December 2, 2008
People living in poverty in the Great Lakes area may be experiencing a higher level of air pollution in their communities, according to a study released by the Pollution Watch project. The study...
September 27, 2008
Employment Insurance (EI) provides Compassionate Care Benefits to persons who have to be away from work temporarily to provide care or support to a family member who is gravely ill with a significant...
September 20, 2008
Legal Aid is available to low income individuals and disadvantaged communities for a variety of legal problems, including criminal matters, family disputes, immigration and refugee hearings and...
April 3, 2008
The Alliance to End Homelessness in Ottawa has released its Fourth Report Card on Ending Homelessness. The Alliance found in 2007: more children in families were in shelters, on average there were...
January 30, 2008
New Brunswick Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission has information on how to submit a claim for injured workers. There is also an online guide, Workers' Compensation: A Guide for New...
January 2, 2008
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) is a research institute which provides tools to facilitate organizations taking action to advance social justice and equality for all...
January 2, 2008
The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women has a new fact sheet, Women’s experiences of social programs for people with low incomes (in PDF). This fact sheet weaves together the...
April 5, 2007
Nunavut Residential Tenancies Act (in PDF)
March 11, 2007
Industry Canada has a list of Community Access Programs (CAP) across Canada. CAP gives thousands of Canadians affordable access to the Internet in places like schools, community centres and libraries...
March 8, 2007
A report by Campaign 2000, Child poverty in Ontario: Promises to keep (available on the site in PDF in English and in French), has found one in six children in Ontario live in poverty. Read more in a...
