Check out this incredible panel speaking to the origins of the community legal clinic system – many of those starting right here in Parkdale! This is the summary of the…
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Annual December 6th Event
Please join us for our Annual December 6th Event. National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Continue ReadingCare Workers: We are getting organized!
PCLS works with Caregivers Action Centre to build Care Worker led campaign for fairness. A report back for current and former Caregivers Care Workers in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton, and…
Continue ReadingBill 47 passes, Ford shows he is NOT for the people
Ontario is open for sickness. Ontario is open for poverty wages. Ontario is open for law-breaking bad bosses. And we have Premier Doug Ford’s Bill 47, which was passed today by…
Continue ReadingProfile: Phil McInnis
This year we were very pleased to present The Dorothy Leatch Community award to Phil McInnis! Phil MacInnis is a Parkdale organizer and resident of more than twenty years. Since…
Continue ReadingPCLS Board of Directors letter to Minister of Health and Long Term Care
On September 4, 2018, the PCLS Board of Directors sent a letter to Minister of Health and Long Term Care requesting reversal of decision to halt opening of the Parkdale-Queen…
Continue ReadingDraft bylaw changes for our annual general meeting
The following draft bylaw changes were approved by the Board of Parkdale Community Legal Services to be voted on at our Annual General Meeting on September 26, 2018. To request…
Continue ReadingSeptember 26th: Annual General Meeting
Please join us at our Annual General Meeting on September 26th. Dinner will be served at 6pm and the meeting will begin at 7pm. We also invite you to consider…
Continue ReadingNothing ‘illegal’ about asylum seekers
Note: This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in The Toronto Star on April 9, 2018. Written by Jesse Beatson and Kylie Sier, PCLS students, Immigration Division We…
Continue ReadingPCLS Statement of Support for CUPE 3903
Parkdale Community Legal Services stands in solidarity with precarious workers in the university sector who come together to challenge their marginalization in a context where universities are increasingly relying on…
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