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LEGAL ADVOCACY [16 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

... the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, ACE... specializes in the legal problems and needs of older people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Urban Housing
OBS

To protect tenant rights and ensure that renting a home is fair, open, and transparent, Budget 2024 will propose a new $15-million Tenant Protection Fund. This will provide funding to legal services and tenants’ rights advocacy organizations to better protect tenants against unfairly rising rent payments, renovictions, or bad landlords.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
OBS

Afin de protéger les droits des locataires et de veiller à ce que la location d'une maison soit équitable, ouverte et transparente, le budget de 2024 proposera un nouveau Fonds de protection des locataires au coût de 15 millions de dollars. Cela fournira du financement aux services juridiques et aux organismes de défense des droits des locataires afin de mieux protéger ces derniers contre les augmentations injustes de loyer, les rénovictions ou les mauvais propriétaires.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

To enable attorneys to educate judges on visual arguments, contribute to a balanced adversarial system for visual advocacy, and self-evaluate the professionalism of their own arguments, attorneys need to know how these arguments work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Law and Justice
OBS

The Edmonton Community Legal Centre provides effective advocacy and access to justice in a supportive environment to persons living with low income.

Key term(s)
  • Edmonton Community Legal Center
  • Community Legal Centre of Edmonton
  • Community Legal Center of Edmonton
  • Edmonton Center for Equal Justice

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Droit et justice
OBS

Centre juridique communautaire d'Edmonton : traduction littérale donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Key term(s)
  • Edmonton Community Legal Center
  • Community Legal Centre of Edmonton
  • Community Legal Center of Edmonton
  • Edmonton Center for Equal Justice

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • School and School-Related Administration
CONT

The Quebec English School Boards Association(QESBA) is a provincial organization representing the nine English schools boards in Quebec. The boards’ territories cover virtually the entire province of Quebec. The member school boards of the Association provide services to over 100 000 students in the youth, adult and vocational education sectors. QESBA plays an important advocacy, support and leadership role for its member boards and speaks as the voice of Quebec' s English school board commissioners. The Association represents the views of its member school boards before government, as well as the general public and other professional associations with similar objectives. QESBA offers a range of services to member boards including representation and advocacy, communications and research services, labour relations, translation and legal services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
CONT

L'Association des commissions scolaires anglophones du Québec (ACSAQ) est un organisme provincial qui représente les neufs commissions scolaires anglophones du Québec. Les commissions scolaires membres de l'Association, qui œuvrent dans l'ensemble du territoire québécois, offrent des services éducatifs à quelque 100 000 élèves des secteurs des jeunes, de l'éducation des adultes et de la formation professionnelle. L'ACSAQ joue un rôle important de défense et de promotion, de soutien et de leadership auprès de ses commissions scolaires membres et représente les commissaires d'écoles anglophones du Québec. De plus, elle exprime les points de vue des commissions scolaires membres, du grand public et d'autres organismes ayant des objectifs similaires à ceux de l'Association afin de faire une représentation auprès des instances en éducation. L'ACSAQ offre toute une gamme de services aux commissions scolaires membres dont les communications et la recherche, les relations du travail ainsi que des services juridiques et de traduction.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Trade
  • Trademarks (Law)
OBS

The International Trademark Association(INTA) is the global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce.... INTA's members are more than 6, 700 organizations from 190 countries.... INTA undertakes advocacy work throughout the world to advance trademarks and offers educational programs and informational and legal resources of global interest.

OBS

The not-for-profit Association was founded in 1878 by 17 merchants and manufacturers who saw a need for an organization "to protect and promote the rights of trademark owners, to secure useful legislation and to give aid and encouragement to all efforts for the advancement and observance of trademark rights."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Commerce
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration
OBS

Continuing Legal Education Division, Justice Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Division de la formation juridique permanente, Justice Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 1995-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Information clearinghouse that provides attorneys with technical assistance, legal advice, and training in the area of children’s legal rights

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

A 1988 report prepared by the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, a legal clinic for seniors that works with Ontario Provincial Police in Toronto, cited financial exploitation as the most common form of abuse... The Toronto advocacy centre report found most abusers have psychological and physical problems...

Key term(s)
  • advocacy center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Provides direct, free legal services to Washington, DC residents aged 60 and older, and back-up assistance and training to extend legal services and nursing home advocacy to the elderly. Conducts training for attorney and non-attorney advocates in issues affecting the elderly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Seeks to bring about change and provide assistance to economically and socially disadvantaged citizens in the Third World, primarily in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Nepal, through education, legal advocacy, environmental programs, income-generation projects, health and medicine, and applied technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Purposes are to : further the human, civil, and legal rights of persons with disabilities; advance the interests of protection and advocacy systems; facilitate coordination and mutual support among such systems and enhance their capacity to provide optimal services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 14 1991-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
Key term(s)
  • Symposium on the Right to Dignity and Security of the Person
  • A Symposium on Issues, Strategies, Reforms and Solutions for People with Disabilities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
OBS

Sous l'égide de l'Association canadienne d'assistance juridique, d'information et de recherche des handicapés.

Key term(s)
  • Le droit à la dignité et à la sécurité de la personne
  • Symposium sur les problèmes, stratégies, réformes et solutions pour les personnes handicapées

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Officers
Universal entry(ies)
67.B1
occupation code
OBS

67.B1: classification specialty qualification code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires des officiers
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
67.B1
occupation code
OBS

67.B1 : code de qualification de spécialiste (classifications).

Spanish

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Record 16 1983-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

A service offered to battered women for example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social

Spanish

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