Legal information resources and news from across Ontario

Our monthly newsletter highlights legal information resources, news, and events from CLEO and across Ontario. Find more resources in the Your Legal Rights collection.

 

Resources from community organizations

Rent control

Fair Rent Ontario is a group of different organizations trying to change Ontario’s rent control rules. Their website has resources from several organizations on rent control and how it can help tenants. They also have information for people and organizations that want to get involved.

Defamation law

The Learning Network has a primer for survivors of gender-based violence and service providers on how defamation law is used to hurt survivors in Canada. It also recommends things people can do to challenge the use of defamation lawsuits to harm survivors of gender-based violence.

Economic abuse

The Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment has resources to help service providers identify and address the economic abuse that survivors of gender-based violence may experience. Resources include:

• a screening tool and learning guide for service providers
• factsheets for survivors, service providers, and bank staff

The fact sheet for survivors is available in English, French, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Events from community organizations

February 4 and 5: The Learning Network is hosting a two-day virtual forum on Understanding Alternative Justice Practices in the Gender-Based Violence Sector.

Get involved

The National Housing Council’s Neha review panel is writing a report on the right to safe, suitable, and affordable housing for women, Two Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people. The panel would like members of these communities and the organizations that support them to share their experiences, expertise, and proposed solutions.

The National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network and the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network created a toolkit and resources to help people prepare what they want to share.

People have until March 14, 2025, to provide their input. They can do this online, by email, or mail. 

New from CLEO Connect

We updated these 2 tip sheets that front-line workers can use to help people with their legal problems:

• Detecting legal problems 
• Legal services in Ontario

Our other tip sheets are also available online. 

In case you missed it

• New CLEO Guided Pathway: Responding to a claim in Small Claims Court
• Missed out on any of this year’s webinars? View all of our webinar recordings on the CLEO Connect website.

• I have a developmental or intellectual disability. Can I get help from the government?
• My landlord evicted me so the purchaser could move in. What can I do if they don’t move in?
• How much does my employer have to pay me?

 

Visit Steps to Justice for reliable and practical information on common legal problems.

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

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