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Legal information available through CLEO and CLEONet

Legal information available through CLEO and CLEONet. March 2011. www.cleo.on.ca. Information on key legal issues that affect low-income and disadvantaged communities across Ontario Legal rights information that is easy to understand, up to date, accurate, useful, and practical

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Legal information available through CLEO and CLEONet

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  1. Legal information available through CLEO and CLEONet March 2011

  2. www.cleo.on.ca

  3. Information on key legal issues that affect low-income and disadvantaged communities across Ontario Legal rights information that is easy to understand, up to date, accurate, useful, and practical CLEO is a public legal education organization, and specialty community legal clinic, funded by Legal Aid Ontario and the Department of Justice

  4. Free of charge, print and online materials • 70 titles in English and French in core areas of law: • Criminal • Family • Health & Disability • Immigration & Refugee • Landlord & Tenant (Tenants' rights) • Legal Services • Seniors • Social Assistance • Work & Employment Insurance • Workers' Compensation • Youth Justice

  5. www.cleo.on.ca

  6. One million print copies ordered and a million and a half downloads a year 3,000 organizations each year place orders: foodbanks, housing help centres, shelters, settlement agencies, hospitals, doctors’ offices Many orders from justice sector organizations: community legal clinics, police, legal aid related services

  7. Materials designed to be used in a variety of interactive ways: • workshops and presentations • displays at events, booths, public venues • resources for staff • handouts and mailings for clients • office pamphlet racks

  8. Children's aid: Information for parents • Criminal charges in Canada and your immigration status • Do you want to sponsor your family to join you in Canada? • Does your landlord want you to move out? • Has your child been charged with a crime? • Refugee claims in Canada • Renting a place to live • Your rights as a worker Somali Spanish Tamil Urdu Arabic Chinese English French

  9. www.cleonet.ca

  10. New initiatives and wrap-up Connecting Communities Consortium Project Committed to working in partnership Critical that people who live in poverty or who are otherwise marginalized are able to find the information they need – “the right information, in the right place, at the right time”

  11. CLEO www.cleo.on.ca E: cleo@cleo.on.ca T: 416-408-4420 Kim McCutcheon (today’s presenter) E: mccutck@lao.on.ca T: 416-408-4420 ext. 32 CLEONet www.cleonet.ca Fiona MacCool, CLEONet Project Manager E: fionamaccool@cleonet.ca T: 416-408-4420 ext. 29

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