News & Events
Spring 2011 Flemingdon Community Legal Services newsletter now available
Posted June 17, 2011 - Topics in the Spring 2011 FCLS Newsletter include ODSP and alcohol and addictions, ODSP and medical reviews, preparing for a social assistance review, and changes to Special Diet.
Article source Flemingdon Community Legal Services
June 20: Reminder: Register for the Accessibility Awareness Event
June 20, 2011 - Community members and legal experts will discuss recent developments and some unique ways of advancing the rights of people with disabilities beyond Charter litigation. The panel will explore a range of strategies from class actions to self-advocacy.
Article source ARCH Disability Law Centre
Reintroduction of anti-refugee bill deplored by Canadian Council for Refugees
Posted June 16, 2011 - The Canadian Council for Refugees today expressed its profound disappointment at the reintroduction of a bill that has been widely condemned as violating the basic rights of refugees.
Article source Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
The Justice System and Mental Health
Flemingdon Community Legal Services invites you to their 31st Annual General Meeting on June 23rd, 2011. The Keynote Speaker will be Karen Liberman from Mood Disorders Association of Ontario discussing "The Justice System and Mental Health".
Article source Flemingdon Community Legal Services
Housing for ex-cons: Spend a little, save a lot
Posted June 15, 2011 - An analysis by the John Howard Society of Toronto finds that Toronto would be safer -- and costs of crime lower -- by investing in transitional housing for released convicts.
Article source Toronto Star
July 14: Register today for CLEONet's webinar on Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Pension
July 14, 2011 - This webinar gives community service providers an overview of benefits and provisions of the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Pension.
Article source Flemingdon Community Legal Services
Safety ruling turns heads
Posted June 14, 2011 - The Divisional Court has ruled that employers' duty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to report all fatal and critical injuries at a workplace extends beyond workers to members of the public when the incident arises from potential hazards or risks to employees.
Article source Law Times
Outlook is bleak for foster kids 'aging out' of the system
Posted June 13, 2011 - Most of Ontario's 9,000 Crown wards are never adopted. In 2009-10, just 993 were placed in permanent homes. The rest enter young adulthood without a "forever" family to provide stability, guidance, and support.
Article source Toronto Star
Prostitution 'not a constitutionally-protected right,' Crown argues in landmark case
Posted June 13, 2011 - The federal and Ontario Crown are appealing an Ontario Superior Court decision last fall which struck down the core of laws that target prostitution, including running a brothel, living off the trade, and communicating for the purpose of prostitution.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Provincial Government Helps Launch One Family - One Judge Approach
Posted June 13, 2011 - A news release from the Ontario government and a Globe and Mail article feature the launch of the Integrated Domestic Violence Court, which will serve people who are dealing with family court issues as well as criminal charges related to domestic abuse.
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