Complete Tip Sheet List

Below is a list of all Tip Sheets prepared by our clinic (unless otherwise noted) found on this site, by area of law:

Clinic Services

• Clinic Membership form
• Clinic Pamphlet
• Clinic presentation on services we provide

Housing

• Financial Resources For Tenants

• Landlord Information Sheet

• Letter to landlord about maintenance

• Property Standards Offices - phone numbers

• Tenant Duty Counsel

• Tip Sheets from ACTO (Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario)

Income Maintenance and Social Assistance

• Appealing to the Social Benefits Tribunal
• Benefits Available to People Receiving Income Support (ODSP)
• Social Assistance, Pension and Tax Credit Rates (Jul-Sep 2010) (Prepared by the Statistics and Analysis Unit, Social Policy Development Division, Ministry of Community & Social Services). 

Education

Criminal Injuries

• Criminal Injuries Compensation Tip Sheet

Consumer and Debt

• Energy Contracts tip sheet

Human Rights

Workers' Rights

• Criminal Records
• Duty of Fair Representation (by your union)
• Employer References (Blacklisting)
• Employment Insurance
• Employment Standards
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Pre-Employment Contracts
• Record of Employment (ROE)
• Vulnerable Worker - The Legal Challenge
• Wrongful Dismissal Self Help Kit

Legal Advice

• Lawyer Referral Service 

• Legal Aid Comparison Chart - Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington

• Legal Aid Comparison Chart - Frontenac

• Legal Services Available in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties

• Lennox & Addington County joint brochure (Legal Aid and Legal Clinic services in L&A)

Other

• Ontario Ombudsman
• Tips for Family Law Lawyers Assisting Clients on Social Assistance
• Where Else to Go For Help chart - complete list of referrals on a variety of topics (updated July 9, 2010)

Outreach and Self-Help

• Domino Effect Play - Complete - script and staff presentations/commentary (23 pgs)
• Domino Effect Play - script only - (no presentations) (14 pgs)
• Free Internet Access - Three Counties
• Guide to Self-Advocacy
• Plain Language Guide to Administrative Tribunals  (external link, 40 pgs) - This downloadable guide from the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals explains the whole tribunal process

Areas of Law:

• Housing
• Income Maintenance and Social Assistance
• Education
• Criminal Injuries Compensation
• Consumer and Debt
• Human Rights
• Workers' Rights
• Referrals
• Other
• Outreach and Self-Help

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