News & Events
Ombudsman announces systemic investigation into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Posted August 24, 2006 - The Ombudsman of Ontario has announced plans for a systemic investigation into Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a provincially run government agency that has a mandate to award compensation to victims of of violent crime in Ontario.
Federal Universal Child Care Benefit to be excluded from Ontario provincial programs
Posted August 9, 2006 - Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara has announced that the government will introduce legislation to remove the new federal benefit from income when calculating eligibility for income-tested provincial programs.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Finance
Hamilton's city housing authority adopts eviction prevention policy
Posted July 19, 2006 - As of July 1, 2006 CityHousing Hamilton became one of the few municipal landlords in Ontario to adopt an eviction prevention policy, one proposed by, and drafted with, local poverty activists.
Article source Hamilton Spectator
Report calls for welfare reform to protect abused women
Posted August 29, 2005 - The report by the Woman and Abuse Welfare Research Project outlines abused women's experiences of Ontario's welfare system.
Article source York University's - Woman and Abuse Welfare Project
Web site launched on women's equality as an election issue
Posted August 3, 2005 - The Canadian Coalition for Women's Equality (CWE) has launched a website to feature articles, issues, and concerns critical to women in the upcoming federal election.
Article source CanadaElection.Net
Alberta web site provides information for abused women
Posted March 16, 2005 - This website is a plain-language, woman-friendly, safe space on the Internet that provides passive and interactive services to meet the legal information needs of abused women and their service providers in Alberta.
Article source VIOLET: Law and Abused Women web site
Canada Benefits web site offers benefit finder by province
Posted March 16, 2005 - The Canada Benefits web site offers a benefits finder/search by province. Find out more about federal and provincial assistance programs in your area.
Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS)
Posted March 16, 2005 - The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University is engaged in research on refugee issues; it informs public discussion as well as policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations; and it supports teaching in refugee and migration studies.
Article source Centre for Refugee Studies (at York University)
Coalition unites poverty activists
Posted March 16, 2005 - The Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI) is a national coalition founded in 1989 to bring together low-income activists and poverty law advocates for the purpose of assisting poor people in Canada to secure and assert their rights under international human rights law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the "Charter"), human rights legislation, and other laws in Canada.
Article source Charter Committee on Poverty Issues (CCPI)
Daily Bread report discusses how recipients deal with poverty
Posted March 16, 2005 - This report by the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto discusses the experiences of food bank recipients in dealing with poverty and how they support themselves and their families.
Article source Daily Bread Food Bank
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