Training and events

The right to housing in Canada: Join us August 13, 2025 at noon.

The Federal Housing Advocate and the National Right to Housing Network are working to make Canadians aware of their right to housing.

This webinar will focus on what the law says about the right to housing in Canada. It will explain:

• the international human right to housing and Canada’s legal responsibilities
• the housing challenges communities with low incomes face
• Canada’s National Housing Strategy Act and why it calls housing a human right
• the role of the Federal Housing Advocate and its successes
• how communities and people can claim their right to housing
• what the National Housing Council’s Review Panel does

Accessing health benefits in Ontario: Join us July 16, 2025 at noon.

Many people with low incomes in Ontario cannot afford health services not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Program (OHIP). For example, vision and dental care, and prescription drugs. Other publicly funded programs offer these health services, but the programs are difficult to navigate.

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) produced a Guide to Health Benefits in Ontario for community and health-care workers to help their clients access these programs.

This webinar will focus on ISAC’s guide.

Urban Indigenous realities: Beyond the myths – Join us June 26, 2025 at noon.

Close to 88% of Indigenous people in Ontario live in cities. And the contributions they make to urban life are often overlooked, misunderstood, or dismissed.

This webinar challenges assumptions and invites deeper understanding of Indigenous people living in urban areas.

Supporting LGBTQI+ refugee claimants in Canada: Join us June 11, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

Refugee claims based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics have specific challenges.

This webinar aims to help community workers better understand the difficulties LGBTQI+ people face in making refugee claims and what they can do to support them.

Locataires informés : Droits et obligations en Ontario – Rejoignez-nous le 22 mai 2025, de 10h30 à 12h00

Êtes-vous travailleurs communautaires? Êtes-vous locataire en Ontario ou envisagez de le devenir? Ce webinaire est fait pour vous ! Rejoignez le Centre d’information juridique de l’Ontario et CLEO pour une session interactive et informative où nous explorerons en profondeur les droits et obligations des locataires en Ontario.