For the LGBTQ community. Promoting inclusion, understanding and respect, while responding to the evolving needs of the LGBTQ community.

Community legal clinic, Aboriginal Court Worker Program, criminal diversion program for youth and adult Aboriginal offenders charged with a wide variety of offences.

Community legal clinic, works to better the housing situation of low income Ontario residents.

Test case litigation clinic focusing on systemic racial discrimination, and public education.

Immigration and refugee claims. Mediation, family violence prevention, family and marriage counselling.

A centre that is by, for and about women; amplifying women’s voices, and cultivating their skills and resilience. Working together with justice systems, the health care system, law enforcement, the child and social welfare sectors, social services, government, institutions (religious, educational and cultural), and community leaders to change the social conditions that generate and perpetuate violence against women.

Settlement services: assistance in overcoming resettlement barriers, info/orientation, interpretation/translation, time limited counselling, employment-related issues, and referrals.

Emphasizes peer support, self-direction, and community integration by and for people with disabilities themselves. Does not participate in collective advocacy, instead promotes an end to institutional living for people with disabilities, and encourages and supports individuals to integrate into the community. Peer Support Program: workshops and resources, opportunities for peer networking, over the phone support, and volunteer program.

Community Legal Clinic: deals primarily with employment rights, human rights, immigration, social assistance, refugees, tenant issues, and employment insurance.

Assisting local residents to respond to issues in a positive ways that serve to create lasting change and improve day by day living conditions. Info and referral, form filling, letter writing, supportive and crisis counselling, interpretation, translation, and client advocacy and follow-up.

Publishes and distributes legal info on topics including social assistance, landlord and tenant law, refugee and immigration law, workers’ rights, family law, elder abuse, consumers’ rights, women’s issues, and laws affecting youth.

Takes information 24/7. Anonymously report any information about crime (call not recorded; Crime Stoppers does not have caller id/display). People who provide information will be given a secret code number, if the tip provided leads to an arrest, then the person who provided it may earn a cash reward of up to $2000 (can be claimed with the code number). People who provide information will never be asked to identify themselves or to testify in court.

Counselling and settlement services for documented and undocumented newcomers. Uses advocacy, health education, and personal skill development to increase the ability of vulnerable populations to positively affect their own health outcomes.

Primarily deals with Ontario Works (OW)/Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), landlord/tenant, immigration, Employment Insurance (EI)/employment law, Canada pension, Criminal Injuries Compensation, consumer law, and Small Claims Court matters (limited assistance).

Landlord and tenant issues, social assistance: Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW), employment standards, pensions, Employment Insurance (EI), immigration (some types), and Criminal Injuries Compensation.

Legal advice and representation provided by supervised law student volunteers.Deals with many areas of law, including tenant housing, employment rights, minor criminal offences, refugee, education appeals (school children), academic appeals, Legal Aid appeals.

Advocacy on issues related to women and the criminal justice system. Planning assistance for release from Grand Valley Institution for Women and Vanier Centre for Women.