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We were very pleased with the results of our forum held on March 2, 2010. We had approximately 34 members of the
targeted francophone community come. We also had our staff(5), volunteers(2) and 9 presenters. Our morning session
consisted of three presenters, one dealing with the Canadian legal system (that was very well received). There were several
questions, some regarding the Charter and the use of French in Canada.
The second presentation was from a lawyer who practices predominantly immigration law in Toronto. She is of Haitian origin
and did her first law degree at the University of Montreal. Her talk was of great interest to the group and we had to cut off the
discussion period to allow the next speaker time.
The last presentation was done by representatives of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre outlining briefly Human Rights in
Ontario and explaining how the support centre could assist claimants. The participants were also interested in this topic.
In the afternoon we had two panel discussions. We had originally planned to divide the workshops and have one on family
related issues (family law, domestic violence, youth crime, Children’s Aid) and one on employment related issues (ESA, EI,
Human Rights in Employment, the union movement). However it was the will of the group that everyone should hear
everything so we made adjustments and had the two panels consecutively. Again there was a great deal of involvement from
the participants. It seemed as if they really appreciated the forum being held in French. Aside from things within the
francophone community, or the French school system, there is very little “outside” that is provided in French in the Windsor-
Essex area.
We certainly raised the profile of the clinic within our community and were satisfied that there was some very solid public
legal education provided to the francophone immigrant community. We were asked to do more of this work and we plan to set
up sessions on a more modest scale to expand on the individual topics that were discussed in our forum.
We received a gratifying amount of media coverage with a short article in the Windsor Star, radio interviews on the CBC
afternoon show and the CBEF morning show, and a television interview for French CBC television.
targeted francophone community come. We also had our staff(5), volunteers(2) and 9 presenters. Our morning session
consisted of three presenters, one dealing with the Canadian legal system (that was very well received). There were several
questions, some regarding the Charter and the use of French in Canada.
The second presentation was from a lawyer who practices predominantly immigration law in Toronto. She is of Haitian origin
and did her first law degree at the University of Montreal. Her talk was of great interest to the group and we had to cut off the
discussion period to allow the next speaker time.
The last presentation was done by representatives of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre outlining briefly Human Rights in
Ontario and explaining how the support centre could assist claimants. The participants were also interested in this topic.
In the afternoon we had two panel discussions. We had originally planned to divide the workshops and have one on family
related issues (family law, domestic violence, youth crime, Children’s Aid) and one on employment related issues (ESA, EI,
Human Rights in Employment, the union movement). However it was the will of the group that everyone should hear
everything so we made adjustments and had the two panels consecutively. Again there was a great deal of involvement from
the participants. It seemed as if they really appreciated the forum being held in French. Aside from things within the
francophone community, or the French school system, there is very little “outside” that is provided in French in the Windsor-
Essex area.
We certainly raised the profile of the clinic within our community and were satisfied that there was some very solid public
legal education provided to the francophone immigrant community. We were asked to do more of this work and we plan to set
up sessions on a more modest scale to expand on the individual topics that were discussed in our forum.
We received a gratifying amount of media coverage with a short article in the Windsor Star, radio interviews on the CBC
afternoon show and the CBEF morning show, and a television interview for French CBC television.
Successful Forum for Newcomers
French-speaking newcomers to Windsor learned about their adopted country's legal system at the
first forum of the Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal Clinic on Tuesday...>>
French-speaking newcomers to Windsor learned about their adopted country's legal system at the
first forum of the Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal Clinic on Tuesday...>>
