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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

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8 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

9 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

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12 Arabic Chinese English French 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

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32 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”

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


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