News & Events
Study looks at older women's experience of abuse and neglect after migration
Posted April 29, 2010 - Settlement.org reports on a new study that focuses on older women from the Sri Lankan Tamil community in Toronto and recommends actions to help prevent abuse and improve support for women experiencing abuse.
Article source Settlement.Org
April 30: Take Two Minutes for Housing!
April 30, 2010 - The Housing Network of Ontario is asking everyone to call their MPP on April 30, urging them to take "bold action to address our housing crisis."
Article source Housing Network of Ontario (HNO)
CAW Calls on Ontario Government to Reinstate Special Diet Allowance
Posted April 28, 2010 - CAW President Ken Lewenza is calling on the Ontario government to reconsider the decision to cancel the Special Diet Allowance program, offered to people receiving Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support.
Article source Canadian Auto Workers (CAW)
Last frontier of legal prejudice: Attitudes toward people with mental disabilities are based on myths
Posted April 28, 2010 - A Toronto Star article calls discrimination in housing for people living with mental illness the "last frontier of legal prejudice."
Article source Toronto Star
Peacock Poverty and the People's Blueprint
Posted April 28, 2010 - The People's Blueprint for Social Assistance Review, an initiative of PeacockPoverty.org, is developing a blueprint for Social Assistance reform in Ontario.
Bill C-11 Needs Thorough Review
Posted April 27, 2010 - Refugee advocates are concerned that the government is refusing to refer Bill C-11 to committee before second reading and is reportedly planning to fast-track it to a vote.
Article source Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
May 28 Webinar on Reporting Peer to Peer Violence in Schools
May 28, 2010 - This webinar provides an overview of Bill 157, the new legislation that creates obligations to report and respond to serious incidents in Ontario schools.
Article source CLEONet
Ontario closes its eyes to elder abuse
Posted April 27, 2010 - In a Toronto Star opinion piece, Carol Goar says the Ontario government is not taking elder abuse seriously and has opposed legislation that does.
Article source Toronto Star
'Poor No More' film project offers solutions to Canada's working poor
Posted April 27, 2010 - Hosted by TV and film star Mary Walsh, this feature documentary takes three Canadians to a world where people do not have to beg, where housing is affordable and university education is free, and asks the question, "If other countries can do this, why don't we?"
List of missing, murdered aboriginal women grows as most at-risk group in Canada
Posted April 22, 2010 - A National Post article discusses the report that found that aboriginal women continue to be the most at-risk group for violence in Canada: Although aboriginal women make up three per cent of the population, they represent 10 per cent of the reported homicides, almost half of which are unsolved.
Article source National Post
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