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April 5: Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers 4th National Conference
Date Friday, April 5, 2013
Time 10:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern Time;
7:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pacific Time
Place Video conference
Contact education@carl-acaadr.ca
The conference, Upholding Human Rights: Refugee Protection in Canada, will be held simultaneously by video in locations from coast to coast.
Key refugee and immigration issues for women and girls
There have been many recent changes in immigration and refugee policies in Canada. How might these changes affect women and girls?
CLEO launches new website, Refugee Rights in Ontario: Information for front-line workers
This website is for front-line workers and advocates who work with refugee claimants and others who have questions about their immigration status in Canada.
March 21: Consultation on Social Assistance Review as it relates to disability
Date Thursday, March 21
Time 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Place ARCH Disability Law Centre, 425 Bloor St. E., Ste. 110 (Sherbourne and Bloor)
Contact Theresa Sciberras
Phone Tel: 416-481-8255 or 1-866-482-2724 ext. 229; TTY: 416-482-1254 or 1-866-482-2723
Email scibert@lao.on.ca
ARCH Disability Law Centre plans to provide feedback to the Commission and the government on the SAR recommendations as they affect ODSP recipients, and wishes to speak to you to inform that...
March 28: Access Without Fear interactive workshop for service providers
Date Thursday, March 28, 2013
Time 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Place Friend's House, 60 Lowther Street, St. George Subway Station. Accessible space.
Friend's House is organizing "Access Without Fear: An interactive workshop for service providers."
2013 edition of A Directory of Community Legal Clinics in Ontario is now available
This edition lists community legal clinics across Ontario by regions, and provides their addresses and phone numbers.
April 5: Understanding the links between child protection and youth homelessness
Date Friday, April 5, 2013
Time 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. ET (Registration: 8:30 a.m.)
Place Markham Convergence Centre, 7271 Warden Avenue, Markham
Register to Attend RSVP to jwedlock@uwyr.on.ca
Register for the Webinar http://joiningdots.eventbrite.ca
This free session, Joining the dots: Understanding the links between child protection and youth homelessness, is presented as part of Responding to Youth Homelessness: A Systems Approach Learning...
Boom in temporary migrant workers creates vulnerable workforce and increases inequality
A "migrant workers boom" is underway in Canada, which not only increases the vulnerability of these workers, but also undermines wages and conditions for all workers in Canada.
Federal librarians fear being 'muzzled' under new code of conduct
Federal librarians and archivists who set foot in classrooms, attend conferences, or speak up at public meetings on their own time are engaging in "high risk" activities, according to the new code...
March 28: Celebration of Refugee Rights Day
Date Thursday, March 28, 2013
Time Doors open: 5 p.m.; event takes place 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Place St. Christopher House, Community Hall, 248 Ossington Ave., Toronto
Contact RSVP to gillisan@stchrishouse.org or call 416-206-8043
St. Christopher House invites you to attend their celebration of contributions made by refugees to our community. Join us for a wonderful evening of great musical performances, dance, & dinner...
The law has now pronounced you husband and wife
Today, B.C.'s new Family Law Act comes into effect, granting couples who have lived together for two or more years the same rights and regulations as married couples.
Toews approved TV show filming B.C. immigration raids
Approval for a reality show production crew to film an immigration raid at a Vancouver construction site came directly from the federal government, documents obtained by a Vancouver woman show.
High-risk offender label 'misses target,' says head of Ontario Review Board
Experts say there is no evidence to suggest the current system isn’t working, pointing to significantly lower rates of re-offending among those who go through the not-criminally-responsible system...
Reality show filmed immigration raids, B.C. advocates say
Immigration activists in Vancouver are protesting the arrest of eight migrant workers who they say were picked up by border agents and filmed for a reality TV series during a raid on a...
LAO Board approves joint submission to continue funding West Toronto Community Legal Services
Legal Aid Ontario has approved a plan that will continue the funding of West Toronto Community Legal Services (WTCLS).
Canada falls out of top 10 in UN's human development index
Canada has slipped slightly in the UN rankings of human progress as slower advances in areas such as education deprived this country of bragging rights as one of the top 10.
Access Without Fear: Building a City of Sanctuary
Providing access to city services to non-status or undocumented immigrants reduces fear of deportation while contributing to wider community safety and well-being.
Canada doubles funding for program that helps human smuggling victims abroad
The federal government doubled funding for a project that returns those willing to give up their fight for asylum to their country of origin free of charge.
Groups raise concerns over bill to protect public from mentally ill offenders
A government bill aimed at protecting the public from a small number of mentally ill offenders could deter others from seeking the treatment they need, mental health organizations are warning.
Two stories on housing in Northumberland County
"We don't need another housing-homelessness plan, we need housing," says activist Deb O'Connor. And Teresa Williams of Northumberland CLC says, "Incomes aren't high enough to afford the rents."
