Research Database
CLEO hosts a database of research on public legal education and information and access to justice. We add research reports on an ongoing basis. Make your selections below and click the Search button. Please note that the more selections you combine, the fewer research resources will be returned as you are narrowing the results. Help us make this a useful and comprehensive resource. Let us know if we've missed a report, or if your organization has conducted research relating to public legal education and information or access to justice that's not included here. You can reach us at info@cleoconnect.ca.Showing results 1 to 10 of 50
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Determining Health: Migrant health issue brief
This issue brief provides an overview of the health and health equity impacts of immigration status for migrants in Canada to build understanding and guide public health planning, policy and action. It is designed to help public health and health sector practitioners, decision-makers, researchers, educators and learners understand this complex...
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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Flourishing: A plan to strengthen public legal education and information, the BC PLEI Ecosystem Project
This report makes 30 recommendations to improve the resources and supports that help BC residents understand the law and navigate legal issues.
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- Peter A. Allard School
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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Grasping at the Root: A look at Restorative and Transformative Justice for Black People in Canada
This report examines how restorative and transformative justice processes and programs operate within and in contrast to the criminal legal system in Canada. Through exploring the various origins, influences, and evolution of restorative and transformative justice initiatives over time and across borders, including the role of Africentric...
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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Rethinking Justice – Sentenced to Unemployment Employment Report
This report explores how criminal records continue to block access to employment for over one million Ontarians, even long after sentences are served. It also offers concrete, actionable recommendations to remove these barriers and build a more inclusive labour market.
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- John Howard Society of Ontario
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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The Journey to Housing Stability for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
ACTO's Your Way Forward report explores survivors' journeys navigating the housing legal system in Ontario, identifies key barriers they face along their journey, and calls for urgently needed specialized services and policy changes to increase their access to justice and housing stability.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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Uneven Scales
This report examines the unique civil legal needs and collateral issues faced by Black and Indigenous people in Ontario who have been involved with the criminal legal system. These communities are disproportionately over-represented in the system and face collateral issues such as evictions, loss of income support, and loss of employment.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Booklet/PDF
- Produced by:
- John Howard Society of Ontario
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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Uneven Scales: An Exploration of the Distinct Legal Experiences of Black and Indigenous People in Ontario
Uneven Scales examines the distinct experiences of Black and Indigenous people in the criminal justice system and exposes the unique challenges disproportionately impacting Black and Indigenous individuals due to their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system. In consultations with over 50 participants, this research demonstrates the...
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Booklet/PDF
- Produced by:
- John Howard Society of Ontario
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2025
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A Roadmap for Transformative Change: Canada’s Black Justice Strategy
Canada's Department of Justice has published an external Steering Group report in support of the development of Canada's Black Justice Strategy. Canada's Black Justice Strategy aims to "address the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system, including as victims of crime." A Roadmap for Transformative Change: Canada's Black...
- Available in:
- English, Français
- Produced by:
- Department of Justice Canada
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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A2J & Legal Education
The objective of this research was to better understand the impact of A2J education on the career choices of young legal professionals, including decisions to incorporate A2J work into their legal careers. Understanding these choices can potentially help inform where the broader A2J sector’s priorities.
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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Accessing Justice with Zoom Experiences and Outcomes in Online Civil Courts
This report fills the gap of remote technologies on vulnerable and unrepresented individuals, including those on the disadvantaged side of the digital divide, by comparing the experiences of unrepresented persons attending civil proceedings in person with those accessing court remotely and therefore gives voice to these unrepresented litigants.
- Available in:
- English
- Produced by:
- American Bar Association
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024