2014 fall portage college public legal education program newsletter

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from the staff of the Portage College Public Legal Education Program. This newsletter is intended to provide our students, community partners and the general public with news on upcoming sessions and events, and PLE information and resources. The Portage College Public Legal Education Program (PLE) is a public service initiative offered by Portage College in partnership with the Alberta Law Foundation. Our services range from providing seminars and workshops on legal and justice related topics, to networking and partnering with service agencies within the region to address justice/legal needs of area residents, to providing a legal resource directory and public legal education information (PLEI). Shelley Jackson, Program Coordinator Belva Cardinal, Community Engagement Liaison P.O. Box 417 Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C0 Ph: 780-623-5680 Fax: 780-623-5616 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If you have an idea for a PLE workshop in your classroom, organization or community, please get in touch with us. We will help you coordinate a workshop and/or connect you with resources. Most sessions are free!

Transcript of 2014 fall portage college public legal education program newsletter

from the staff of the Portage College

Public Legal Education Program. This newsletter is intended to provide our students, community partners and the general public with news on upcoming sessions and events, and PLE information and resources.

The Portage College Public Legal Education Program (PLE) is a public service initiative offered by Portage College in partnership with the Alberta Law Foundation. Our services range from providing seminars and workshops on legal and justice related topics, to networking and partnering with service agencies within the region to address justice/legal needs of area residents, to providing a legal resource directory and public legal education information (PLEI).

Shelley Jackson, Program Coordinator Belva Cardinal, Community Engagement Liaison

P.O. Box 417 Lac La Biche, AB T0A 2C0 Ph: 780-623-5680 Fax: 780-623-5616 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

If you have an idea for a PLE workshop in your classroom, organization or community, please get in touch with us. We will help you coordinate a workshop and/or connect you with resources. Most sessions are free!

PORTAGE COLLEGE PLE NEWSLETTER 2014 FALL/WINTER

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We are taking registrations for this 3 hour workshop where adults will learn to take action to help STOP child sexual abuse. All participants receive a workbook and certificate of attendance.

October 20th, 1-4 pm @ our Lac La Biche Portage College Campus, Room # 135. Please register at littlewarriors.ca or call 1.855.922.9010. Seating is limited, so register early. For more information visit www.littlewarriors.ca or email [email protected]

We were happy to be a part of Community Awareness Events in Lac La Biche, Elk Point and St. Paul held in September. They were a lot of fun and we met so many awesome people!

Oct. 22- Saddle Lake Outreach School – Youth Criminal Justice Act

Nov. 26 - Saddle Lake Outreach School - Employment Laws

Nov. 19- Kikino - Wills and Estates as it pertains to the Metis Settlements (10 a.m. – noon)

Dec. 3-Kikino - Income Tax Laws (10 a.m. – noon)

We are currently planning sessions on:

Employment Law in St Paul (Nov. 27)

Driving Laws in Alberta in LLB, Cold Lake & St. Paul – (early Dec.)

Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Cold Lake & St. Paul (early Dec.)

Metis Week Speaker Series (Mid-Nov.)

Human Rights Session (Early Dec.)