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NOSI Update

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) has a newsletter that explains how a new law in Ontario stops companies from using a notice of security interest (NOSI) to scam homeowners. Older adult homeowners were the primary targets of this scam.

La Cour des petites créances et la Commission de la location immobilière : Où aller, pourquoi et quand?

Enregistré le 18 septembre 2024
Cet atelier s’adresse aux personnes francophones travaillant en intervention et celles qui souhaitent s’informer sur ces deux tribunaux.
Conférencière :
Me Marie-Josée Roy est une avocate bilingue du Centre d’information juridique de l’Ontario. Marie-Josée est diplômée d’un baccalauréat spécialisé approfondi en science politique de l’Université d’Ottawa et détient un Juris Doctor de la section de common law.

Helping clients apply for ID

Recorded on September 12, 2024
In this webinar, Michaela DeSousa and Subodh Bharati of Community & Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP) explain what community workers should keep in mind when helping people apply for identification documents (IDs). They will also share resources that community workers can use.

 
NOTE: We have provided a handout on important resources and supports from the webinar in this link.

Tenants Rights and Responsibilities

Refugee 613 has produced factsheets in 15 languages about the rights and responsibilities a tenant has.

Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence among older adults

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has new factsheets in English and French about Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence among older adults.