Collectif pour un Quebec sans pauvreté - bâtir un Québec sans pauvreté est une nouvelle campagne de mobilisation pour démontrer à l’Assemblée nationale notre volonté commune de faire du Québec une société sans pauvreté et l’engager, au nom des droits humains, à combattre la pauvreté, ici, dès maintenant.

Website: www.plein.ca/en/court_workers.htm
Inuit court workers act as interpreters and are the watchdogs for cultural differences in the court system. They are sometimes the first people to deal with clients who have legal problems and are members of the community who are respected and trusted to assist. All court workers speak fluent English and Inuktitut.

This guide contains information about work permits, application forms, medical examinations, welfare, social insurance numbers, and getting help. It also contains the names and telephone numbers of lower mainland organizations that help refugee claimants.
Getting a Work Permit in BC is available online (in PDF) or it can be order from: Legal Services Society fax: 604-682-0965 or e-mail: distribution@lss.bc.ca

Getting a Work Permit in BC is also available in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, and Spanish from MOSIAC. The brochure was published in 2001 and is free in British Columbia (and $3.50 outside B.C.)

The Ontario Liberal Government released the 2007 Ontario Budget (available in multiple languages). Some highlights and critiques of the Ontario Budget:

The Human Rights Library, housed by the University of Minnesota, has a lot of information on Human Rights issues both within the United States and Internationally.

http://www.hrw.org/ - this site has news, information and stories about international human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch monitors human rights internationally.

BC Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance is the BC government's site for welfare. It has information on how to apply, how much you are eligible for, what you need to apply, and other information.

• Applying for BC Employment and Assistance (BCEA) - How to apply for welfare in BC. Translations available in Chinese, French, Hindi, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
• BC Employment and Assistance Web Orientation - You must complete an orientation session no more than 60 days before applying for BC Employment and Assistance. You can attend a session at an office, or complete a web session.
• Income Assistance Estimator - You can estimate how much you may receive on welfare.
• Enquirer's Checklist - What you need to apply for welfare.
• Assistance Rate Table - Rates for welfare, disability, child in care of a relative, hardship assistance, general supplements, health supplements and programs, and the seniors supplement.

tel: (604) 873-6660 / (778) 328-8888
Multilingual information and referral services provided for inland refugee claimants.

http://www.icrc.org/ - The Red Cross is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.

http://www.icrc.org/ - "une organisation indépendante et neutre qui s’efforce d’apporter protection et assistance aux victimes de la guerre et de la violence armée."

tel: (604) 255-0725
Provide Philippine migrants and immigrants with general advocacy services.

3981 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
V5V 3P3
tel: (604) 879-7104
Website: www.lmnhs.bc.ca
Provide multilingual services for refugee claimants and immigrants, including help with applying for social assistance. There is also a LSLAP clinic and a free income tax clinic on site. Serve the Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Latin American communities in particular. Also serves as a resource for low income individuals and families in the neighbourhood.

Vancouver, BC
tel: (604) 879–3277
Website: www.helpinghouse.org
General advocacy services for a primarily Philippine clientele. Also provide service in Punjabi, Chinese, and Tagalog.

MultiLingoLegal.ca provides online access to multilingual legal publications and aims to provide community workers and newcomers with legal information and community resources in their own language. A project of MOSAIC, the web site includes publications covering subjects, which have been selected through community consultations during both its planning and implementation stages, in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese.

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 rights of people with mental health issues, and includes a section on mental illness and the criminal justice system. It is produced by the Community Resource Connections of Toronto.

North Vancouver, BC
tel: (604) 988-2931
Website: www.nsms.ca
Settlement counsellors provide information and assistance in the areas of housing and social assistance. Farsi, Mandarin, Cantonese and Korean are spoken.

http://www.nunatsiaq.com/ - Nunatsiaq News is an English-Inuktitut weekly newspaper that has served the people of [Nunavut] and the Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec since 1973.

The Nunavut Government website is in Inuktitut, English and French and includes studies, statistics, acts and regulations, studies and news releases. It also houses a living dictionary in Inuktitut, English and French. The Nunavummit Kiglisiniartiit website (GN Evaluation and Statistics Division) is another useful resource, being the statistics branch of Nunavut.

Le site Web du gouvernement de Nunavut est presenté en Inuktitut, Anglais et Français, et inclut des études, des statistiques, des actes, des règles et des dégagements de nouvelles. Il aussi a une dictionaire vivante en Inuktutut, Anglais et Français. Le site web de Nunavummit Kiglisiniartiit (le département du Gouvernement de Nunavut en charge de l'Évaluation et Statistiques) est une autre réssource utile.

The Geneva based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions has released a report entitled, Fair Play for Housing Rights: Mega-Events, Olympic Games and Housing Rights (in PDF), about the displacement of over two million people in the last 20 years in seven different Olympic cities. Read an article on the Tyee about the evictions and homeless in Vancouver as a result of the 2010 Olympics, "More Homeless than Athletes in 2010."

The Residential School Settlement website is the official Court website for the settlement of the Residential Schools Class Actions Litigation. The site is available in English, French and Inuktitut. The Indian residential schools settlement has been approved by the Courts. Now, former students and their families must decide whether to stay in the settlement or remove themselves (opt out). The site has updates on the settlement, applications for claims and opting out, as well as other information. The official government site, Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada has information on the settlement, the Common Experience Payment, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Toronto's Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples (CSSP) produced ten legal fact sheets in Spanish that cover such issues as what employers can and cannot ask during a job interview, pay slips, pensions, the rights of people who work as cleaning subcontractors, parental benefits, sexual harassment, disability benefits, eviction, and requirements for second apartments in a house.

Le site web / Website: www.shelternet.ca
Les objectifs de Shelternet sont de réduire les obstacles et d’améliorer l’accès des femmes violentées aux maisons d’hébergement. Le réseau Shelternet peut vous aider à accéder directement à une maison d’hébergement locale. Trouvez-vouz votre région pour y voir les ressources disponibles pour les femmes violentées.

Goal is to decrease barriers and increase access for abused women to shelters by providing an easy to use database.

Surrey, BC
tel: 604-536-9611
Website: www.sfwomensservices.com
Support and legal information for women dealing with family law issues such as: divorce, separation, child custody & access, child support, spousal maintenance, peace bonds and restraining orders. Some women ineligible for Legal Aid may be referred for Pro Bono (free) legal representation. Available in English, Punjabi and Hindi.

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 unable to support you. This booklet gives basic information about sponsorship and what happens if it breaks down. It provides information about how to apply for welfare if you're sponsorship breaks down. This booklet is available in Chinese, English, Punjabi, Vietnamese, Korean, and Spanish.

Booklet, 24 pages, November 2003. It's available online in Chinese, English, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese at the Legal Service Society's publications page or it can be ordered from: Legal Services Society fax: 604-682-0965 or e-mail: distribution@lss.bc.ca

BC Housing is an affordable housing agency in BC that provides housing for low income families, seniors, singles at risk of homelessness, and people with disabilities. There is a usually a long wait list for susidized housing but you can apply online:

• Step 1 - Select housing
• Step 2 - Apply to The Housing Registry
• Step 3 - Apply to non-profit and co-operative housing providers
• Step 4 - Keep your application up-to-date

For more information: How to Apply for Subsidizing Housing.
Information on eligibility and how to apply for housing is available in English (in PDF), Punjabi (in PDF), Spanish (in PDF), and

tel: (604) 408-7247
website: www.success.bc.ca
Provide a range of services to new immigrants, including immigrant settlement, public education, employment services, family and youth counseling, seniors and women’s programs, health services and a senior’s care home.

Vancouver, BC
tel: 604-267-0901
Website: www.tccs.ca
Information and referral services provided in Taiwanese, Japanese, and Mandarin.

http://www.pauvrete.qc.ca/ - This site is in French, English and Spanish and includes the Quebec anti-poverty bill/ Ce site Web est en Français, Anglais et Espanol, et il inclut la loi combattant la pauvreté de Québec.

http://www.un.org/ - this is the United Nations main website.

http://www.un.org/ - ça c'est le site web principal des Nations-Unis.

tel: (250) 361-9433
Settlement workers provide a range of services to address the needs of immigrants and refugees, including employment assistance and ESL classes. Services provided in Arabic, Cantonese, Dutch, German, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese, and several African dialects. The society also offers volunteer opportunities and gives community workshops.