Resource collection

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.

JusticeTrans Legal Info

JusticeTrans has province-specific legal information for 2Spirit, trans, non-binary, and gender diverse (2S/TNBGD) communities. This includes information on:

• Arrest/Detention
• Children's Rights
• Employment
• Family Law
• Gender Marker
• Housing
• Human Rights
• Name Change

Making Gender and Name Changes on Identity Documents: A Legal Resource for Two-Spirit, Nonbinary and Trans Communities

This resource from METRAC helps two-spirit, non-binary, and trans communities understand how they can change their gender and name on legal documents and what they can do if they feel their name and gender aren't being respected.

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...

CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to request reconsideration or appeal when denied

Recorded on June 6, 2024

Do you support clients who applied for Canadian Pension Plan–Disability (CPP-D) benefits and were denied? Or who had their request for reconsideration declined? This webinar will help community workers understand the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal processes. Our presenters will walk you through the steps to help you...

Canada Dental Care Plan information sheet

Connecting Ottawa has an information sheet on the Canada Dental Care Plan. It explains how the Plan works and how it's linked to dental benefits in other Ontario plans, such as Healthy Smiles Ontario, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), and Ontario Works (OW).

Toolkit to help newcomer youth get health care

The National Newcomer Navigation Network has created Navigating the Ontario Healthcare System, a toolkit for youth in Ontario. The toolkit explains how they can access OHIP and the Interim Federal Health program. It has a template letter and card that youth can give to health-care providers to help them access care and ask for an interpreter.

Resources for people without immigration status

The Health Network for Uninsured Clients has a resource page for front-line workers working with people without immigration status. The network is focused on the Greater Toronto Area, but most of the information applies across Ontario.

The page explains the legal rights of people without status and the services available to them. It also...

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.

ChatGPT and family law

Luke’s Place has a resource titled Can ChatGPT help with a family law case? It briefly explains what artificial intelligence and ChatGPT are, and whether ChatGPT can help in a family law case. The resource is available as a webpage, or in Portable Document Format (PDF).