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This resource lists the legal options available when reporting domestic abuse, including:

  • identifying an abusive relationship
  • how to make a safety plan
  • how to make an emotional safety plan
  • how to protect...
Available in:
English
Produced In:
2015
Format:
Web

The resouce lists the many warning signs of an abuser, including financial, emotional, and physical abuse.

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2011
Format:
Web

This resource helps define and identify partner violence and abuse, the common causes of partner abuse, and what people can do to stop abuse from happening.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2012
Format:
Booklet/PDF, Web

This guide is intended to help people in abusive relationships to plan a safety plan. It covers the following topic areas:

  1. Do your research
  2. Decide how you can leave quickly-or stay safely
  3. Talk to your children
  4. Gather...
Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2014
Format:
Web

Survivors of sexual harassment and violence in the workplace and in other specific social settings (for example, in schools, at your doctor’s office, on campus) have the right to protection under Ontario’s ...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF

Recorded on May 30, 2016 - In support of National Victims and Survivors of Crime Week from May 29 to June 4 2016, this webinar examines...

Available in:
English
Produced by:
Victim Justice Network
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Webinar

Recorded on May 27, 2016 - For women survivors of sexual violence, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) can be a...

Available in:
English
Produced by:
METRAC
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Webinar

On June 10, 2016, the Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2015 will come into force amending the ...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Web

This booklet explains the legal services that Legal Aid Ontario provides to people with low incomes. It includes a directory of the community legal clinics and specialty legal clinics in Ontario.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2017
Format:
Booklet/PDF, Web

The Online Training Initiative to Address Human Trafficking is a free online training program which includes resources, tools and tips to assist service providers working with survivors of human trafficking...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Web

Justice Canada has produced a video to help families going through divorce or separation by guiding them to a range of free family justice tools and products available on the Justice Canada website.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Video

This webpage looks at how:

  • you can work and get ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program)
  • you can work and keep your benefits
  • you can work and have more money
  • you can get help to prepare for...
Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF, Web

As a self-represented litigant, you may bring someone to sit with you in the front of a courtroom to help you when you are appearing before a judge. This person is called a "McKenzie Friend" (MF). This guide looks at what a MF is, what they can do,...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This section of the Justice for Children and Youth website addresses these questions:  

  • If I'm over 16 and can't live at home, do my parents have to support me?
  • Can I get Ontario Works ("OW", "welfare" or "social assistance...
Available in:
English
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Web

The video provides viewers with an overview of core employment standards and is designed to help employees and employers understand their rights and obligations under the Employment Standards Act, 2000. It covers these topics:

  • ...
Available in:
English
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Video
The goal of this guide is to help you understand the steps in a family case at the Superior Court of Justice, including the Family Court of the Superior...
Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF

Recorded on April 6, 2016 - Crime victims have the right to be involved in the sentence that is imposed on the offender whose crime affected their life. When does a woman survivor of sexual assault or intimate partner violence get to prepare a Victim...

Available in:
English
Produced by:
METRAC
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Webinar

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has created a client-geared factsheet meant to be used by clinics and community agencies to build awareness about LAO's services. It includes topics such as, What is children's aid? When does children's aid become involved...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF

Credit counsellors and debt settlement companies offer to help people get out of debt and stop creditors from bothering them. This resource covers the differences between non-profit credit counsellors and debt settlement companies, how they work, the...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Booklet/PDF, Web

This video was developed by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General to help Aboriginal families learn about the effects of separation on children and adults and the options available to them to resolve their disputes. It covers topics such as:...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2016
Format:
Video