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Ukrainian visit makes news

Details of our visitors from the Ukraine, here to study the Ontario Legal Aid and legal clinic system, made headlines in the Belleville Intelligencer on Saturday, July 3.

Read the full story here. Read our Press Release on the visit.

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre presents Human Rights Workshop on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

Thursday, August 19, 2010

See our Human Rights News page for details, or read the flyer.

The Community Advocacy & Legal Centre, with support from the Quinte & District Victim's Fund, presents:

Beyond the Basics: Helping Victims of Crime Claim Compensation

Monday, September 20, 2010 from 9:00am – 3:30 pm

See our Criminal Injuries News page for more details and how to register.

Good Back Pack Program for September 2010 - Register now

The Good Back Pack Program provides registrants with grade appropriate school supplies to start the next school year off on the right foot. Backpacks are $10 and are available for students in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Please register by the dates noted in the flyer (last date is July 22 in Belleville) to get your backpack for September. Walk-in registration available at various locations until July 30.

See Flyer for details.

Legal Clinic involved in a first-ever shared accommodation harassment case

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has confirmed for the first time that no landlord is exempt from the Ontario Human Rights Code provisions that prohibit sexual harassment.

In a decision involving a female tenant who rented two rooms in her landlord’s residence in Trenton, Ontario, the Tribunal found that the landlord violated the Ontario Human Rights Code when he sexually harassed his tenant, even though a section of the Code states that the right to equal treatment without discrimination is not infringed when a tenant shares a bathroom or kitchen facility with his or her landlord.

This decision made the front page of the Belleville Intelligencer on Friday, November 13, 2009 (PDF).

Read more about the decision in our Press Release. Learn more about sexual harassment on the job at a special forum Tuesday, December 8, 2009. See our Calendar page for details.

Good Food Box / Healthy Lunch Box Available

The Napanee Community Health Centre (6 Dundas Street East in Napanee) has become an ordering/host site for both the Good Food Box and the Healthy Lunch box. Both of these programs are coordinated by the Salvation Army locally. Anyone can order either of these boxes as the value is generated by purchasing in bulk so the more orders the better the value!

Read the flyer.

Executive Director presents at International Legal Aid Group Conference

Michele_speaking_at_ILAG Michele Leering, the clinic's Executive Director, gave a presentation April 1, 2009, in New Zealand at the International Legal Aid Group conference (ILAG).

Visit the ILAG website for more information on the conference as well as to read or download Michele's powerpoint and other presenters' conference papers as well.

We are also hosting it here for viewing:

● Download presentation as a Powerpoint file (4.5 Mb)

● Download presentation in PDF format (6.7 Mb)

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