Social Assistance Review Webinar Series

Social Assistance Review – Preparing for the Options Paper

The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario is expected to release an Options Paper in early February with options for reforming Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), followed by a very short period for public response and feedback. The options could have far-reaching implications for people on low incomes.

In this webinar series, Jennefer Laidley and Dana Milne of the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) will present on 3 different options expected in the paper and offer a variety of tools to help groups across Ontario organize consultations in their communities and make submissions.

Here are the dates in the series:

Tax Delivered Income - Thursday, January 26th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Moving Benefits outside OW and ODSP - Wednesday February 1 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  

Merging OW and ODSP - Monday, February 6 – 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 

Please note: This webinar series is full. Registrations were taken on a first come first served basis. The recorded version of these webinars and presenting materials will be made available on the Training section of the Your Legal Rights web site at www.yourlegalrights.on.ca and through the Income Security Advocacy Centre’s website on the Social Assistance Review at www.sareview.ca. 

These webinars are offered by ISAC in partnership with the Community legal clinic system’s Steering Committee on Social Assistance, Ontario Council for Agencies Serving Immigrants, YWCA Toronto, Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change, Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, the ODSP Action Coalition and Campaign 2000.