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Alberta Legal Needs Assessment: What we’ve learned so far

In the Fall of 2022, the Alberta Law Foundation started a community-based legal needs assessment in Alberta to assist with knowledge sharing in the justice sector and help inform grant-making.
This report presents highlights from what the Foundation has learned so far from the Alberta justice community.
The report aims to increase understanding of legal needs in Alberta while encouraging further dialogue and exploration of the subject matter.

Legal info resources for sex workers

Maggie’s Toronto has several legal info resources for sex workers. They focus on housing, family, and child protection law, as well as responding to violence and changing name and gender markers.

Eviction Resource
Introduction to Family and Child Protection Law
Responding to Violence Against Sex Workers
Navigating Name and Gender Marker Changes: Ontario and Canada

Information about the criminal legal process for survivors of human trafficking

Angels of Hope Against Human Trafficking has a 2-page factsheet that explains what happens after a survivor of human trafficking files a police report.

Videos about the human rights case process

The Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC) has 3 short videos that help people thinking about starting a human rights case in Ontario.

Ontario’s Human Rights System Explained
5 Things To Know Before Filing A Human Rights Case
Common Grounds for Human Rights Cases in Ontario

A playlist of the videos in English and French is available on the HRLSC’s YouTube channel.

Vidéo sur les jeunes et la loi

Le Centre francophone du Grand Toronto a une série de capsules vidéo sur « les jeunes et la loi » :
Les jeunes d’aujourd’hui dans les écoles sont confrontés ā plusieurs réalités qui les exposent ā enfreindre la loi sans le savoir. Cette série sur des sujets tels que le consentement sexuel,