News & Events
Ontario government launches campaign to address violence against Aboriginal women
Posted November 28, 2007 - To address violence against Aboriginal women, the Ontario government is funding an Aboriginal adapted version of the successful Neighbours, Friends and Families campaign. The government will provide $476,000 over two years to the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres to implement the Kanawayhitowin campaign in Aboriginal communities across Ontario.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
Ontario government releases Summary Of Civil Justice Reform Report
Posted November 22, 2007 - The Ontario government has released the Civil Justice Reform Project: Summary of Findings and Recommendations, a commissioned report from the Honourable Coulter Osborne, on ways to improve the civil justice system.
Article source Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Clinic director awarded Atkinson Economic Justice Fellowship
Posted November 21, 2007 - Uzma Shakir, Executive Director of the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, has been recognized as a community leader on issues of immigration, diversity, and social inclusion.
Article source South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Federal government moves to deliver human rights protection for Aboriginal Canadians, again
Posted November 21, 2007 - The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians has reinstated legislation to repeal section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. This section prevents First Nations people governed by the Indian Act from receiving the same legal protection against discrimination that is afforded to all other Canadians.
Article source Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Ontario government being asked for details on their poverty reduction strategy
Posted November 21, 2007 - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is calling on Ontarians to tell Premier McGuinty to provide more details on his poverty reduction strategy in the throne speech.
Article source Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
Tories' anti-crime agenda sidesteps family violence
Posted November 21, 2007 - Forty per cent of recent Canadian homicides involve violence by family members or partners. But the federal government seems more interested in addressing gang violence.
Article source Ottawa Citizen
Articling fellowship program matches law students with non-profits
Posted November 14, 2007 - The Law Foundation of Ontario has announced that it will be offering six articling fellowships for law students to work with public interest organizations in Ontario.
Article source The Law Foundation of Ontario
Radio program explores elder abuse in long-term care facilities
Posted November 8, 2007 - In the October 25, 2007, broadcast of CBC's Ontario Today, a lawyer from the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) describes elder abuse in long-term care facilities.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Paralegal with a mission to fight legal establishment sentenced to house arrest
Posted October 3, 2007 - A North Bay, Ontario, paralegal who has made it her mission to fight the legal establishment will spend four months under house arrest as part of an unprecedented sentence imposed yesterday for improperly conducting legal work.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Anti-poverty groups call on voters to make poverty reduction a priority
Posted October 2, 2007 - According to an editorial in the Toronto Star, poverty in Ontario can be addressed, but it will take a long-term vision and targeted government action that goes well beyond piecemeal announcements.
Article source Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
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