September 2023

New legal information from across Ontario

This monthly eblast highlights recent legal information resources from community-based organizations across Ontario. Find more resources in the Your Legal Rights collection on CLEO Connect.

Are you a community worker who helps racialized clients with their legal issues?
If so, we want to hear from you! Please take 10 minutes to complete our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/learning-needs
Your responses will help us develop training and resources for community workers like you.

Housing rules
The Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) has a webpage that explains what Ontario’s housing laws say about renters’ rights and landlords’ responsibilities related to guests, roommates, subtenants and lease assignments.

Digital safety
Tech Safety Canada, a project of Women’s Shelters Canada, has 6 digital toolkits to help people stay safe online and support them if they’ve experienced gender-based violence through the use of technology. For example, this could include domestic violence, harassment, stalking, sexual assault, identity theft, and the filming and sharing of private images without consent.

Sexting and consent
The Learning Network of the University of Western Ontario has an infographic that explains the importance of consent when sexting. Sexting refers to sending, getting, or forwarding sexually-related personal content to another person digitally.

Elder abuse in LGBTQI+ Communities
The Learning Network also has a recorded webinar, slides, and related resources on how to prevent elder abuse, including financial abuse, in LGBTQI+ communities. The webinar has key findings from existing research, initiatives related to elder abuse, and strategies to prevent and reduce elder abuse.

Visit Steps to Justice for step-by-step information on common legal questions in Ontario.

Please forward this to colleagues who might find it useful in their work. Do you want to recommend a legal information resource that community workers in Ontario may find useful? Email brenda.doner@cleo.on.ca.

Did someone forward this email to you? If you liked what you saw, register to get our updates.

Generously supported by The Law Foundation of Ontario and
Department of Justice Canada

Connect with CLEO / Contacter le CLEO: