• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Income Security Advocacy Centre

Income Security Advocacy Centre

ISAC works to address issues of income security and poverty in Ontario

  • Our Work
    • Litigation
    • Policy
    • Community Organizing
    • Public Education
  • Campaigns
  • Publications
  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision & Mandate
    • Staff
    • Members
    • Board Members
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
  • Updates
  • Resources
  • Twitter

Human Rights

Blue arc which is part of ISAC's logo

Statement on Government Cuts to Life-Saving Healthcare Program Serving Uninsured People

ISAC is profoundly disappointed that the Ontario Government plans to end a vital program that provides OHIP coverage to uninsured people living in Ontario. This program successfully improves health outcomes and reduces financial hardship for…

March 28, 2023
Disability Justice, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. On February 13, 2023, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, spoke at…

February 15, 2023
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

Case Update: Discrimination and Wrongful Termination of an Indigenous Elder

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Lake Country Community Legal Clinic jointly represented an Indigenous Elder in a legal challenge to the discrimination and wrongful termination he experienced while working as an Elder for the…

February 13, 2023
Employment Standards, Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Litigation

Ontario Budget 2023: ISAC’s Budget Submission

Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, ISAC has made the following eight recommendations for the Spring 2023 budget: Invest in Income Security Programs  Recommendation #1: Raise social…

February 10, 2023
Access to Justice, Human Rights, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, was invited to present to MPP…

January 27, 2023
Access to Justice, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights

Employment Services Transformation / Transformation des services d’emploi

** Français ci-dessous ** What the coming changes mean for Ontario’s social assistance recipients The Ontario government is changing how employment services are provided in the province. The most concerning aspect of the proposed changes is that…

February 25, 2020
General, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!

Tomorrow is International Workers Day – here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and…

April 30, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!

Here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially…

March 18, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Human Rights Tribunal ruling on insurance companies and CPP-D: Reilly v. Ford

In a disappointing decision released on January 18, 2019, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that insurance companies do not discriminate when they deduct benefits received from a Canada Pension Plan Disability pension from…

February 11, 2019
CPP-D, Human Rights, Litigation

Improving access to justice for Indigenous people: New inter-regional Gladue Briefs Project

Community legal clinics in the south-west region of Ontario, along with Thunder Bay’s Kinna’aweya legal clinic and the Income Security Advocacy Centre, have joined together in a Gladue Briefs Project with the aim of ensuring…

January 29, 2019
Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Litigation, Public Education

Open Letter to Minister MacLeod: Five Principles for the 100-day Review

More than 1100 people and nearly 100 organizations from across Ontario have signed this letter to Minister Lisa MacLeod, which we sent today to her office and the offices of all Ontario’s MPPs. If you…

October 29, 2018
Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

100 Days: Take Action Before November 8!

The new Ontario government recently announced that they will reveal a new direction for social assistance, based in part on “compassion for people in need,” after a 100-day review. Take action now to help ensure…

September 19, 2018
Community Organizing, Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Reform
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Next Page

Primary Sidebar

Blog sidebar

Subscribe

"*" indicates required fields

Name

Income Security Advocacy Centre

Footer widget

1500 – 55 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2H7
Tel: (416) 597-5820 • Toll Free: 1-866-245-4072 • Fax: (416) 597-5821

  • Contact

This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.