News & Events
Kit educates voters on tenant issues
Posted September 10, 2007 - The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations has prepared a tenant advocacy kit, with questions and background on tenant issues, to use in the upcoming provincial election.
Article source Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations
Court decision deals blow to Charter rights
Posted September 7, 2007 - The acquittal of a young man because he was subjected to a form of psychological detention by two police officers has been overturned and a new trial has been ordered.
Article source Toronto Star
Sexual assault centres to receive new funding from province
Posted September 5, 2007 - The Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues have announced that the Ontario government will boost funding for sexual assault centres.
Article source Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
New program trains health workers to find early signs of domestic abuse
Posted August 30, 2007 - The Ontario government has announced it is launching a program to train emergency room doctors and nurses to detect early signs of domestic violence.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
Program trains teachers to assist children exposed to domestic abuse
Posted August 30, 2007 - The Ontario government has announced is it launching a program to train educators in the French-language elementary school system to recognize and assist children who are exposed to domestic violence.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
Election kit challenges candidates to reduce poverty
Posted August 28, 2007 - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) has developed an election kit that can be used during the upcoming Ontario provincial election to ask candidates what they will do to reduce poverty.
Article source Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
Editorial pushes for increase of minimum wage
Posted August 23, 2007 - In the 70th anniversary year of the advent of the minimum wage in Canada, the poor's purchasing power hasn't increased, says this Globe and Mail online editorial.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Strict visa rulings unfair, critics say
Posted August 22, 2007 - As a growing number of Canada's immigrants arrive from developing countries such as China, India, and the Philippines, whose citizens need visas to visit, the problem of denials is becoming more acute.
Article source Toronto Star
Ontario government announces expansion of Child Victim/Witness Centre program
Posted August 21, 2007 - The provincial government has announced that it is expanding the Child Victim/Witness Centre program by investing $1 million in it. This will fund a new centre in Ottawa, two existing centres in the Peel and Waterloo regions, and add three new centres in the central, northwestern, and northeastern regions of Ontario.
Article source Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Ontario government helps vulnerable women learn about their rights under Ontario family law
Posted August 16, 2007 - The Ontario government is launching a public education campaign to ensure that Ontario women know their legal rights under Ontario family law, announced Sandra Pupatello, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues.
Article source Ontario Women's Directorate (OWD)
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