April 24, 2012
Explains who is eligible for welfare, how to apply for welfare, what benefits are available, your responsibilities while on welfare, how to appeal a decision about your benefits, and how to get more...
Keywords: how to apply for welfare, Welfare, welfare appeal, welfare overpayment, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
January 25, 2012
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities now have some of their most requested publications on self-help, CPP, disability benefits, and health available in Traditional Chinese and Punjabi.
Keywords: chinese, CPP, developmental disability, Disability, Health, HIV/AIDS, Punjabli, self-help, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides
November 4, 2011
Do you identify yourself as an Aboriginal person? Do you help people who do?
This site has information and publications about the issues that are important to Aboriginal people and the help that...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, child protection, harvesting rights, Legal Info (PLEI), reserve, residential school, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Services
October 31, 2011
The mission of the Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono legal services for people and non-profit...
Keywords: lawyers, legal, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, pro bono, British Columbia, Manuals and guides, Organizations, Services
July 12, 2011
Small claims court is a court of law that has been designed to meet your needs as a user of the court. It’s meant to be a “do-it-yourself” kind of court, where ordinary people can handle their own...
Keywords: Legal Info (PLEI), Small claims, small claims court, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
July 12, 2011
AdminLawBC.ca
A Guide to Administrative Law in BC
What is Administrative Law?
All levels of government make laws and regulations that affect us every day. For example, the municipal government makes...
Keywords: administrative law, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, poverty law, tribunal, British Columbia, Government information, Manuals and guides
July 6, 2011
The FNSDS is a non-profit society that provides support services to the Band Social Development Workers of BC who administer Income Assistance On-reserve for BC First Nation Communities. They provide...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, income assistance on reserve, Welfare, welfare on reserve, Manuals and guides, Organizations
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...
Keywords: Disability, Government Policy, isac, Organizing, social assistance review, Welfare, Women, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Reports and documents
June 13, 2011
Legal Services Society Aboriginal section is dedicated to issues important to Aboriginal people. It provides legal information and resources, and community news. It also links to people who can help...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Legal Assistance, British Columbia, General resources, Manuals and guides, Research and education
June 1, 2011
Parenting On Your Own, the Manitoba Women's Advisory Council's online resource for single parents, advises single parents of their rights and to list the services and supports that are available in...
Keywords: Family, Women, Manitoba, Manuals and guides
June 1, 2011
CLEONet has two links to resources published by the Ontario Council of Associations Serving Immigrants (OCASI) about family sponsorship and what to do if the sponsorship breaks down if you are a...
Keywords: Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Manuals and guides, All of Canada
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...
Keywords: Mental Health, Manuals and guides, Ontario
May 30, 2011
"Being an advocate does not mean you have to quit your job, write big checks or rush to Washington D.C. It also doesn't mean you have to know everything there is to know about learning disabilities...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Disability, Manuals and guides, United States
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...
Keywords: Unemployment, Manuals and guides, Ontario
May 29, 2011
The Toronto Disaster Relief Committee has a teaching guide for issues related to homelessness. Topics include an introduction to homelessness, historical and structural issues, poverty, health (...
Keywords: Education, Homelessness, Manuals and guides, Ontario
May 29, 2011
The Dalhousie Legal Aid Service in Halifax, Nova Scotia has created a Tenants' Rights Website. There is a Tenant Rights Guide to help tenants understand their legal rights on this site. There are...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, Nova Scotia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
The BC Supreme Court has some materials on their self-help information centre website to help understand the court procedure in civil matters. Community Legal Assistance Society has more lay person...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
The BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre has published a fact sheet (in PDF) for anyone who has been told by the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance (MEIA) that they owe them money.
Keywords: Legal Research, Welfare, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
The brochure, If You Can't Pay Your Court Fine On-time (in PDF) is appropriate for use in B.C., it explains what people can do if they can't pay their court finds on-time. It's available in English...
Keywords: Legal Research, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
A 50 page Paper examining liability of nonprofits can be downloaded (in PDF). It explains how "Nonprofit organizations and their volunteers play an important role in society. In recent years their...
Keywords: Legal Research, Organizing, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
Forced Migration Online has launched an extensive, new resource on international law related to refugees and other forced migrants.
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, Manuals and guides, Research and education, International
May 29, 2011
The Ontario's Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO) was established in 1983 to protect the civil and legal rights of inpatients in the current and former Ontario provincial psychiatric hospitals...
Keywords: Human Rights, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
BC 211 is British Columbia's directory of community, social and government services. Available online or by dialling 211, where staff are available 24/7 to assist those looking for services.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
The West Kootenay Boundary Community Services Directory is a list of the community services in the West Kootenay Boundary region.
Keywords: Organizing, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
This booklet contains useful information for people who need help with immigration and/or social assistance. Its explains what to do if the person who sponsored you to come to Canada is unwilling or...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
This Nova Scotia Employment Support and Income Assistance (ESIA) Policy Manual will be interesting not only to advocates in the province but those in other areas of the country can use it as a...
Keywords: Government Policy, Welfare, Nova Scotia, Manuals and guides
May 27, 2011
This booklet is for home owners who can't make their mortgage payments on legal mortgages and will be going through foreclosure proceedings. This booklet is not intended for home owners who have a...
Keywords: Debt and Consumer Law, Housing, Legal Assistance, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 27, 2011
Despite the fact Aboriginal peoples offer diverse skills to the workforce, their participation in the labour force is lower and their unemployment rate higher than that of non-Aboriginal Canadians....
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Unemployment, Manuals and guides, All of Canada
May 27, 2011
The following are the titles of the five advocacy booklets available online or through MSS:
(A PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader is required)
ADVOCACY
COMMUNITY AND LEGAL RESOURCES
MS AND HUMAN RIGHTS...
Keywords: Disability, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 27, 2011
This useful resource contains a social work glossary.
Keywords: Manuals and guides, All of Canada, Research and education
May 27, 2011
The Vancouver Status of Women's (VSW) Welfare Resource Guide for Women (in PDF) provides general information to women about British Columbia's welfare system or Employment and Assistance Regulations...
Keywords: Welfare, Women, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 27, 2011
The Calgary Street Survival Guide is a publication of
The City of Calgary Community & Neighbourhood Services. This is the 2011 version of the guide in PDF format.
Keywords: Alberta, Homelessness, Manuals and guides
May 18, 2011
When I'm 64 has information on Old Age Security Programs, Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance benefits, veteran's benefits, income tax and BC Benefits, health care, housing, transportation,...
Keywords: benefits, legal services society, seniors, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
April 15, 2011
The Parenting on Your Own Handbook advises single parents of their rights and lists the services and supports that are available in the community. It is an excellent resource for anyone accessing...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Family, parenting, single mothers, single parents, Women, Manitoba, Manuals and guides
April 12, 2011
Social assistance policy manuals are an important source of detailed information about such questions as initial and ongoing eligibility, the treatment of assets and income, how benefits are...
Keywords: Alberta, Disability, social assistance, social assistance, Welfare, welfare manual, welfare policy, welfare policy, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Government information, Nunavut, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, All of Canada
April 8, 2011
The BCTF has created an antipoverty social justice action group to help support you in your work as teachers or social justice activists. One of our goals is to gather resources and share information...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Education, Poverty Research, school, social justice, teachers, teaching, youth poverty, British Columbia, Manuals and guides, Research and education
April 6, 2011
This guide is a general resource for newcomers. You will find information on different topics regarding first steps in Canada like how to get a Social Insurance Number and about daily life like...
Keywords: Immigrants and Refugees, newcomer's guide, newcomers, Manuals and guides, Yukon
March 11, 2011
CLEONet is partnering with community organizations to deliver workshops about legal issues online. These webinars are aimed at community workers and advocates who work with low-income and...
Keywords: community workers, community workers, Legal Info (PLEI), public legal education, public legal education, webinar, webinar, Manuals and guides, Ontario, Multimedia, Programs and courses, All of Canada
March 10, 2011
The Family Law Information Program (FLIP) is a free online resource designed for adults in Ontario whose relationship with their spouse or partner is breaking down.
FLIP provides legal and practical...
Keywords: child custody, Children and Youth, divorce, Family, family law, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), separation, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Ontario
February 9, 2011
InMyLanguage.org provides multilingual information for newcomers to Ontario, Canada. You can get the information you need in the language you want.
InMyLanguage.org is an online multilingual...
Keywords: Education, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, newcomers, settlement, settlement workers, Workers' Rights, Manuals and guides, Ontario
