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, Ontario
Activists in Ontario have launched the website "Remember the Day," as they begin a campaign to highlight the crucial issue of rising poverty in Ontario as the provincial election draws near. Pathway...
Family, Government Policy, Organizing, Ontario
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, Ontario
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
Peel Poverty Action Group is composed of service providers, advocates and individuals working towards the elimination of poverty in the Region of Peel.
Organizing, Ontario
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
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
The Ontario Health Coalition is an excellent example of community organizing.
Health, Organizing, Ontario
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
A group of young First Nations people dedicated to resisting colonialism and exposing the racism of canada.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Organizing, Ontario
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty - Immigration provides direct-action advocacy for individuals facing deportation as well supporting the work of immigrant and refugee organizations.
Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Ontario
About 40 housing and homelessness advocates from across Ontario created the Housing and Homelessness Network in Ontario (HHNO) after two days of meetings at the University of Toronto in February....
Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario
OCAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They oppose government policy which targets poor and working people.
Homelessness, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario
LIFT is based in Toronto. Programs include: community economic development, community education, and social policy development.
Family, Organizing, Ontario
PCAP is a direct action anti-poverty group made up of poor people and their allies. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. PCAP mounts social justice campaigns against regressive...
Organizing, Ontario
The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO) is the representative body of Ontario's community legal aid clinics. The Association's objectives are to:
Improve the legal welfare of...
community legal clinics, Legal Aid, legal clinics, Legal Research, Organizing, Ontario
This web site is created by the Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Community Organizing (OPICCO). It offers information and resources to help legal clinics, community agencies, activists and low-income...
community development, legal information, Legal Research, Organizing, social justice. law reform, Ontario
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Ontario
The District of Parry Sound Poverty Reduction Network is a non-partisan organization that is composed of representatives from several social agencies in the district along with concerned individuals...
Organizing, Poverty Research, Ontario
Stableandaffordable.com is an initiative of the Wellesley Institute and many partners across Ontario. On their website you will find plenty of facts and figures about housing in Ontario, along with...
Homelessness, Housing, Organizing, Ontario
