South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
45 Sheppard Ave E, Unit 106A M2N 5W9 Toronto, ON, Canada

WATCH NOW! SALCO Staff Lawyers Jasleen Johal and Fareeha Aziz speak on this important panel thrown by our community partner SAWRO on the housing crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

About Support for Learners You can get financial support to help with additional costs during the 2020-2021 school year due to COVID-19. More information about the funding can be found at:... https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-support-learners Parents or guardians can apply for funding here: https://www.iaccess.gov.on.ca/SupportForLearn//index.xhtml Eligible parents or guardians will receive a one-time payment of: $200 for each child up to age 12 $250 for each child or youth up to age 21 with special needs The deadline to apply is January 15, 2021. #SupportforLearners #StoptheSpread #COVID19 #OntarioSupports

"...a feminist budget must also be anti-racist, or else the government would end up privileging a certain segment of the population while leaving groups that already experience pre-existing structural inequities in worse shape." Check out this Op-Ed piece written by our Executive Director, Shalini Konanur, the Executive Director of the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Avvy Gao, and the Director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, Debbie Douglas. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-canadas-fiscal-u/

Join us and the Toronto Police Service on December 1, 2020 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, as we report back on the community consultation around the TPS' Race and Identity-Based Data Collection Strategy. Meeting Link: https://tinyurl.com/y44qkncv YouTube Livestream: https://youtu.be/wEZmDFDuLrU... Read the Community Engagement Report at: https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/race-based-data/

You're invited to our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) on Wednesday November 18, 2020 from 6:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m. This year’s AGM will be held on Zoom. The Zoom details will be sent directly to you when you RSVP. Please RSVP to Vanathy Wimaleswarans at [email protected] or at 416-487-6371 ext. 45 by Monday, November 16, 2020. Hope to see you there!

To celebrate Islamic Heritage Month, SALCO is highlighting contributions made by Muslim communities to advancing the law and/or social justice in Canada. We will be posting a highlight every Friday for the rest of this month. Please check out our third feature! #IslamicHeritageMonth2020 #SALCO

October 17 is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Colour of Poverty Colour of Change (COP-COC) calls on all levels of Government in Canada to mark this day by committing to meaningfully address the interrelated issues of racism and poverty in Canada. Statement can be found on our webpage link https://salc.on.ca//Press-Release-Call-to-End-Poverty-and- @Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic @Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change @Ocasi Ontario

This year to celebrate Islamic Heritage Month, SALCO is highlighting contributions made by Muslim communities to advancing the law and/or social justice in Canada. We will be posting a highlight every Friday for the rest of this month. Please check out our first feature! #IslamicHeritageMonth2020 #SALCO

Free webinar on South Asian dis-proportionally affected by COVID-19 on Oct 22, 2020 from 6pm-8pm. The registration link is: https://bit.ly/33Ph8Q6

CASSA is excited to launch a COVID-19 Helpline for South Asian communities in the GTA tomorrow! The Helpline will provide recorded information and will have liv...e Intake Specialists available in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Bangla, Punjabi and English. This Helpline will ensure that many South Asian communities in the GTA who have language barriers will have equal access to critical information on COVID-19 in order to protect themselves and their families. We are thankful to the Government of Canada and United Way Greater Toronto for funding this initiative. We are also grateful to our partner agencies for supporting to produce this program: South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, pchs, Tamil Canadian Centre for Civic Action, Bangladeshi Canadian Community Services - BCS, and SAWRO! See more

Are you a refugee woman? A protected person? A refugee claimant? Are you having legal issues and have concerns over your rights here in Ontario, Canada? CASSA h...as created a Legal Education for Refugee Women Toolkit to aid refugee women in learning more about their rights and responsibilities and giving them access to supports and resources that are available to them. Topics include: Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Ontario Human Rights Code, Legal Aid, Family Law, Child Rights and Benefits, Immigration, Employment, Healthcare, Education, Housing and Financials. To access the toolkit in any of the 4 languages (English, Arabic, Tamil, or Urdu), go to: http://cassa.on.ca/toolkit2020/ This project was made possible through funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario. This toolkit is NOT legal advice. Partners include: The Arab Community Centre of Toronto South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario Cross Cultural Learner Centre Settlement Assistance and Family Support Services - SAFSS

VIA Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change Find below a fuller proposed Canada's COVID-19 Reconstruction and Reset Plan + Media Release - we need your voice to help add and imbed these critical components in any federal strategy or program to "build back better" - and work to make real these critical and foundational racial justice change-making priorities !! See - https://lnkd.in/eaEyiz2 - or at - https://lnkd.in/eiG82pN

With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing many significant and pre-existing racial inequities throughout Canada, the Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change team has released "Reconstruction and Reset: A Plan for Canada" which sets out meaningful and achievable goals that will not only address racial inequality, but also pave the way for a prosperous and fair society for all.

We are seeking volunteer board members. If interested, please fill out the board membership application form and email it to us by October 10, 2020. Details below:

Statement on Ontario Provincial Police decision to not lay charges in the death of Soleiman Faqiri.

Important changes to the Residential Tenancies Act re Eviction Process. Eviction suspension lifted and changes to the eviction process. For more details on the RTA changes visit: https://t.co/ymJ0gD3KGc via Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario... #tenantrights #bill184 #onpoli

ATTENTION TENANTS: BILL 184 & Repayment Plans. A new law has been passed that allows landlords to evict tenants without notice if they have made a repayment agreement and are a day late or dollar short on payment. ... #HousingForAll #KnowYourRights #Bill184 #TenantRights See more