December 12, 2011
An Ontario free of poverty will be reflected in healthy, inclusive communities with a place of dignity for everyone and the essential conditions of well-being for all. The mission of Poverty Free...
Organizing, Campaigns and initiatives, Ontario
December 6, 2011
Your Legal Rights is a website of legal information for people in Ontario. This site has free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario and...
Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Health, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal information, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways, Ontario
June 15, 2011
This article compares heterosexual and sexual minority street-involved youth across a number of sociodemographic, risk and current mental health, victimization and delinquency measures with a...
Children and Youth, Homelessness, LGBTQ, Women, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 15, 2011
In London, Ontario, discharges from psychiatric wards to shelters or NFA occurred 194 times per year. This discovery led to the creation of a pilot project that provided immediate access to a housing...
Homelessness, Mental Health, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 13, 2011
The Ontario Provincial Government has appointed a commission to review the income security system, including social assistance. The commission's mandate is to develop a plan to reform the system. As...
Disability, Government Policy, isac, Organizing, social assistance review, Welfare, Women, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 13, 2011
The Income Security Advocacy Centre is hosting video recordings of a symposium held by ISAC and the Social Assistance Action Committee in March 2011 on how the Social Assistance Review commission...
Disability, isac, ontario works, social assistance review, Unemployment, Welfare, Ontario, Multimedia, Reports and documents
June 13, 2011
ISAC and the Ontario community legal clinic system’s Social Assistance Action Committee (SAAC) held a roundtable discussion on May 30, 2011, to explore the issue of how assistance is delivered in...
Disability, Government Policy, isac, social assistance review, Unemployment, Welfare, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 13, 2011
This page at the Income Security Advocacy Centre provides information on and a link to, a letter sent to commissioners of the Social Assistance Review in Ontario, urging them to consider issues of...
Disability, isac, social assistance review, Unemployment, Welfare, Women, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 1, 2011
HomeComing Community Choice Coalition promotes the rights of people with mental illness to live where they choose.
Mental Health, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition was born out of the home that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater justice and dignity for...
Welfare, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care works for more access to quality child care, for more affordable child care and to improve child care services in Ontario.
Children and Youth, Family, Women, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Street Health works to improve the health and well being of homeless and underhoused individuals in southeast Toronto by addressing the social determinants of health through programs, services,...
Health, Homelessness, Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
I WAS HERE is a media workshop that puts digital cameras and photoblogging websites into the hands of young parents. Five women, all pregnant or parenting, have been documenting their lives in...
Art and Culture, Blogs, Media, Technology, Women, Ontario, Multimedia
June 1, 2011
This is an artists photoblog of homelessness in Toronto.
Art and Culture, Blogs, Homelessness, Ontario
June 1, 2011
Ontario's Office of the Worker Advisor has a large list of Workers' Compensation Boards, Health and Safety Associations, Resources for People with Disabilities, Worker Adviser and more from across...
Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
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- Meal Exchange is a national student-founded, youth-driven, registered charity organized to address local hunger by mobilizing the talent and passion of students....
Foodbanks and Food, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
The Mission of OCASI is to achieve equality, access and full participation for immigrants and refugees in every aspect of Canadian life. As a council of autonomous community-based agencies which...
Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) website represents over 100 communities across Ontario in a network of food banks. Through the site, you will be able to find out more about the organization...
Foodbanks and Food, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
The 519 is a meeting place and focal point for its diverse downtown communities. Within a supportive environment, it responds to the needs of the local neighbourhood and the broader Lesbian, Gay,...
LGBTQ, Ontario, Organizations
June 1, 2011
The Alliance to End Homelessness is a coalition of community stakeholders in Ottawa committed to working collaboratively to end homelessness by gaining and promoting a better understanding of...
Blogs, Homelessness, Ontario
June 1, 2011
Peel Poverty Action Group is composed of service providers, advocates and individuals working towards the elimination of poverty in the Region of Peel.
Blogs, Organizing, Ontario
June 1, 2011
The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition was born out of the hope that together a coalition of faith groups could contribute to new public policies based upon greater justice and dignity for...
Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
No Excuse: The Poverty Project is a blog managed and mostly written by Hamilton Spectator poverty beat reporter, Bill Dunphy, and is part of the paper's larger Poverty Project. The blog has daily...
Blogs, Media, Poverty Research, Ontario
May 30, 2011
Abandonment Issues is a Toronto-based coalition of housing activists fighting to get abandoned and underutilized buildings and spaces in the city turned into affordable housing.
Blogs, Homelessness, Housing, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
The Other Side is a radio show out of Hamiliton, Ontario which highlights poverty and social justice issues. You can listen to the show online on 93.3 CFMU-FM.
Media, General resources, Ontario, Multimedia
May 30, 2011
The Colour of Poverty is a Ontario community based effort to help raise public awareness about poverty within racialized communities. The Colour of Poverty Campaign has created a series of Fact...
Ethnicity and Race, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Women Against Poverty Collective is a group of women and trans people who are working together to advocate for safe, affordable and accessible housing for women experiencing violence.
Organizing, Women, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Justice System website provides a resource for justice system professionals and others working to understand Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD...
Disability, Legal Research, Mental Health, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Community Resource Connections of Toronto website is a comprehensive source of information for mental health consumers/survivors, family members and service providers.
Mental Health, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Working on the Edge, a report created by the Workers' Action Centre, documents the experiences of workers in low-paid temporary agency and contract jobs where employers fail to meet minimum labour...
Workers' Rights, Ontario, Reports and documents
May 30, 2011
This is the Ontario government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
General resources, Government information, Ontario
May 30, 2011
Navigating Mental Health Services in Toronto: A Guide for Newcomer Communities is an online guide (in PDF, multilingual) that explains the mental health system to new Canadians. It describes the...
Mental Health, Manuals and guides, Ontario
May 30, 2011
This centre is a settlement service agency for immigrants and refugees that also provides educational programs to help Londoners understand other cultures and learn about global issues.
Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
J4MV is a volunteer driven political non-profit collective comprised of committed activists from diverse walks of life (including labour activists, educators, researchers, students and youth of...
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 30, 2011
Extensive links to Ontario non-government web sites. Arranged alphabetically: Ontario NGOs (A-C) and Ontario NGOs (D-W). The site also includes links to Ontario welfare websites.
Welfare, Directories, Ontario
May 30, 2011
The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online.
Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Violence, General resources, Ontario
May 30, 2011
The Ontario Health Coalition is an excellent example of community organizing.
Health, Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
Covenant House in Toronto has a page of facts and stats about youth homelessness.
Children and Youth, Homelessness, Factsheets and FAQs, Ontario
May 29, 2011
Ontario Coalition for Social Justice is a coalition of labour unions and community groups dedicated to promoting social and economic justice in Ontario. Their website has a long list of progressive...
Organizing, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
The Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)'s 24 page booklet (in PDF) is available for download. It explains the EI system, including how to apply and who's eligibile. Le livret de l'information...
Unemployment, Manuals and guides, Ontario
