Pro Bono Students Canada
Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) is a Canadian legal services organization based in Toronto, Ontario.
Organization
PBSC runs the Pro Bono Students Canada Indigenous Human Rights Clinic in partnership with the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC).[1]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sohaib Mohammad | Volunteer[2] | Health Canada COVID-19 Task Force, Decentralized Lawyer |
Funding
PBSC has received funding from:[3]
- Alberta Law Foundation
- Barreau du Québec
- Blakes
- Epstein Cole
- Fonds d’études notariales (FEN)
- Law Foundation of British Columbia
- Law Foundation of Ontario
- Law Foundation of Saskatchewan
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Manitoba Law Foundation
- McCarthy Tétrault
- New Brunswick Law Foundation
- Ottawa Community Foundation[4]
- RBC Royal Trust
- Shulman & Partners
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- Westlaw Edge Canada
Partners
PBSC's project partners include:[3:1][4:1]
- Access Pro Bono
- Access to Justice BC
- Afghan Women's Organization
- AIDS Committee of Ottawa
- Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts
- Arab Community Centre of Toronto
- Artificial Intelligence Monitor for Immigration in Canada and Internationally (AIMICI)
- Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Alberta (AJEFA)
- Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO)
- Atira Women's Resource Society
- Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS)
- BC First Nations Justice Council
- Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC)
- British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA)
- Calgary Legal Guidance
- Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
- Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch
- Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT)
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)
- Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCLA)
- Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
- Canadian Environmental Network
- Canadian Health Coalition (CHC)
- Canadian Mental Health Association British Columbia Division
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
- Canadian Red Cross Society
- Centre for Immigrant and Community Services
- Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
- Citizens With Disabilities Ontario (CWDO)
- Community and Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP)
- Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS)
- Community Legal Education Association
- Conflict Analytics Lab
- Connective Support Society
- Cooper Institute
- Creative Manitoba
- Diocese of London
- Disability Alliance BC
- East Coast Environmental Law
- Empowerment Council (EC)
- Environmental Law Centre Society
- FAIR Canada
- Family Advocacy Support Centre (FASC)
- Fogler Rubinoff
- Friends of the Earth
- Global Gathering Place (GGP)
- Health Justice
- Healthy Muslim Families
- HIV Legal Network
- Humane Canada
- Inclusion Canada
- Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU)
- Indigenous Perspectives Society
- Innocence Canada
- Inter-Generational Network on the Effects of Genocide (INEG)
- Island Sexual Health
- Justice Pro Bono
- JusticeTrans
- Lakehead University Community Legal Clinic
- Law and Mental Health Disorder Association (LAMDA)
- Law Society of Ontario
- Law Society of Manitoba
- Law Society of Saskatchewan
- Law Students' Society of Ontario
- Lawyers Without Borders Canada
- Legal Advocates for Nature's Defence
- Legal Aid Alberta
- Legal Aid BC
- Legal Aid Manitoba
- Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg (LHC)
- Legal Line
- Legal Listening Services
- Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties
- Manitoba Family Resolution Service (FRS)
- Manitoba Law Reform Commission
- McCarthy Tétrault
- McGill Food and Agriculture Law Clinic
- Miller Thomson
- Mining Watch Canada
- MS Society of Canada
- Muslim Legal Support Centre
- National Associations Active in Criminal Justice
- National Self-Represented Litigants Project West
- Native Women's Association of Canada
- Nature Trust of New Brunswick
- Nelligan Law
- New Brunswick Coalition of Persons with Disabilities (NBCPD)
- New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission
- North Shore Restorative Justice Society
- Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission
- Office of the Attorney General of New Brunswick
- Office of the Seniors Advocate
- Olthuis Kleer Townshend
- Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
- Ontario Deputy Judges Association (ODJA)
- Ontario Justice Education Network
- Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation
- Peter A. Allard School of Law
- Pro Bono Law Alberta
- Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan
- Project Genesis
- Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA)
- Qmunity
- Queen's University Faculty of Law
- Radio Western
- Rainbow Resource Centre
- RCMP Veterans' Association
- Restorative Justice Association of British Columbia
- Salvation Army
- Saskatchewan Association for Environmental Law
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General
- Saskatoon Council on Aging
- Scocco Law
- South Asian Legal Clinic of British Columbia
- Stewart McKelvey
- Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre
- Thompson Rivers University Community Legal Clinic
- Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law
- Trans Wellness Ontario
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- United Way Centraide Windsor-Essex County
- University of Calgary Faculty of Law
- University of Laval Faculty of Law
- University of Moncton Faculty of Law
- University of Montreal Faculty of Law
- University of Quebec in Montreal Faculty of Political Science
- University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Law
- University of Windsor Faculty of Law
- Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition
- West Coast Environmental Law
- Western Anthropology Graduate Society
- Windsor Regional Hospital
- Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Winnipeg Food Council
- Women's Law Association of Ontario (WLAO)
- York Centre for Public Policy and Law (YCPPL)
- Yukon Right to Learn
External links
Indigenous Peoples. Pro Bono Students Canada. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.probonostudents.ca/indigenous-peoples ↩︎
Sohaib M. Habib. LinkedIn. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/sohaibmohammad/ ↩︎
Annual Report. Pro Bono Students Canada. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.probonostudents.ca/annual-report ↩︎ ↩︎
Rotenberg, D., & Brunnée, J. Annual Report 2022-2023. Pro Bono Students Canada. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from https://www.probonostudents.ca/_files/ugd/bcc98f_f454c2582ee04226ba8cd667f40cf622.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎