MULTICULTURAL HEALTH BROKER'S COOPERATIVE, LTD.: federal grants and contributions

The project will engage in Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) activities with migrant, immigrant and refugee racialized communities and justice system stakeholders in order to bridge the cultural distance between these groups.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Justice Partnership and Innovation Program
• Edmonton Centre

The Multicultural Health Brokers Co-operative (MCHB) will implement a project called Culturally Responsive Access to Justice (C-RAJ) to provide equitable access to the justice system for migrants, immigrants, and refugees impacted by domestic violence. The project includes a partnership with Nalah, an initiative of the Edmonton John Howard Society (EJHS) that is staffed with Justice Support Workers (JSWs) who receive referrals from the Edmonton Police Service. MCHB's cultural brokers act as cultural guides, navigators, mediators, advocates, and community connectors, working with the survivor i

• Department of Justice Canada
• Victims Fund
• Edmonton Centre

The organization will increase access and participation of immigrant and refugee victims and survivors of crime in the Justice system by providing a holistic cultural brokering program. This approach will help to remove barriers unique to the newcomer population such as language and cultural differences, racism, social isolation and poverty. The organization will also collect crime statistics of immigrant and refugee victims of crime to inform policy and processes.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Victims Fund
• Edmonton Centre

• Victims Fund
• Justice Partnership and Innovation Program

All grants from Department of Justice Canada

• Victims Fund

• Justice Partnership and Innovation Program

• Victims Fund