Reaching diverse communities
Reaching non-official language communities with PLE
- Connecting Regions Ottawa Report
Report focusing on how to improve delivery of legal services to people who do not speak either official language. It also addresses improving services to people with sensory impairments, speech or language disorders. (March 2011) (PDF 194 KB) - Paths to Justice: Navigating with the Wandering Lost; Providing Access to Justice in Rural and Linguistic Minority Communities in South-Eastern Ontario
This report discusses how to lift legal literacy, create community capacity and enhance legal service delivery in rural, remote and linguistic communities. It also addresses the need for more sign-language communication in community legal settings. Five County Connecting Region Project (March 2011) (PDF 931 KB) - Multilingual Legal Information: Issues in Development and Delivery
Report focusing on identifying pressing issues affecting linguistic communities and developing and delivering materials to reach those communities. CLEO (March 2009) (PDF 201 KB) - Information Practices of Immigrants
A slideshow and transcript of a presentation focusing on where and how newcomers to Canada access information. Contains some useful tips about places to share information to reach newcomers. Nadia Caidi, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (March 2009) - Connecting Across Language and Distance: Linguistic and Rural Access to Legal Information and Services
This report provides an overview of barriers to providing legal information and services to linguistic communities and some ideas to overcome those barriers. It also addresses similar issues in the rural community context. Law Foundation of Ontario (December 2008) (PDF 784 KB) - Linguistic Access Report
This report addresses the need for more PLE materials in languages other than English and French. It gives examples of outreach approaches which that work well in specific target linguistic communities. CLEO (August 2005) (PDF 308 KB)
Reaching rural and remote communities with PLE
- Paths to Justice: Navigating with the Wandering Lost; Providing Access to Justice in Rural and Linguistic Minority Communities in South-Eastern Ontario
This report discusses how to lift legal literacy, create community capacity and enhance legal service delivery in rural, remote and linguistic communities. It also addresses the need for more sign-language communication in community legal settings. Five County Connecting Region Project (March 2011) (PDF 931 KB) - Access to Justice Partnership Report
This report addresses the challenges of delivering legal services in rural and remote settings. See the Toolbox in Appendix 1 for strategies on how to better provide services to rural and remote communities. Connecting Region Project (PDF 1.24 MB) - How to Reach Rural Populations
Although this report relates to the health care field, it provides interesting tips that can be used in providing legal services and PLE to rural and remote communities. See, for example, the myths and truths about rural communities. Best Start Resource Centre (2010) (PDF 1.41 MB) - Connecting Across Language and Distance: Linguistic and Rural Access to Legal Information and Services
This report gives an overview of barriers to providing legal information and services to rural communities and some ideas to overcome those barriers. It also addresses similar issues in the linguistic community context. Law Foundation of Ontario (December 2008) (PDF 784 KB) - Aboriginal Peoples and Access to Legal Information Report
This report provides information about effective delivery formats for legal information to First Nations communities. CLEO (May 2006) (PDF 316 KB)
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