Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
In 2011, the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) moved from the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta to York University where it is affiliated with Osgoode Hall Law School and the York Centre for Public Policy and Law.
The CFCJ is a national non-profit organization that has been dedicated to advancing civil justice reform through research and advocacy since 1998. CFCJ strives to make the civil justice system more accessible, effective and sustainable by leading and participating in projects that place the citizen at the center of our civil justice system.
Submissions from 2023
From Serving the Needs of the Few to Serving the Needs of the Many, Ab Currie
Strengths and Opportunities for Sustainability, Ab Currie
Community-Based Justice Research (CBJR) Project: Exploring Community-Based Services, Costs and Benefits for People-Centered Justice, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Ab Currie
Community-Based Justice Initiatives Infographic, Lisa Moore
Community Justice Services: Models from Around the World, Lisa Moore
Submissions from 2022
Crossing Boundaries: Exploring Multi-Disciplinary Models for Legal Problem Resolution, Lisa Moore
Multi-Disciplinary Legal Problem Resolution: Selected Annotated Bibliography, Lisa Moore
Submissions from 2021
The Needs of Helping Organizations in the Community, Ab Currie
Access to Justice for Refugees: How Legal Aid and Quality of Counsel Impact Fairness and Efficiency in Canada’s Asylum System, Craig Damien Smith, Sean Rehaag, and Trevor C. W. Farrow
Submissions from 2020
Let’s Pick Up Where We Left off 25 Years Ago to Expand Access to Civil Justice in Canada, Ab Currie
The Community Being Helped Is the Resource That is Needed, Ab Currie
The Unintended Benefits of Innovation, Ab Currie and Brandon D. Stewart
Measuring Impacts of Legal Services – Bibliography, Network and Methodology, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Lisa Moore, and Ab Currie
Measuring Impacts of Legal Services – A Literature Review on Research Design and Methodology, Lisa Moore
Submissions from 2019
Return on Investment in Access to Justice – Infographic, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Building Community Connections: The Second Interim Report of the WellCoMs Mobile Van Project, Ab Currie
Someone Out There Helping – Final Report Of The WellCoMs Mobile Van Project, Ab Currie
WellCoMs Wellington County Mobile Legal Service – Infographic, Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County
Investing in Justice: A Literature Review in Support of the Case for Improved Access, Lisa Moore and Trevor C. W. Farrow
Return on Investment in Civil Justice Services and Programs – Selected Annotated Bibliography of Existing Research, Lisa Moore and Megan Phyper
Submissions from 2018
Resolving Family Law Disputes – Infographic, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Legal Secondary Consultation: How Legal Aid Can Support Communities and Expand Access to Justice, Ab Currie
Ten Ideas for Community Based Justice, Ab Currie
Social and Economic Adversity Experienced by Canadians and Everyday Legal Problems, Ab Currie and Lisa Moore
Coming Off the Bench: Self-Represented Litigants, Judges and the Adversarial Process, Jennifer Leitch
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada – Income Report, Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada – Spending on Everyday Legal Problems Report, Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada – Survey Data Report, Lisa Moore
Public and Private Spending on Justice in Canada, Lisa Moore, Mitchell Perlmutter, and Trevor C. W. Farrow
Submissions from 2017
Engaging the Power of Community to Expand Legal Services to Low-Income Ontarians, Ab Currie
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Age (Data Report), Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Born in Canada (Data Report), Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Education (Data Report), Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Gender (Data Report), Lisa Moore
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Region (Data Report), Lisa Moore
Canadian Access to Justice Initiatives: Justice Development Goals Status Report, Lisa Moore, Nicole Aylwin, and Trevor C. W. Farrow
Status Report: Working Data Document, Lisa Moore, Nicole Aylwin, and Trevor C. W. Farrow
The Cost of Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems Related to Loss of Employment and Loss of Housing, Lisa Moore, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, and Trevor C. W. Farrow
The Cost of Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems Related to Physical and Mental Health, Lisa Moore, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, Trevor C. W. Farrow, and Paul Di Libero
The Cost of Experiencing Everyday Legal Problems Related to Social Assistance, Lisa Moore, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Quinlin Gilbert-Walters, and Paul Di Libero
An Evaluation of the Cost of Family Law Disputes: Measuring the Cost Implication of Various Dispute Resolution Methods, Joanne J. Paetsch, Lorne D. Bertrand, and John-Paul E. Boyd
Submissions from 2016
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Infographic, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Rural and Remote Access to Justice Infographic, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Nudging the Paradigm Shift, Everyday Legal Problems in Canada, Ab Currie
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, Lesley Jacobs, David Northrup, and Lisa Moore
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, Lesley Jacobs, David Kryszajtys, and Mathew McManus
The Data Deficit: The Case for Improving Court Records for Future Access to Justice Research – Fact Sheet, Lisa Moore
Design and Conduct of the Cost of Justice Survey, David Northrup, Ab Currie, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Lesley Jacobs, and Nicole Aylwin
Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Survey, David Northrup, Ab Currie, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Lesley Jacobs, and Nicole Aylwin
Further Research Update: Paralegals, the Cost of Justice and Access to Justice: A Case Study of Residential Tenancy Disputes in Ottawa, David Wiseman
Submissions from 2015
Action Committee Meeting of Provincial and Territorial Access to Justice Groups, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Selected Annotated Bibliography of National and Regional Legal Needs Survey, Nicole Aylwin and Mandi Gray
Rural and Remote Access to Justice, A Literature Review, Nicole Aylwin and Lisa Moore
Just in Time Research: Rural & Remote Access to Justice: Application Research, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Just in Time Research: Rural & Remote Access to Justice: Intake Platform Research, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Extending the Reach of Legal Aid: Report on the Pilot Phase of the Legal Health Check-up Project, Ab Currie
Extending the Reach of Legal Aid: Report on the Pilot Phase of the Legal Health Check-Up Project, Ab Currie
Civil Non-Family Cases Filed in the Supreme Court of BC: Research Results and Lessons Learned, Focus Consultants
LawMatters at Your Local Public Library: A History of BC’s Program for Public Legal Information and Education in Public Libraries, Janet Freeman and Nancy Hannum
Submissions from 2014
Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters: Colloquium Report, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Submissions from 2013
Access to Civil & Family Justice: A Roadmap for Change, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Meaningful Change for Family Justice: Beyond Wise Words: Final Report of the Family Justice Working Group, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil & Family Matters: Prevention, Triage and Referral Working Group, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Submissions from 2012
Family Justice Reform: A Review of Reports and Initiatives, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Report of the Access to Legal Services Working Group, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Report of the Court Processes Simplification Working Group, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
Issues of Cost & Access in Canadian’s Social Investment: Lessons for the Civil Justice System, Sana Affara, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Sabreena Delhon, and Lesley Jacobs
“Cost of Justice” Project Plan: Working Draft, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
The Cost of Justice: Weighing the Costs of Fair and Effective Resolution to Legal Problems, Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
Issues of Cost & Access in Canada’s Early Childhood Education System: Lessons for the Civil Justice System, Sabreena Delhon, Sana Affara, Lesley Jacobs, and Raajkumar C. Kannan
Issues of Cost & Access in Canada’s Health Care System: Lessons for the Civil Justice System, Sabreena Delhon, Sana Affara, Lesley Jacobs, and Tina Motavalli
Addressing the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants in the Canadian Justice System, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Diana Lowe, Bradley Albrecht, Heather Manweiller, and Martha E. Simmons
Submissions from 2011
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Peace River Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb
Access to Justice? The View from the Street, Mary Stratton
Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: An Overview of Findings from the Eleven Judicial Districts, Mary Stratton
Submissions from 2010
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Drumheller Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Edmonton Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Grande Prairie Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Wetaskiwin Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Lethbridge Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb and Stephanie Abel
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Medicine Hat Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb and Stephanie Abel
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the St. Paul Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb and Stephanie Abel
Public Legal Education and Information- The Challenging Mission to Create what the Public Needs, Mary Stratton
Some Facts and Figures from the Civil Justice System and the Public, Mary Stratton, James Cresswell, and Scot Sehested
What does it Cost to Access Justice in Canada? How Much is “Too Much”? And How do we Know? Literature Review, Kim Taylor and Ksenia Svechnikova
Submissions from 2009
Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Action Plan Update, Glynnis Lieb
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Fort McMurray Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb, Stephanie Abel, and Diana Lowe
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Report for the Calgary Judicial District, Glynnis Lieb, Stephanie Abel, Mary Stratton, and Diana Lowe
Submissions from 2008
The Civil Justice System and the Public Justice for Nunavummiut: Partnerships for Solutions, Travis Anderson and Mary Stratton
Access to Justice: Report on Selected Reform Initiatives in Canada, Canadian Judicial Council
The Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Pilot District Interim Report, Glynnis Lieb
Community-Based Mapping: A Research Tool for Justice System Research, Mary Stratton
Reaching Out With Research: Engaging Community in Mapping Legal Service Accessibility, Effectiveness and Unmet Needs, Mary Stratton
Submissions from 2007
Alberta Legal Services Mapping Project: Research Proposal, Canadian Judicial Council
Administrative Tribunals Using ADR, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Ada Ho