Year in Review: JFCY and the PLE Team!
Both JFCY and the PLE Team had a great year in 2012.JFCY’s work in 2012 JFCY lawyers assisted hundreds of young people this year with various legal issues, ranging from defending youth on charges under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, representing youth in family court in making claims for financial support, advocacy around entitlement to social…
The ABCs of Dropping Out of School
Image from: http://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2110 Scenario As this summer reaches a close and the last baseball bats are swung, the final soccer tournaments are played, and homework-free weekends come to an end, we can almost hear the morning bell calling us in for another year of school. I’m sure we’ve all experienced that familiar dread of pop…
Teenage drinking and driving
Jessica is 17 years old. She doesn’t own a car, but she’s been saving up money from her part time job to eventually purchase her own car in the near future. In the meantime, Jessica drives around her mother’s car whenever she needs to. Jessica is the only one among her friends who has a…
Can young people get married?
Scenario: Mark is a seventeen-year old high school student who has just finished grade 11. He loves soccer, playing the guitar and going to parties with his friends. He is the vice-president on his school’s student council and is a member of the swim team. He has been dating his boyfriend, Nathan, since the end…
Looking for rental housing – Human Rights and Residential Tenancies
Scenario: When Lukie was 16, she moved out of her mother’s home, where she had been experiencing abuse. While she spent a couple of months staying with her friend Brian’s family, she was soon ready to move out on her own, and she began looking for a place. Lukie qualified to receive Ontario Works, which…
JFCY celebrates National Volunteer Week!
Thank you to JFCY’s many volunteers including committee members, board members, admin support and, of course, the PLE TEAM. JFCY would especially like to thank U of T law student LEORA JACKSON, a volunteer through Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC). Leora worked very closely with the PLE Team from September 2011 until April 2012. She…
BULLYING ZINE
Just in time for the Day of Pink, the JFCY PLE Team has released its Bullying Zine. Click here to read it! This zine has articles and info on many topics relating to bullying, as well as comics and other graphics. It was directed and edited by Leora Jackson, a U of T law student…
Privacy and Social Networking
-By Leora Jackson, JFCY volunteer and PLE Team Lead Janine Loves Facebook Janine is fifteen and uses Facebook to keep in touch with all of her friends. Since she has friends from school, camp, and after-school activities, Facebook is a great way to be in touch with people. When she wants to tell something to…
Meet your new Public Legal Education Team Lead!
Hello and welcome to the JFCY blog, if this is your first visit! If not, welcome back. My name is Leora Jackson and I am beginning a volunteer placement as the PLE Team Lead at JFCY through Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC). PBSC is a Canada-wide organization that encourages law students (like me) to get…