September 27, 2018 – 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. E.S.T. – On July 31, 2018, while scrapping the Basic Income pilot, the Ontario government announced that a number of improvements to Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program…
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Rights-based approach key to alleviating poverty
Children are socialized at a young age to believe that giving to charity is a venerable, altruistic practice. We are regularly inundated with advertisements to support children in the developing world. The message of giving to people labelled less fortunate…
400 legal professionals oppose Ontario’s use of notwithstanding clause
As Ontario’s legislature prepared to hold a rare midnight sitting to debate a bill that would cut the size of Toronto city council, members of Canada’s legal community called on the government not to overrule a court decision striking down…
September 18: Professional Development and Capacity Building for Front-Line Workers
From the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness: The COH would like to invite service providers working in the homelessness sector to join our discussion on how to improve your access to new professional development tools and resources to support community capacity…
Can unfair employment end age discrimination: Reasonable Doubt
From NOW Magazine’s Reasonable Doubt column: Employees in Ontario are retiring later than ever. Life expectancies have consistently risen and people now work into their 60s and 70s in order to support themselves as they live longer. For most, gone…
She was convicted of feeding her son cocaine. No one told her the hair tests were flawed
Twenty years ago, in a child-abuse case that made headlines for the shocking nature of the crime, a crack-addicted Toronto mother was convicted of repeatedly feeding her young son cocaine, based on drug-testing evidence from two Motherisk experts. In his…
October 25-27: Plain Language in Modern Times Conference, Montreal
Information from Éducaloi: Éducaloi is hosting Clarity International’s conference from October 25 to 27, 2018 in beautiful Montreal, Canada. The event will welcome close to 400 participants from around the world. A rich and diverse program has been put together…
Understanding Ontario’s civil privacy rights: Reasonable Doubt
From NOW Magazine’s Reasonable Doubt column: On August 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it would not hear an appeal from the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) in TREB’s long-running legal battle against the federal Commissioner of…
Access to Justice for Facilitating Custody and Access: Survey
Information from Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University: We are looking for volunteers for a study into how online tech applications are being used, and can be better used, in the family courts. This project looks into how legal tech…
Editorial: Let’s be clear on the law about drinking and assault
From a Toronto Star editorial: Here we go again. Just as the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements are beginning to hold men accountable for unwanted sexual advances and violence against women, an Ontario court has said those accused of sexual…