Implementation of section 41 of the Official Languages Act

Official Language Minority Communities

Guide on Priority Programs – Section 41 of the
Official Languages Act

Implementation of Section 41, Part VII,
of the Official Languages Act

November 2004

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Table of contents

PROGRAM Targeted By Section 41

Child-centred Family Justice Strategy

• Component 1: Divorce Act reform
• Component 2: Continued support for effective family justice services
  • Action Area
  • Objectives
  • Guiding Principles for Development of Agreements and Selection of Projects
  • Types of funding
  • Classes of recipients
  • Note on available funds
  • Contact
• Component 3: Promotion of family court models appropriate to the needs and experience of separated and divorced families
  • Contact

Youth Justice Renewal

• Mandate
• Objectives
• Contact

Public Legal Education and Information Component

• Public Legal Education and InformationCompnent (PLEI)
• Other ways the Department supports public legal education and information
• PLEI organizations that receive annual funding from Department of Justice
• Places to find PLEI
• Note on funding
• Contact

Family violence Initiative

• Mandate
• Examples of innovative pilot projects and activities that could be funded
• Examples of PLEI activities that could be funded
• Eligibility Criteria
• Other Considerations
• Contact

Access to Justice in Both Official Languages Support Fund

• Objectives
• Characteristics of an interesting project
• Guide entitled Funding Kit
• Funding criteria
• Fund duration
• Available amounts
• Submission dates for applications to the Department of Justice
• Contact