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One-Year Window Training Manual

This training manual, written by Connecting Ottawa, gives you the tools to successfully complete and submit a one-year window application. The manual is designed to help settlement workers assisting resettled refugees who are now permanent residents to apply for reunification with their immediate family members abroad.

Work Permit Letter

This is a letter to provide to employers to explain that employees on “expired” work permits are still able to work as long as they have applied to extend their permit.

A Tenant’s Guide to Living in a Condominium

This guide for renters in condominiums outlines the laws, rights and responsibilities that apply to tenants, landlords and condominium boards.

Renter Cover Letter Toolkit

This toolkit offers letter templates to increase renters’ chances of being accepted for a unit or avoiding discrimination.

Self-employed payors and common deductions in family law cases – Part Two

This webpage from Luke’s Place’s can help women who are dealing with a self-employed ex-partner. It offers tips for examining deductions from an ex-partner’s income or requesting documentation related to expenses, underemployment or cash income.

Self-employment financial disclosure – Part One

This webpage from Luke's Place can help women who are dealing with a self-employed ex-partner. It provides tips for reviewing a self-employed person’s financial statement, tax returns and supporting documentation.

What to do if you get an N4 notice

This one page tip sheet tells tenants what options are available if you can’t pay the full amount of rent you owe or if you disagree with the amount your landlord claims you owe.

Am I a Visitor Chart

This chart from West Scarborough Legal Services explains which immigration statuses in Canada are considered to be visitors by different immigration and social assistance bodies.

Status, Eligibility and Immigration Consequences Chart

This chart from West Scarborough Legal Services explains which newcomers can apply for Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and if there are potential consequences for their immigration status if they apply.

Immigration Status and Social Assistance Eligibility Chart

This chart from West Scarborough Legal Services explains which newcomers or citizens in Ontario are eligible for Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP).