News & Events
Refugee sponsorship grinds to halt
Posted June 8, 2011 - A Cranbrook, B.C., newspaper reports on Canada's system of private sponsorship of refugees by Church and other groups. The number of refugees these groups can sponsor will be capped and limited because there aren't enough staff to process them.
Article source Cranbrook Daily Townsman
Spring HALCO News is now available
Posted June 8, 2011 - Topics in the HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) newsletter include Prosecutorial Guidelines Campaign, Landmark Sex Work Case, Proposed Increase to Pardon Application Fees, and Immigration Law Update.
Article source HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
Two Ontario judges frontrunners for Supreme Court vacancies
Posted June 8, 2011 - A pair of senior Ontario judges are emerging as leading contenders in a contest to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Canada, according to the Globe and Mail.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Police-reported hate crimes up 42 per cent in 2009
Posted June 7, 2011 - Canadian police saw a marked increase in the number of hate crimes they investigated in 2009, more than half of which were motivated by race or ethnicity.
Article source CTV News
June 13: Public legal education session in Hawkesbury
June 13, 2011 - The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) will be delivering a free French public information session in Hawkesbury on environmental law, health, and public participation.
Article source Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
June 20: Access Awareness Symposium
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
June 8 & 9: Financial literacy workshops
Two workshops on accessing benefits from public and private programs will be held this week by Green Pastures Society.
Article source Green Pastures Society
Why the courts must decriminalize prostitution
Posted June 6, 2011 - In this Globe and Mail article, the author says the rational thing to do is to destigmatize prostitution so it can be practised more safely and sanely, as the normal part of Canadian life that, like it or not, it is.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Woman fired because she was pregnant
Posted June 6, 2011 - The Human Rights Legal Support Centre, commenting on the legal victory for the woman fired because of pregnancy, said it's unfortunate the Tribunal continues to see hundreds of these cases of women turned away from work because of pregnancy.
Anti-human smuggling bill will be re-introduced: Kenney
Posted June 3, 2011 - The Conservatives intend to reintroduce their controversial anti-human smuggling bill when Parliament resumes, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Wednesday.
Article source National Post
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