News & Events
Addressing Child and Family Poverty in Canada: Where do the parties stand?
Posted May 2, 2011 - This Campaign 2000 chart shows where each party stands on significant poverty related issues.
Article source Campaign 2000
New ideas to lift aboriginal Canada
Posted May 2, 2011 - A Globe and Mail editorial says that, although there is a lack of political leadership on aboriginal issues, on two of aboriginal Canada's biggest challenges, land and education, we can look to others to help plot a path forward.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Ontario farm workers 'shocked' as union ban upheld
Posted May 2, 2011 - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a provincial ban on farm unions is constitutional, denying more than 80,000 Ontario farm workers the right to unionize.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Election 2011 - Victims of Gun Violence and Domestic Violence Experts Ask Canadians to Remember the Costs of Gun Violence During This Election
Posted April 28, 2011 - A Canadian group of victims of gun violence and domestic violence experts today held a news conference in Toronto to remind Canadians as they vote on May 2 to consider the costs of gun violence and to remember that controls on all guns are critical to public safety.
Le Plaideur - Volume 4, Printemps 2011
Posted April 28, 2011 - Topics in the Spring 2011 issue of Le Plaideur (in French only) include ODSP and addictions, indirect discrimination against people with disabilities, Special Diet, hydro bills and tenants, challenges with applications for permanent residence status on humanitarian & compassionate grounds, legal services in French, and good news for workers from Haiti.
Article source Clinique juridique francophone de l'Est d'Ottawa
May 3: Sister II Sister: Preventing Elder Abuse forum
May 3, 2011 - This forum is an opportunity for service providers and newcomer seniors to discuss
their experiences, learnings, and recommendations on preventing elder abuse among newcomers.
Article source South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Now online: Sexual Assault Centre Kingston provides support & programs to women who have experienced sexualized violence
Posted April 28, 2011 - The Sexual Assault Centre Kingston provides free-of-charge, confidential, non-judgmental support to survivors of sexualized violence, offers public education on issues of sexualized violence, and strives toward prevention of all forms of sexualized violence.
Article source Sexual Assault Centre Kingston
Province to scrap secret G20 law
Posted April 28, 2011 - Ontario plans to scrap a "troubling" World War II-era law blamed for arrests, confusion, and alleged civil rights abuses in policing the G20 summit last June, according to the Toronto Star.
Article source Toronto Star
Special Election 2011 ARCH Alert Issue - April 28, 2011
Posted April 28, 2011 - Topics in this issue include the right to barrier-free voting, accessibility during the federal election, and how the federal political parties are addressing issues that are important to persons with disabilities.
Article source ARCH Disability Law Centre
April 28: Free legal seminars in English with Mandarin translations
April 28, 2011 - Free legal seminars in English with Mandarin translations are available through The Peel Chinese Community Service Hub and Mississauga Community Legal Services.
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