Legal Information - Criminal Injuries - Links

Tribunal

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB) - site offers information about the Board including:

• What the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is

• Who is eligible,  What is covered

• How to go about making a claim (this page contains application forms and guides)

• The Hearing Process

• Information on Board members

• What if I don't agree with the decision?

• Fact sheets, such as

  • ODSP and OW Information

  • Payment for Medical Reports

Victims' Services

Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime - Victims can contact the Office to learn more about their rights under federal law and the services available to them, or to make a complaint about any federal agency or federal legislation dealing with victims of crime

Office for Victims of Crime - independent advisory agency providing advice to the Attorney General.  They have a handbook for victims of violent crime.

Sexual Assault Centre for Quinte & District - 24 hour crisis line  613-967-6000 - free counselling

Sexual Assault Centre Kingston - 24 hour crisis line 613-544-5424 - free counselling

The Victim's Fund - provides financial assistance to victims of crime to attend National Parole Board hearings.

Victim Services - links to programs and services offered by Ontario Victim Services Secretariat

Victim/Witness Assistance Program - office locations and phone numbers (via search)

Women's Rights

Your Legal Rights - see their page on Criminal Injuries Compensation or view our webinar: Criminal Injuries Compensation Board:  Compensation for Victims of Violent Crime

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) - pamphlets available:

• "Do You Know a Woman Who is Being Abused?"

• "Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence"

(links are to the web page the pamphlet is located on - scroll down to "Immigration and Refugee Fact Sheets" and click on the pamphlet name).

DAWN Ontario - Disabled Women's Network Ontario - view/download a copy of the report "Walking on Eggshells: Abused Women's Experiences of Ontario's Welfare System" on DAWN's website.

National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) - not-for-profit feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of Canadian women through legal education, research, and law reform advocacy

Ontario Women's Justice Network (OWJN) - online legal resource for women's organizations and individuals

Other Resources