Resources
Legal Assistance/Legal Resources:
- Legal Aid Ontario: www.legalaid.on.ca / Client Service Centre: 1-800-668-8258
- Legal Aid Ontario (find a legal clinic): www.legalaid.on.ca/en/contact/contact.asp?type=cl
- CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario): www.cleo.on.ca
- Know Your Legal Rights: www.yourlegalrights.on.ca
- FLEW (Family Law Education for Women): www.onefamilylaw.ca
- Law Society of Upper Canada: www.lsuc.on.ca
- Lawyer Referral Service: www.lsrs.lsuc.on.ca/lsrs/ : 1-855-947-5255 or 416-947-5255
Government Resources:
- Service Canada (you can access Immigration, Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Child Tax Benefit): www.servicecanada.gc.ca
- Government of Ontario: www.ontario.ca
- Region of Peel: www.peelregion.ca
- York Region: www.york.ca
- City of Toronto: www.toronto.ca
Intimate Partner Violence / Domestic Violence Hub Services:
- Safe Centre of Peel: www.scopeel.org
- York Region Centre for Community Safety: www.yrccs.ca
Tribunals
- IRB: Immigration and Refugee Board: http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca
- OIPRD: Office of the Independent Police Review Director: www.oiprd.on.ca
- OLRB: Ontario Labour Relations Board: http://www.olrb.gov.on.ca
- SJTO: Social Justice Tribunal of Ontario (for appeals of Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Landlord and Tenant, and Human Rights): www.sjto.gov.on.ca
- SST: Social Security Tribunal (for appeals of Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, and Old Age Security): http://www1.canada.ca/en/sst/
- WSIB: Workplace Safety and Insurance Board: www.wsib.on.ca
Community Resources:
- ASAAP: Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention: www.asaap.ca
- CASSA: Council of Agencies Serving South Asians: www.cassa.on.ca
- Indus Community Services: http://induscs.ca/
- SAWC: South Asian Women’s Centre: www.sawc.org
- SSN: Social Services Network: www.socialservicesnetwork.org
- PCHS: Punjabi Community Health Services: http://pchs4u.com/