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(Belated) Dispatch from the road: Saskatoon and Winnipeg site visits

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Limited internet access and a bout of influenza has kept me away from this blog for a while, but in the meantime I completed site visits of PLEA in Saskatoon and CLEA in Winnipeg. With these visits I have now visited every Canadian province and all the major sole-purpose PLE providers in Canada outside of the territories.

The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan, headquartered in Saskatoon, began in 1980 in the basement of the Saskatoon Public Library. In the 27 years since, it has continued to serve Saskatchewan (current population: about 988,000) as the province’s only sole-purpose public legal education provider. At the core of PLEA’s programming are plain language publications and youth and schools programming including curricular materials. Other ongoing programs include regular newspaper articles, a speakers bureau, and intermediary training. A website provides access to the organization’s publications and information about its various programs.

The Community Legal Education Association, incorporated in Winnipeg in 1984, is Manitoba’s sole-purpose PLE organization. CLEA’s biggest program is a lawyer-staffed legal hotline and lawyer referral service. Additional core programming includes plain language publications, intermediary training, a provincial legal services directory, a speakers bureau, and a website. Based in what is surely Canada’s most under-appreciated major city, CLEA is unique among sole-purpose PLE providers in that it receives substantial annual financial support from its province’s law society.



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