In the final dash to get legislation passed before Parliament recessed for the summer, only to head straight into an election campaign in the fall, some important bills managed to make it to Royal Assent.
Any bills that did not pass Third Reading in the Senate and obtain Royal Assent by last Friday are now dead.
This June every donation to Luke’s Place increases our chances to win $10,000 through the Great Canadian Giving Challenge. The more often you give, the more chances we have.
We can give you 810 reasons to donate to Luke’s Place. That’s the number of women we served from April 2018-March 2019!
On May 22, 2019, our Legal Director, Pamela Cross, was presented with the Laura Legge Award by the Law Society of Ontario. The following is her award speech, in print and audio.
I am deeply honoured to be receiving this award tonight. Many, many thanks to the people who put together my nomination package and to those who wrote the wonderful letters supporting my nomination.
Last night, Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross received the Laura Legge Award from the Law Society of Ontario.
From an interview with the Kingston Whig-Standard:
“All of my work is on the issue of violence against women and supporting the survivors of that violence,” Pamela Cross said on the phone from Toronto prior to receiving the award on Wednesday.
Earlier this month, Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan took a tour of Luke’s Place before presenting us with a cheque for $5,000. The donation came from proceeds from the Mayor’s Gala. Thank you, Pickering Mayor’s Gala, for the great support!
Following the tour, reporter Reka Szekely interviewed Luke’s Place staff about our services for DurhamRegion.com.
The King Edward Hotel in downtown Toronto is not a usual hangout for violence against women types. Nonetheless, on April 17th, Luke’s Place Executive Director, Carol Barkwell and I, along with four of the founding sisters of Luke’s Place got ourselves dressed up and headed to the Crystal Ballroom, where the Ontario Bar Association awarded Luke’s Place its Foundation Award for its “exceptional contributions to the improvement of the justice system through public legal education,
Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross, is featured in two articles this week.
The murder of Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji by her husband two days after she filed for divorce “is a text-book case of what we already know. This is when women are most likely to be killed,” Pamela tells The Toronto Star.
Oshawa, Ontario – The Ontario Bar Association recognizes Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for Women and Children with the OBA Foundation Award. The award is presented to individuals and organizations that make:
exceptional contributions to the improvement of the justice system through public legal education, innovative research,
PRESS RELEASE Oshawa, Ontario – Luke’s Place is pleased to announce that the Law Society of Ontario has recognized our Legal Director, Pamela Cross, as the 2019 Laura Legge Award recipient.
“It is an honour to have been selected for this award,” says Cross.
The work I do is inspired by the countless women in this country who are subjected to misogynist violence and abuse and have the courage to say ‘no more’.
Thank you to the Calvin and Frances Hamm Foundation for their generous donation to the Luke’s Place Family Law Resource Room!
The Resource Room is a safe and private work space for our clients as they prepare court documents. Located in a secure area of our new office location, it offers a library of specialized legal journals and software,
