Publications & Resources

References

Publications & Reources

For your convenience and reference we have listed here manuals, reports and other articles that may be of interest.

For more information you can also refer to our Other resources page.


Legal Aid Ontario transformation

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is accelerating and broadening its transformation to make greater use of technology, create value for taxpayers and widen access points for clients.
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Legal aid advisory groups

Announced October 8, 2009, five legal aid advisory groups are working to improve the legal aid system.

Each group will look at how the recent $150 million investment by the government can best support the most vulnerable Ontarians and help drive significant reforms in our courts.
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Factsheets

Fact sheets and backgrounders are easy to access summaries of Legal Aid Ontario's programs and activities. They are handy for fact checking and as reference materials.
» LAO Factsheets


Government Acts and Regulations

Handbooks & Manuals

Articles and other published features

Journal of Law and Social Policy
Volume 22 - 2009
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Don’t Get Enough Credit? The Need for an Impartial Consumer Credit Report Appeal Tribunal in Ontario
» Kent Glowinski

A Closer Look at Seemingly Pro-Tenant Provisions in the Residential Tenancies Act
» Mary Truemner

“Deference” versus “Security of Tenure”: Eviction of Residents of Subsidized Housing Co-operatives at the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario, 1992–2009
» Jeff Schlemmer

Age Discrimination and Income-Security Benefits: The Long Retreat from Tétreault-Gadoury?
» Mel Cousins

A Tale of Marginalization: Comparing Workers with Disabilities in Canada and the United States
» Ravi Malhotra

“But Only on a Question of Law”: Examining the Scope of Appellate Review of the Landlord and Tenant Board
» Toby Young

Inadequacies of the Humanitarian and Compassionate Procedure for Abused Immigrant Spouses
» Heather Neufeld

To Serve Some and Protect Fewer: The Toronto Police Services’ Policy on Non-Status Victims and Witnesses of Crimes
» Abigail Deshman

Book Review
The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions by Mary Jane Mossman
The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map by Ursula M. Franklin
» Reviewed by Linda Gehrke


For more info...

Lawyers working with Legal Aid can find more information on topics such as Panel Standards and Post-Payment Examination in our Information for Lawyers section.

For more on Legal Aid Ontario, its history and operations please refer to the About LAO section.