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Legal Aid Ontario provides legal assistance for low-income people living in Ontario. There are 73 community legal clinics across the province offering free advice and assistance for matters such as:
- Social assistance (Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program)
- Housing (rental issues, social housing matters)
- Human rights
- Workplace safety
- Employment, workers rights
- Consumer matters
- Education
- Elder law
The clinics are mandated to do community outreach and public legal education; lawyers will come into schools to provide information sessions.
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PLE Tip Sheets are resources for teachers and administrators to assist newcomers facing legal challenges. The tip sheets contain lists of reliable legal information sites and information on free or low-cost legal services. The documents can be printed to post in classrooms or hand out at workshops. The tip sheet titles are:
- Detecting legal problems
- Clues to reliable legal information
- Sources for online legal information
- Legal services in Ontario
- Hiring and working with a lawyer.
