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Our Commitment To...

Community Involvement and Pro Bono

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We enjoy a long tradition of pro bono and community service work. With the firm's support, many of our lawyers and staff make a significant contribution to the community. Students and junior lawyers, in particular, are encouraged to support causes and initiatives for which they have energy and passion.

In 2006 we became a founding member of Imagine Canada, a nationally recognized organization geared towards promoting programs that encourage corporate giving, volunteering and community support. Imagine Canada challenges corporations to give back 1% of their pre-tax profits to the community as well as to become more involved in their communities through volunteer work.

Initiatives in Toronto

Community Involvement

Toronto students, lawyers and staff participate in and volunteer for events which support a number of initiatives designed to make our community better, including:

  • AIDSBeat benefit concert
  • Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone
  • Breast Cancer Foundation Awareness Campaign
  • Camp Oochigeas Fun Run
  • Canadian Association of New York Foundation
  • Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life
  • Children's Aid Society
  • CIBC Run for the Cure for Breast Cancer
  • Give a Day to World AIDS Campaign
  • Governor General's Performing Arts Awards National Committee
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • The Humane Society
  • Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research in New York City and Toronto
  • The United Way Fundraising Campaign
Firm Initiatives
  • The firm's "Going Green" program launch has included new initiatives designed to encourage Stikeman Elliot's environmental stewardship, including distribution of re-useable shopping bags to employees and a carbon footprint calculation.
  • Stikeman Elliott offices participate in week-long campaigns to support the United Way. These events are an annual highlight for our lawyers and staff. In 2007, the firm raised over $750, 000 for United Way in our communities.
  • Many of our lawyers act as directors on several boards, including the Kidney Foundation, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, William Osler Health Centre Foundation; the YWCA Toronto; and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, to name a few.
  • We are a corporate partner of the Pathways to Education program, whose mission is to ensure that young people from at-risk and/or economically disadvantaged communities achieve their full potential by getting to school, staying in school, graduating and moving on to post-secondary programs.
Pro Bono Services

Our Toronto office has provided pro bono legal services to many worthwhile community organizations, including:

  • Foster Parents Plan Canada (Plan Canada)
  • Sierra Club of Canada - Ontario Chapter
  • Canadian Association for Community Living and Community Living Ontario
  • Council for Canadians with Disabilities
  • Junior Achievement of Canada
  • Wen-Do Canada
  • Luminato Festival
  • Osgoode Business Clinic

For more information on our commitments to Community and Pro Bono initiatives, please click here.