00pm.

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CRIC – Carrefour de ressources en
           interculturel

                                        2-3 students

                         ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

    Le CRIC est un organisme autonome qui rassemble et développe des ressources dans le
   domaine interculturel pour les organismes et les résidents du quartier Centre-Sud afin de
      favoriser le rapprochement interculturel entre toutes les communautés du quartier.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

 Le projet vise à favoriser la prise de connaissances des personnes immigrantes par rapport aux
 défis auxquels ils font face, surtout en matière d’immigration et en droit de la famille.

 Les étudiants produiront également des dépliants informatifs dans les domaines du logement,
 de la famille, et de droit du travail.

 Pour les étudiants en années supérieures : Les étudiants participeront à des consultations avec
 ces personnes en besoin d’informations juridiques à chaque deux semaines en compagnie d’un
 avocat. Les étudiants effectueront ensuite une recherche juridique pour le client afin de
 répondre à ses questions.

                           REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •    Bilinguisme encouragé, troisième langue (surtout espagnol ou arabe) un atout.
  •    Préférence aux étudiants ayant suivi des cours en droit de la famille et en droit de
       l’immigration.
  •    Aptitude pour la rédaction et la recherche.
  •    N.B. Les étudiants de première année peuvent postuler mais ne participeront pas aux
       consultations.

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CRARR – Centre de recherche-action
     sur les relations raciales

                                           5 students

                           ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

     Le CRARR est un organisme sans but lucratif et indépendant qui a été fondé avec pour
  mandat de promouvoir l’égalité raciale et de combattre le racisme au Canada. Le CRARR est
  reconnu comme étant un leader dans le domaine de la lutte contre la discrimination au pays.

                                    PROJECT | PROJET

  Le projet s’agit d’un projet d’assistance aux avocats du CRARR dans leurs tâches. Ceux-ci
  travaillent principalement sur des dossiers de discrimination raciale, mais également sur
  d’autres types de discrimination (handicap, orientation sexuelle, etc.), et des défense
  criminelles et pénales, des poursuites civiles et des cas de contrôle judiciaire.

  Les tâches des étudiants incluent,

      •   La rédaction de documents juridiques.
      •   La recherche jurisprudentielle et doctrinale.
      •   L’accompagnement des avocats.
      •   La préparation des dossiers.
      •   Les procédures.

                             REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

      •   Bilingue.
      •   Intérêt concret pour l’égalité.
      •   Capacité d’analyse critique de la loi.
      •   Un sens d’initiative, de rigueur, et un désir d’apprendre.
      •   Cour en droit constitutionnel complété un atout.

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Étudiant.e.s en droit d’aider

                                              1 student

                           ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME
Étudiant.e.s en droit d’aider est un projet de PBSC. Le projet vise à créer une voix étudiante
et, ultimement, à formuler des revendications et des recommandations claires et réalistes, au
    nom des étudiant-e-s en droit du Québec, afin de modifier l’article 128 de la Loi sur le
  Barreau qui ne permet actuellement aucune exception, pour les étudiant-e-s en droit, aux
                                actes réservés aux avocat-e-s.

                                 PROJECT | PROJET
Chaque université participante aura pour rôle à travers ses étudiant.e.s PBSC de :

Session d’Automne :

         1. Rentrer en contact avec l’association des étudiants en droit de l’université : de recueillir son point
         de vue et ses préoccupations concernant l’article 128 de la Loi sur le barreau (par exemple en
         participant aux assemblées générales ou à un événement organisé par l’association où il est possible
         de prendre la parole)

         2. D’élaborer par écrit une proposition de résolution-déclaration pour les besoins identifiés dans son
         université

         3. De travailler de concert avec toutes les universités participantes afin de proposer une résolution-
         déclaration commune ayant pour objectif d’être adoptée par toutes les associations d’étudiant en
         droit. À cette fin une rencontre (physique ou virtuelle) entre toutes les sections PBSC participantes
         aura lieu.

Session d’hiver :

         4. Être le-a porte-parole de cette résolution-déclaration dans son université et aller la défendre
         auprès des associations étudiantes.

         5. Faire adopter cette résolution.

                    REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

 •   Français requis.
 •   Avoir à cœur l’accès à la justice, de l’autonomie et de la détermination. Avoir du
     leadership et être à l’aise avec le réseautage et la prise de parole en public.

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Family Law Project

                                         6 students

                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

   The Family Law Project is a PBSC National Office project aimed at improving access to
                 justice for individuals dealing with family law concerns.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

Students placed to the Family Law Project will work with self-represented litigants to provide
procedural information on the life of a family file. Students will also have the unique
opportunity of working with family lawyers in Montreal and learning the ins and outs of a
family law practice and the challenges faced by unrepresented parties.

This project will take place as a legal information clinic and will include the development and
presentation of public legal information seminars. Students may also have the opportunity to
attend court hearings at the Palais de justice in Montreal.

                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •   First year of law completed
  •   Bilingualism required
  •   Enrolment in Family Law/Droit de la famille is not mandatory but beneficial
  •   Students must be available on Saturday, September 28th from 10:00am to
      4:00pm for project specific training.

                                   EARLY DEADLINE

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Food and Agriculture Law Clinic ǀ Clinique juridique d'alimentation et agriculture
                         A project by the McGill Food Law Society

                                                           3-5 students

                                            ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

                 The Food and Agriculture Law Clinic (FALC) helps food-focused non-profits in
                 Québec and Canada navigate their legal and policy questions. We believe law and
                 policy are valuable tools that can help improve our food systems, and that both should
                 be accessible to all.

                                                      PROJECT | PROJET

                 Students will do research and draft legal memos and other plain-language resources for the following
                 food-focused organizations:
                 1. Carrefour alimentaire Centre-Sud
                      • A comparative law study of pioneer countries’ legislation for the implementation of the right to
                          food. The aim is to explore how Canada could enact similar legislation. Students will also
                          provide information on the legal recourses and policy levers that could contribute to
                          implement a legal right to food in Canada.
                 2. McGill MealCare
                      • Students will research and draft Information on food safety standards for food donations and
                          the effects of institutional food procurement contracts on donating university’s food surplus.
                 3. Union Paysanne
                      • Students will review of the Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Quebec
                          (RMAQ) case law on joint plans and under what circumstances they are required for producers
                          self-marketing their products on the basis that it causes a prejudice to a third (ex. farmers’
                          federations). Students will also work to supplement the organization’s Guide of good practices
                          for local marketing with summary tables of relevant laws.
                 4. Independent Food and Agriculture Clinic Project
                      • Dissemination/distribution of the Restaurant Workers’ Rights Guide (2019), prepared by the
                          FALC. Contact organizations to share the Guide, plan a launch event, and share the guide with
                          restaurant workers in Montreal.
                      •

                                              REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

                     •    Bilingual preferred
                     •    First year students welcome!
                     •    Demonstrated interest in food and agriculture a plus

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Head & Hands

                                       1 student

                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

 Head & Hands, also known as À Deux Mains, is a non-profit organization based in Notre-
Dame-de-Grâce in Montréal, Quebec. The centre offers counseling, legal services, programs
for young parents, sex education, a variety of workshop, and emergency food services. Head
  & Hands’ mission is to work with youth to promote their physical and mental well-being.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

Head & Hands offers workshops for youth (12-25) in high school or CEGEP. The student
volunteer would be called upon to help animate these workshops. Examples of workshop
topics include:
•        Labour law
•        Tenancy law
•        Interactions with the police
•        Marijuana and the law
•        Trans-specific issues (name changes, sex or gender identifier changes, discrimination)

The student volunteer would also be asked to produce educational material, such as pamphlets
or blogs, on these topics. The student volunteer may be asked to adapt educational materials to
social media platforms that are utilized by young people.

                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES
  •   Bilingualism is an asset.
  •   The student must demonstrate a commitment to harm reduction, anti-
      oppression, holistic care, and Head & Hands values.
  •   First year completed.
  •   People of colour, people with disabilities, women, two-spirited and queer people, trans
      people, and other candidates who experience marginalization are strongly encouraged
      to apply.

                             12
Head & Hands: Project X – Systemic Racism in Montreal

                                             1 student

                              ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME
       Head & Hands, also known as À Deux Mains, is a non-profit organization based in Notre-
      Dame-de-Grâce in Montréal, Quebec. The centre offers counseling, legal services, programs
      for young parents, sex education, a variety of workshop, and emergency food services. Head
        & Hands’ mission is to work with youth to promote their physical and mental well-being.

                                        PROJECT | PROJET

      As an integrated part of Head and Hands’ free services, Project X Mtl was launched in 2007.
      Our mandate is:

          •   To support youth by helping them finding creative ways to survive the effects of
              institutional racism, racial and social profiling;
          •   To provide access to justice for youth;
          •   To inform and provide a safe space for communication and expression

      The student will assist the Project X Coordinator with collection of data on racial profiling,
      which entails meeting youth of colour in person, researching case law and policies. The
      student will also help with the preparation of a workshop on police interventions and the law,
      with a focus on the rights of young people which will be held at high schools and/or CEGEP.

                                REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

      •    Bilingualism is an asset.
      •    The student must demonstrate a commitment to harm reduction, anti-
           oppression, holistic care, and Head & Hands values.
      •    People of colour, people with disabilities, women, two-spirited and queer people, trans
           people, and other candidates who experience marginalization are strongly encouraged
           to apply.
      •

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LEAF – Women’s Legal Education and
          Action Fund

                                            1 student

                           ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

    The Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) works to advance the substantive
  equality rights of women and girls through litigation, law reform, and public education. Since
  1985, we have intervened in landmark cases that have advanced equality in Canada—helping
     to prevent violence, eliminate discrimination in the workplace, provide better maternity
        benefits, ensure a right to pay equity, and allow access to reproductive freedoms.

                                    PROJECT | PROJET

  Students will be helping to identify cases and proposed law reform projects that may affect the
  equality rights of women and girls in Canada.

  Students will be asked to review court websites, legal databases, legislative sites and media
  reports for their assigned jurisdictions or assigned areas of law to assist LEAF in its case/law
  reform monitoring. Students may be asked to prepare comments or memos on cases/law
  reform issues of interest.

                             REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

      •   Bilingual.
      •   First year completes
      •   Courses in Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice completed. Course in Immigration
          Law, Family Law, and Labour Law an asset.
      •   Commitment to an understanding of feminist legal principles and equality law.

                               14
Maison Plein Cœur – Legal Clinic

                                         4 students

                         ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

                            For over 28 years, Maison Plein
             Coeur has provided support and accompaniment for people living
with HIV in Montreal. Programs focus on psychosocial and practical assistance and support.

                                   PROJECT | PROJET

This project aims to continue a legal clinic put in place last year to provide free and accessible
legal information and support to people living with HIV in Montreal.

Students meet with individuals to better understand their questions and needs, do the research
necessary to provide adequate answers, validate these answers with the legal supervisor and
meet the individual again to provide the response. Clinic frequency will be determined with
the students.

                           REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

    •   Must be completely comfortable communicating in French.
    •   Prior knowledge regarding HIV is an asset
    •   First year completed

                              15
Maison Plein Cœur – Workshops

                                       2 students

                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

                            For over 28 years, Maison Plein
             Coeur has provided support and accompaniment for people living
with HIV in Montreal. Programs focus on psychosocial and practical assistance and support.

                                 PROJECT | PROJET

This project aims to develop one or several workshops on HIV-related legal issues.
Workshops will be developed in collaboration with the organization’s staff and will be offered
to the organization’s service users, volunteers and staff, as well as staff from other partner
organizations.

One staff person will support the development of the workshops and will also participate in
delivering the workshops so that the organization could continue to offer the workshop after
the students leave.

                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

    •   Must be completely comfortable communicating in French.
    •   Prior knowledge regarding HIV is an asset
    •   First year completed

                            16
Mile End – Refugee Legal Clinic

                                       3 students

                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

 The Clinic offers free walk in consultations to individuals from the Greater Montreal area on
a weekly basis at three service points located within community organizations in the Mile End,
   Little Burgundy and Park Extension neighbourhoods. With the help of law students and
 volunteer lawyers, MELC provides legal information, legal advice and legal accompaniment
                                    in various areas of law..

                                 PROJECT | PROJET

The Refugee Legal Clinic is held on Mondays from 2:30-6:30pm. Students will work under
the close supervision of a lawyer who will be helping the clients in the following ways:

   •    Help refugees to regularize their legal status
   •    Help refugees to complete several legal forms: work permit, interim federal health
        program, refugee protection claimant document, permanent residency and other forms
        at the Immigration Board
   •    Help on the revision of several applications to the Immigration Board
   •    Provide Legal memorandum and case law research

                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

    •   Bilingualism is an asset
    •   Must be available on Mondays from 2:30-6 :30pm!

                            17
NWSM – Native Women’s Shelter of
           Montreal

                                          2 students

                          ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

  NWSM is an emergency shelter for Indigenous women and their children. Our mission is: to
  provide a safe and supportive environment that strengthens cultural identity, self-esteem and
                    independence for Indigenous women and their children..

                                   PROJECT | PROJET

 The PBSC students will come to the shelter once per week (either together or separately) at
 time of mutual convenience to the students and the shelter to meet with the shelter residents
 and provide legal information on areas which may include: street rights, police harassment,
 criminal law, youth protection, custody, and poverty law. This information, after being
 verified by the supervising lawyer will be returned to the resident either the following week or
 sooner.

 The students will conduct legal research and develop concise memoranda on legal topics
 identified as relevant by the shelter and will update the Legal Information Board and the
 Shelter.

                            REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

     •   Bilingualism an asset.
     •   Understanding of aboriginal history. Preference given to Aboriginal students.
     •   Interest in aboriginal issues.
     •   Capacity to work independently.
     •   Course in family law an asset.
     •   Experience in advocacy, activism, and working with vulnerable communities an asset.

                              18
PINAY – Filipino Women’s
      Organization in Québec

                                            3 students

                            ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

PINAY’s mission is to empower Filipino women, and in particular domestic workers, to fight
                           for their basic rights and welfare.

                                     PROJECT | PROJET

The students can expect to assist the organization with multiple tasks, which can include,

     •     Court accompaniment and client intake.
     •     Legal research on immigration, labour, human rights, family law, human trafficking
           and civil law.
     •     Participation in mini conferences on relevant issues that PINAY is working on.
     •     Conduct public legal education seminars on relevant topics and field questions from
           participants and conduct research to offer further legal information.

                              REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

 •       Bilingualism an asset.
 •       Proactive.
 •       Sensitivity to the racial, cultural, linguistic, and economic challenges faced by
         immigrant communities.
 •       Willingness to meet with clients on evenings and weekends.

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Réseau Québécois des groups
        écologistes

                                         2 students

                         ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

      Le RQGE est un lieu de réseautage pour les organismes voués à la protection de
  l’environnement et à l’émergence d’une société écologique. Le RQGE favorise la mise en
  commun des connaissances et des actions des membres. Le RQGE représente les groupes
 dans leurs revendications communes auprès du gouvernement, notamment concernant une
reconnaissance concrète et un financement adéquat du mouvement environnemental pour ses
   apports à la protection du patrimoine naturel, à la santé publique et au mieux-être de la
                                     société québécoise.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

Le projet vise à développer la boite à outils disponible sur le site internet du RQGE et destinée
à ses membres. Les étudiant.es travailleront en binôme pour développer 4 outils ensembles:

        1. Guide pratique : comment effectuer une requête en injonction : poursuite de la
           recherche effectuée l’année dernière, la rendre plus pratico-pratique.
        2. Guide pragmatique sur le processus des demandes d’accès à l’information
        3. Mise à jour de la vidéo sur la Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement (logiciel et
           formation adéquate fournie) et présentation de la Loi canadienne sur la protection
           de l’environnement.
        4. Carte de l’esprit du droit de l’environnement (logiciel VUE gratuit : formation
           offerte par Pro Bono UQAM) : où trouver quoi ?

                          REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •   Français requis.
  •   Etre très autonome, débrouillard et avoir l’esprit d’équipe
  •   Un atout : avoir une expérience pertinente en lien avec les luttes environnementales,
      ou avoir un intérêt sincère pour ces luttes ou encore avoir suivi le cours de droit de
      l’environnement.

                             20
Stella, l’amie de Maimie

                                        2 students

                         ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

   The primary mission at Stella is to improve the quality of work and life for sex workers, to
 educate the greater public on the different ways that sex work happens as well as about lived
  experiences as sex workers, so that sex workers might also enjoy and benefit from the same
             rights to safety and security that are commonplace for other people.

                                  PROJECT | PROJET

The majority of the work will involve legal research relevant to sex workers’ individual
and collective rights and sex workers' conflicts with the law. This includes research related to
all individuals relevant to sex workers’ labour and working conditions (e.g. clients, third
parties, other people who associate with sex workers). Additionally, the student may be asked
to conduct research on issues/realities that are erroneously conflated with sex work (e.g.
human trafficking, assault, child exploitation).

The majority of the case law research will be related to federal jurisdictions
(criminal, immigration), although research related to provincial and municipal jurisdictions
may also be required.

                           REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES
  •   Bilingual – N.B. The majority of the research will be in French.
  •   Respect for the autonomy and the rights of sex workers.
  •   Respect for the lived experience of sex workers and the importance of confidentiality and
      anonymity.
  •   Student must have a substantive understanding of criminal case law and the capacity to
      research and compile criminal case law
  •   Student must have strong research skills and familiarity with legal databases
  •   Upper year student.
  •   Experience working with a community organization and/or with marginalized individuals
      and communities an asset.

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Wills Project

                                             4 students

                            ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

The Wills Project is an initiative which brings together law students and notaries to offer
public legal education seminars to individuals on the topics of wills and successions. Its
  mandate also includes the preparation of pro bono wills for qualifying individuals.

                                      PROJECT | PROJET

Students will have a number of tasks, which include,

      •     Delivering public legal education seminars to local Montreal community groups. The
            students will answer the questions of the participants during and after the presentation.
            The topics may include wills, mandates of incapacity, settlement of estates, and legal
            devolution.
      •     Students may interview applicants selected for a free notarial will and draft the will
            under the supervision of a notary.
      •     Students may interview applicants selected for a free mandate of incapacity and draft
            the mandate under the supervision of a notary.
      •     Students may work on the preparation of informational leaflets.

                              REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •       Interest in wills and successions.
  •       Course in wills and successions an asset.

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La tente juridique

                                             4 students

                            ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

       La Tente juridique est un dispensaire d’information juridique destiné aux petites
   municipalités, créé et animé par les étudiant.es, regroupé.es en équipe. Les étudiant.es
choisissent une communauté mal desservie par les services existants d’information juridique
(par exemple, centre de justice de proximité) où ils et elles désirent s’installer une journée de
fin de semaine pour y planter leur tente (ou kiosque en hiver) dans un lieu de rassemblement
de la municipalité (centre communautaire, supermarché, mairie, etc.) et y offrir gratuitement
                  de l’information juridique aux citoyens qui le demandent.

                                     PROJECT | PROJET

  Les étudiant.es chercheront avec l’aide de la municipalité, à cerner les besoins de la
  population et connaître les ressources disponibles. Leur appui facilitera le contact avec les
  propriétaires de l’épicerie, centre d’achat ou tout autre endroit public choisi pour tenir les
  activités de la Tente (pour des questions de sécurité, les étudiant.es devront choisir un endroit
  à l’intérieur). De plus, il est impératif de contacter avocat.es, notaires et organismes
  communautaires de la région, afin de pouvoir remettre aux citoyen.nes rencontré.es une liste
  des ressources locales. Finalement, la publicité de l’évènement requiert d’entrer en contact
  avec les médias locaux.

  Le temps venu, les étudiant.es distribuent des informations générales et engagent la discussion
  avec les citoyen.nes rencontré.es. Les citoyen.nes intéressé.es peuvent s’asseoir pour poser des
  questions particulières. Le rôle des étudiant.es est de donner l’information juridique pertinente
  et aiguiller les citoyen.nes afin qu’ils et elles trouvent réponse à leurs interrogations.

                              REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

    •   Première année en droit compléter
    •   Un atout d’avoir participé à un stage en milieu communautaire ou dans une clinique
        juridique et être familier avec la différence entre l’information juridique et les conseils
        juridique

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Yukon Human Rights Commission

                                      1-2 students

                        ORGANIZATION | ORGANISME

The Yukon Human Rights Commission is an independent commission which promotes equality
and diversity through research, education, and enforcement of the Yukon Human Rights Act
which sets out the legal framework for protecting human rights and promotes and protects
human rights in Yukon.

                                 PROJECT | PROJET

The students will work on a series of discrete research projects, with individual research
questions to be provided by the Director. Students will provide case comments, memos, and
complete short research assignments on a variety of areas relevant to the Commission.

                         REQUIREMENTS | EXIGENCES

  •   Passion for human rights and equality.
  •   Understanding or lived experience of diversity and inclusion.
  •   Familiarity with Indigenous and northern issues an asset.
  •   Course in human rights law, administrative law, and Indigenous law an asset.
  •   Preference given to upper year students or students with substantive knowledge or
      training in areas relevant to the Commission.
  •   Must be available for training October 1, 2019 from 3:30pm-5:00pm

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