Resources published by the Action Committee


Les ressources sur l'accès à la justice en français sont disponibles ici.

  • A2J & Legal Education

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters

    2023

  • Measuring Access to Justice: A Survey of Approaches and Indicators on A2J Metrics Initiatives

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters

    2019

  • Action Committee Meeting of Provincial and Territorial Access to Justice Groups

    Action Committee Meeting of Provincial and Territorial Access to Justice Groups

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2015

  • Final Report: Responding Early, Responding Well: Access to Justice through the Early Resolution Services Sector

    Final Report: Responding Early, Responding Well: Access to Justice through the Early Resolution Services Sector

    Prevention, Triage and Referral Working Group, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2013

  • Access to Civil & Family Justice: A Roadmap for Change

    Access to Civil & Family Justice: A Roadmap for Change

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2013

  • Meaningful Change for Family Justice: Beyond Wise Words

    Meaningful Change for Family Justice: Beyond Wise Words

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2013

  • Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters

    Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2012

  • Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group

    Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2012

Annual Progress Reports on Canada’s Justice Development Goals

  • 2021 Progress Report: Canada's Justice Development Goals

    2021 Progress Report: Canada's Justice Development Goals

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2021

  • Challenge & Change. Canada’s Justice Development Goals: 2020

    Challenge & Change. Canada’s Justice Development Goals: 2020

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2020

  • Challenge & Change. Canada’s Justice Development Goals: 2020 - Highlights

    Challenge & Change. Canada’s Justice Development Goals: 2020 - Highlights

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2020

  • Tracking our Progress: Canada’s Justice Development Goals in 2019

    Tracking our Progress: Canada’s Justice Development Goals in 2019

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2019

  • Working Toward Accessible Justice: Tracking Progress on Canada’s Justice Development Goals in 2018

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2019

  • Tracking Action on Canada’s Justice Development Goals: A2J Progress in 2017

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2018

  • Canadian Access to Justice Initiatives: Justice Development Goals Status Report

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
    2017

Resources published by Member Organizations

  • Online justice: A Solution to Accessing Traditional Justice Services? Summary

    Online justice: A Solution to Accessing Traditional Justice Services? Summary

    Union des Consommateurs
    2022

  • Community Justice Help: Advancing Community-Based Access to Justice A discussion paper

    Community Justice Help

    Community Legal Education in Ontario
    2020

  • #TalkJustice: Community voices on justice in #NovaScotia Final Report

    #TalkJustice: Community voices on justice in #NovaScotia Final Report

    Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
    2020

  • Core Elements of Access to Justice BC's Framework for Action

    Core Elements of Access to Justice BC's Framework for Action

    Access to Justice BC
    2019

  • Access to Justice Measurement Framework

    Access to Justice Measurement Framework

    Access to Justice BC
    2019

  • Justice for All:  The report of the Task Force on Justice

    Justice for All: The report of the Task Force on Justice

    Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
    2019

  • A Supreme Lack of Information: Why we know nothing about the outcomes of the majority of civil cases initiated in B.C.'s Supreme Court, and what can be done about it. A Follow-up Study on the 2015 Attrition Report for the UVic Access to Justice Centr

    A Supreme Lack of Information

    UVic Access to Justice Centre for Excellence
    2019

  • Learning from justice metrics models in other jurisdictions: What can BC learn from initiatives in other jurisdictions about enhancing justice data quality and expanding empirical research, evaluation and measurement?

    Learning from justice metrics models in other jurisdictions

    UVic Access to Justice Centre for Excellence
    2018

  • What do we want to know about Access to Justice in BC?: Research questions and priorities related to access to justice as identified by key respondents working in the BC civil justice system

    What do we want to know about Access to Justice in BC?

    UVic Access to Justice Centre for Excellence
    2018

  • Millennials, Technology and Access to Justice in Ontario

    Millennials, Technology and Access to Justice in Ontario

    The Action Group on Access to Justice
    2017

  • Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Age

    New List ItemEveryday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Age

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2017

  • Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Born in Canada

    Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Born in Canada

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2017

  • Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Gender

    Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Gender

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2016

  • Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems in Canada

    Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems in Canada

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2016

  • Public Perceptions of Access to Justice in Ontario

    Public Perceptions of Access to Justice in Ontario

    The Action Group on Access to Justice
    2016

  • Proposed National Benchmarks for Public Legal Assistance Services

    Proposed National Benchmarks for Public Legal Assistance Services

    The Canadian Bar Association and Legal Aid Plans of Canada
    2016

  • Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report

    Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2016

  • Rural & Remote Access to Justice: A Literature Review

    Rural & Remote Access to Justice: A Literature Review

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice for the Boldness Project Rural and Remote Access to Justice Project
    2015

  • Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Infographic

    Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Infographic

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2015

  • Don’t smoke, Don’t be poor, Read before signing: Linking health literacy and legal capability

    Don’t smoke, Don’t be poor, Read before signing

    Community Legal Education in Ontario Centre for Research and Innovation
    2015

  • Promoting Preventive Legal Health: A Toolkit for Lawyers

    Promoting Preventive Legal Health: A Toolkit for Lawyers

    The Canadian Bar Association
    2015

  • The geography of Civil Legal Services in Ontario: report of the mapping phase of the Ontario Civil Legal Needs Project

    The geography of Civil Legal Services in Ontario

    Baxter, Jamie and Albert Yoon, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
    2014

  • Paths to Justice and the Resolution of Consumer Problems: Findings from the 2014 Everyday Legal Problems and the Costs of Civil Justice in Canada National Survey

    Paths to Justice and the Resolution of Consumer Problems

    Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
    2014

  • Map to Equal Justice

    Map to Equal Justice

    The Canadian Bar Association
    2013

  • Connecting Across Language and Distance: Linguistic and Rural Access to Legal Information and Services

    Connecting Across Language and Distance

    The Law Foundation of Ontario
    2013

  • Access to Justice Metrics Informed by the Voices of Marginalized Community Members: Themes, Definitions and Recommendations Arising from Community Consultations

    Access to Justice Metrics Informed by the Voices of Marginalized Community Members

    The Canadian Bar Association
    2013

  • Public Legal Education and Information in Ontario Communities: Formats and Delivery Channels

    Public Legal Education and Information in Ontario Communities

    Community Legal Education in Ontario Centre for Research and Innovation
    2013

  • Access to Justice Metrics: A Discussion Paper Envisioning Equal Justice

    Access to Justice Metrics: A Discussion Paper Envisioning Equal Justice

    The Canadian Bar Association
    2013

Other Resources about Access to Justice in Canada

  • Technology Task Force: Report on Regulatory Sandbox for Innovative Technological Legal Services

    Technology Task Force: Report on Regulatory Sandbox for Innovative Technological Legal Services

    The Law Society of Ontario
    2021

  • The Rise and Fall of AI and Algorithms in American Criminal Justice: Lessons for Canada

    The Rise and Fall of AI and Algorithms in American Criminal Justice: Lessons for Canada

    The Law Commission of Ontario
    2020

  • Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples

    Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples

    A joint project of: The Advocates’ Society, The Indigenous Bar Association, The Law Society of Ontario
    2018

  • The State of Data in the Nonprofit Sector

    The State of Data in the Nonprofit Sector

    Description goes hereEveryAction and Nonprofit Hub
    2018

  • An Agenda for Justice

    An Agenda for Justice

    Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
    2017

  • Mediate BC's Family Unbundled Legal Services Project Final Report

    Mediate BC's Family Unbundled Legal Services Project Final Report

    Mediate BC
    2017

  • Money Isn't Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households' Use of Lawyers' Services in Middle Income Access to Justice

    Money Isn't Everything: Understanding Moderate Income Households' Use of Lawyers' Services in Middle Income Access to Justice

    Rebecca L. Sandefur
    2017

  • The National Self-Represented Litigants Project: Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants

    The National Self-Represented Litigants Project

    Dr. Julie Macfarlane
    2013

  • Programming for Justice: Access for All A Practitioner's Guide to a Human Rights-Based Approach to Access to Justice

    Programming for Justice: Access for All A Practitioner's Guide to a Human Rights-Based Approach to Access to Justice

    Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family MattersUnited Nations Development Programme
    2005