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Your Legal Rights is a collection of legal information resources produced by organizations across Ontario.Showing results 1 to 10 of 29
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The law and parenting arrangements after separation toolkit
If you are a woman with children and you are leaving a relationship in which your partner has been abusive to you, this toolkit will help you seek safe arrangements for the children.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Luke's Place
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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Teaching your kids to be safe: a post-separation checklist
This is a checklist that parents separating because of domestic violence can use to teach their kids how to stay safe.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Luke's Place
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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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.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
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Feminist Law Reform and Media Leadership E-Modules
These free e-modules from Luke's Place help frontline workers in the Violence Against Women (VAW) sector learn advocacy and media leadership skills.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Luke's Place
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario Fact Sheets
Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario has a series of fact sheets that can help people understand and address the types of abuse that older adults might experience while living at home or in long-term care. The fact sheets are available in both English and French. Topics include:
- What is Elder Abuse?
- Financial Abuse
- Frauds and...
- Available in:
- English, Français
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO)
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2022
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Anishinabek resource for women leaving shelters
The Anishinabek Nation's Nshiimenhiig (My Sisters Toolkit) is for women and girls leaving shelters and returning to their communities after experiencing intimate partner violence. It focuses on empowering them, promoting leadership, and developing culturally relevant and community-based solutions to violence.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- AnishinabekNews.ca
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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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.
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Website
- Produced by:
- Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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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,...
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Booklet/PDF
- Produced by:
- FCJ Refugee Centre
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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Rural and remote survivors of intimate partner violence
Luke’s Place has a toolkit on how to support survivors of intimate partner violence who live in rural or remote areas. The first section of the resource explains how living in a rural or remote location, or in a small community, impacts women experiencing intimate partner violence. The second section of the resource focuses on ways to support...
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Booklet/PDF
- Produced by:
- Luke's Place
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024
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Moving out because of fear of violence or abuse
Waterloo Community Legal Services has a tip sheet that explains how a person experiencing domestic violence or sexual abuse may be able to end their tenancy early. The tipsheet explains how to complete a Form N15 – Tenant’s Notice to End my Tenancy Because of Fear of Sexual or Domestic Violence and Abuse - and what must be included when giving...
- Available in:
- English
- Format:
- Booklet/PDF
- Produced by:
- Waterloo Region Community Legal Services (WRCLS)
- Produced/Updated In:
- 2024