Income Security Advocacy Centre

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

Policy Advocacy

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…

Campaigns, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform
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There’s still time to submit comments on how to improve the Canada Disability Benefit. Our Submissions Guide is here!

The Canada Disability Benefit Act was passed in the House of Commons in Spring 2023, but the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) are still being worked out by government staff. We are currently…

Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Benefits - General, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Public Education, Social Assistance
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In the News: “‘Nothing for most and no easy way to fight back:’ Advocates skeptical as regulations for Canada Disability Benefit Act outlined”

Appeal rights are a necessary component of income support programs, writes former ISAC public health student Abby Taher. What would the ideal appeals process look like for the CDB? Abby has shared some ideas in…

Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, In the Media, Policy Advocacy, Social Security Tribunal