Public Education

To build public awareness and inform low-income Ontarians about the issues we’re working on, we create information sheets, backgrounders, and updates as required and circulate them electronically, primarily through our ISAC E-List (subscribe here).

Click on the links below for our latest public education material. Documents related to major topic areas are in the sidebar to the right. All our materials are on our Publications Archive page.

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Latest Public Education Posts

2020 Fall Provincial Budget Consultation / Présentation des consultations sur le budget de l’automne 2020 December 2, 2020 - Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, submissions to the Minister of Finance were delayed until the Fall 2020 Budget consultations. Our submission to the Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in January 2020. Read ISAC’s Fall 2020 Budget Consultation Submission below: English / French
OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2020 October 22, 2020 - – la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2020. As in past years, we have ...
Have your say on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy / donnez votre avis sur la Stratégie ontarienne de réduction de la pauvreté March 30, 2020 - ** Français ci-dessous ** The provincial government is conducting consultations for a new poverty reduction strategy for Ontario. Have your say! ISAC has provided a . Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following recommendations: Connecting people to good jobs: Recommendation #1: Ensure sufficient funding, inter-ministerial collaboration ...
Accessing Income Support in the wake of COVID-19 / L’accès au soutien du revenu en raison de la COVID-19 (Updated September 23, 2020) March 26, 2020 - This document lists several income support programs that may be available to Ontario residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is changing rapidly and we recommend that you check with the relevant government’s website for updated information. – La version française de ce document est disponible en téléchargement ici – Introduction COVID-19 is a ...
OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB March 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE Mars 2020 March 10, 2020 - – la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2019. As in past years, we have ...

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