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April 2024
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.  
 
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Migrant women facing gender-based violence

FCJ Refugee Centre has a Resources Toolkit for Migrant Women facing gender-based violence or human trafficking. It includes information on: 

  • crisis lines and where to get immediate help
  • shelters, housing, food, and clothing resources
  • language interpretation, including American Sign Language
  • health, counselling, settlement, and legal help

Healthcare options for pregnant international college students

The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, in partnership with Settlement.org and Waterloo Region Community Legal Services, has created a one-page factsheet Pregnant and an international college student? What you need to know! for those who don’t have access to health insurance coverage. 

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Gender-based violence risk identification and safety planning 

The Barbara Schlifer clinic has launched Rise Above Risk, a website for front-line service providers working with survivors of gender-based violence or those at risk of violence. The site helps users identify and assess risks, and create personalized safety and action plans using tools like educational modules and a questionnaire. 

HIV and the Criminal Law in Canada

HALCO has new resources on HIV and the Criminal Law in Canada for African, Caribbean, and Black communities. There are 2 guides and a video that explain when a person may need to disclose their HIV status to sexual partners, and how they can protect themselves and lower the risk of criminal charges and convictions.

The guides are available in English, French, Arabic, and Swahili. And the video is captioned in English and French.

HALCO is the HIV and Aids Legal Clinic of Ontario. They worked with HIV Legal Network, African Caribbean Council on HIV/ AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA), and Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) to produce these resources.

 
 
 
 

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

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