Resources

The following script has been prepared by Connecting Ottawa and Heather Neufeld to assist front-line workers to ensure that they receive consent for collection of personal information when helping clients apply for the Ontario Support For Families benefit remotely.

Please note: In response to COVID-19 the Federal Government has established an Emergency Response Plan to help individual business and non-profits. Applications for the Canada Emergency Response Benefits are now open.

Learn about the services available in Ontario to help you continue working in your profession or trade if you’ve been trained in another country.

Ontario’s Accessible Employment Standard requires you to make your employment practices accessible to meet the needs of employees and job applicants with disabilities. Learn how to meet the standard.

Learn about Ontario’s strategy to sustain, repair and grow our community housing system.

This resource from Step to Justice (CLEO) provides explanation about the law in Ontario on dress codes in the workplace.

Many workers don't know about their right to take personal emergency leave. And people may think that they don't have this right because they work part-time or are new at their job. This resource is about personal emergency leave, who gets it, and how it can be used.

Recreational use of cannabis will be legal in Canada on October 17, 2018. Have a look at 10 important things to know about legal Cannabis in Canada.

This section of the Ontario Human Rights Commission explains the OHRC policy preventing discrimination based on creed.

Information from John Stapleton, Open Policy: What does an applicant need to apply for a benefit from home?