Resource collection

Move-In Inspection Form

A 1-page form from Lake Country Community Legal Clinic for tenants and landlords to complete when tenants move in.

Self-Advocacy: Getting What You Need

This 2-page tip sheet from Lake Country Community Legal Clinic can help tenants resolve housing issues that their landlord won’t address. It includes advice and links to services that might help. It focuses on Muskoka region in Ontario, but tenants could find similar services in their own region.

Overview of Canadian Refugee Law

This 4-page resource from Connecting Ottawa will assist community workers to better understand the elements that refugee claimants must prove to succeed on their claim. It explains each element of the Convention refugee definition, the key elements that an individual must prove to succeed on a refugee claim, and basic information about the...

Legal Aid Ontario and Community Legal Clinics in Ottawa

Connecting Ottawa has a 2-page info sheet that clarifies the difference between Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and community legal clinics. It includes the specific areas of law that LAO and community legal clinics cover, and the financial eligibility criteria for each.

POSPH : Processus de demande, comment établir le handicap et les changements

Enregistré le 25 janvier 2023

Le Programme ontarien de soutien aux personnes handicapées (POSPH) offre un soutien aux personnes handicapées par le biais de prestations mensuelles, de médicaments, de soins de la vue et de soins dentaires, de subventions pour les dépenses liées à un régime alimentaire spécial et de subventions pour le transport...

Power of Attorney for Personal Care: Safeguard Wishes and Take Steps to Prevent Abuse

Recorded on January 19, 2023

CLEO in partnership with Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario held an informative session to discuss key issues when creating a Power of Attorney for Personal Care. Participants learned what is needed to help prevent abuse and protect wishes about healthcare, housing, and safety.

Participants also learned how to use...

Tareekh Pe Tareekh: Know Your Employment Rights

Tareekh Pe Tareekh: Know Your Employment Rights: Don Valley Community Legal Services and South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario offer 30+ short videos on workers’ rights topics. The TikTok videos are in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil and Punjabi.

Ontario Housing Law Basics: Smoking and Second-Hand Smoke

The Canadian Centre for Housing Rights explains the rights and responsibilities of landlords, smokers, and non-smoking tenants in relation to smoking in a rental unit. They outline steps tenants and landlords can take to address conflicts.

Tenant Tips for Your Digital Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) Hearing

Tenant Tips for Your Digital Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) Hearing: In Part 1 of this series, the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario explains how tenants can prepare for an LTB hearing, including how to ask for an in-person hearing. Part 2 explains what happens during and after a hearing. Also available in French.

Removals Process: A Guide for People with a Refused Refugee Claim

This 2-page resource from Romero House explains what happens after a person's refugee claim is refused, and what they can do about it.