OJEN is pleased to announce the launch of its Department of Capacity Building and Engagement (CBE), which is new to the organization as of January 2021. While volunteer training and professional development initiatives for both teachers and lawyers have always been a significant part of OJEN\u2019s work, across all of its departments, the creation of CBE will bring all of this work under one roof where it can be strengthened, supported, and expanded by dedicated staff. It presents an opportunity to reinvest in the 1600+ volunteers that OJEN engages every year, equipping them with tools to provide even better justice education experiences for youth. It will also allow the organization to expand its offerings to high school law teachers, youth workers, and legal professionals who offer public legal education and support to the young people who are most vulnerable to legal problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of CBE has already hit the ground running. It has expanded OJEN\u2019s Justice Education Fellowship offerings to the University of Windsor and the Lincoln Alexander School of Law and Ryerson University, which means that in 2021-22 for the first time OJEN will have an active Fellow at every law school in Ontario. It has helped adapt OJEN\u2019s professional development programming for teachers in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, offering the Summer Law Institute as a webinar series. It continues to roll out free webinars throughout the year on timely issues like the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, understanding Ontario\u2019s legal aid system, and Ecojustice\u2019s youth-driven Charter<\/em> challenge of the government\u2019s inaction on climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first phase of its work, CBE hopes to achieve a number of organizational goals, including:<\/p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n CBE\u2019s work is evolving under the direction of Michelle Thompson, previously OJEN\u2019s Manager of Legal and Digital Development, but it represents a significant collaborative effort between key OJEN staff, our partners, and our larger community. We look forward to having more opportunities than ever to engage with our volunteers and supporters, and to strengthen OJEN\u2019s justice education initiatives in ways we have always wanted to but never before could. We hope you will see the impact in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OJEN is pleased to announce the launch of its Department of Capacity Building and Engagement (CBE), which is new to the organization as of January 2021. While volunteer training and professional development initiatives for both teachers and lawyers have always been a significant part of OJEN\u2019s work, across all of its departments, the creation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1232,"featured_media":15884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-ojen-blog"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/ojen2024.turnbull.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/court-railing-hero-image-3.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Raras","author_link":"https:\/\/ojen2024.turnbull.co\/en\/author\/raras"},"yoast_head":"\n