• 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
  • Publications
  • Updates
  • Campaigns
  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision & Mandate
    • Staff Members
    • Members
    • Board Members
    • Annual Reports
    • Contact Us
  • Resources
  • Share Your Story
  • Twitter

Campaigns

Federal Election 2025: Issues and Campaigns We’re Paying Attention to this Federal Election

There is a lot going on during this Federal Election! With the ongoing threat of – and real consequences arising from – US tariffs, it would be easy to lose sight of ongoing issues like…

April 15, 2025
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Federal Elections, Indigenous Justice
Two simple icons, one of a piece of paper with the top left corner folded sharply and with four lines across the paper. A dark blue circle with a white exclamation mark in the middle of it overlaps the bottom right corner of the piece of paper.

“My dreams are shattered”: Immigration Program Shut Down Within Hours Leaving Thousands of Migrant Care Workers Stranded

MEDIA RELEASE: Migrant Rights Network is calling on the government to stop the caps and exclusions and ensure permanent resident status for all. Toronto & Vancouver, March 31, 2025 – Migrant care workers across Canada…

March 31, 2025
Campaigns, Migrant Workers, Press Release, Workers' Rights

Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Fall 2024

A lot has happened with the CDB in the last few months! The Federal Government released proposed CDB rules: A lot of new information was released about the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) in the federal…

December 13, 2024
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Poverty Reduction

If you’re on OW or ODSP, we want to hear from you! Fill out our new Survey on Social Assistance today

ISAC is launching a survey on social assistance today, aimed at gathering data and stories from individuals who are receiving or who have recently received provincial social assistance (OW and ODSP specifically.) We intend to…

October 21, 2024
Campaigns, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform
Crowd image of June 2023 Rally in Toronto with Old City Hall in the background, and marchers holding round signs on sticks that say different slogans including Justice for Workers and "Salud y Educación Publica" (Health and Public Education)

Say Yes to Immigrant Justice and No to Racism: Myths and Facts that Cut Through The Noise (re-post from Migrant Rights Network)

*Note: This post was originally drafted by the Migrant Rights Network and was posted with permission and with minor edits for length Parliament returns next week! This is why on September 12-15, we are taking…

September 11, 2024
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Migrant Workers, Poverty Reduction, Public Education, Workers' Rights
Two simple icons, one of a piece of paper with the top left corner folded sharply and with four lines across the paper. A dark blue circle with a white exclamation mark in the middle of it overlaps the bottom right corner of the piece of paper.

Another Year with NO Relief: Ontario Works Recipients Left to Live on $733 per month (Press Release)

TORONTO, ON – Social assistance rates for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients will increase today, but Ontarians struggling to get by on Ontario Works (OW) will see no increase to their social assistance incomes…

July 31, 2024
Campaigns, Disability Justice, Ontario Works (OW), Poverty Reduction, Press Release, Social Assistance Rates

New information on Canada Disability Benefit draft regulations and consultation process

The federal government has announced the next step in the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) rollout. ISAC attended a public meeting on June 26, 2024, where Economic and Social Development Canada (ESDC) staff shared that they…

June 28, 2024
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance

Join us on July 4 in Toronto at the Nothing Without Us Rally about the Canada Disability Benefit

Nothing Without Us: An Action about the Canada Disability Benefit Join us at Matt Cohen Park (across from Chrystia Freeland’s Office) for a Community Gathering in Toronto to talk about the low proposed rates, access requirements,…

June 26, 2024
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Social Assistance

Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Winter 2024

On June 22, 2023, Bill C-22 received Royal Assent and became law. We now have a Canada Disability Benefit Act. This is great news, but the important work of figuring out the details of the…

February 6, 2024
Access to Justice, Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Budgets, Social Assistance

Tell the Senate to Pass a Stronger Bill C-22!

ARCH Disability Law Centre, the Income Security Advocacy Centre, and many other community legal clinics and advocates across Ontario have closely followed the progress of Bill C-22 – Canada Disability Benefit Act as it has…

May 9, 2023
Access to Justice, Campaigns, Disability Justice

Change the Future for People with Disabilities Now! Take Action on the Canada Disability Benefit!

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve life for people with disabilities who live in poverty. In 30 minutes or less, you can change the future right now. Your 3-Step Checklist: Taking action to strengthen…

March 2, 2023
Access to Justice, Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Government Benefits - General

Permanent residency status for all means equal rights

On December 16, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised regularization of undocumented people and permanent resident status for migrant workers and international students. This announcement was the result of sustained organizing by migrants. However, to…

February 16, 2023
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Migrant Workers
  • Page 1
  • 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.