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Tracy Heffernan awarded Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship

The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce it has awarded a Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic term to Tracy Heffernan.
January 2, 2012

Tracy Heffernan awarded Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship

2012-2013 Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship recipient

Tracy Heffernan, a program director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), will partner with Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Heffernan will explore the potential to reduce homelessness using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other legal tools. Heffernan will study the ways in which the Charter has already been used to advance social and economic rights, and will create a new directed research course for students at Osgoode Hall. Her fellowship will culminate in a symposium next year, at which an international group of experts will consider potential next steps towards establishment of a right to housing in Canada.

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The Law Foundation of Ontario has been advancing access to justice since 1974. Through granting and collaboration, the Foundation invests in knowledge and services that help people understand the law and use it to improve their lives. The Foundation also administers the Class Proceedings Fund, which provides cost assistance in class actions.