Report Launch: Demanding the Right to Housing Wednesday, December 11, 6:30-8:00pm Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room #310 Professor Martine August of University of Waterloo and Cole Webber of PCLS…
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Annual General Meeting 2019
Community Dinner and Annual General Meeting Wednesday September 25, 2019 Dinner at 6:30 PM; Meeting at 7:00 PM Parkdale Library 1303 Queen Street West, Lower Level Auditorium This past year…
Continue ReadingPCLS Named Finalist in Charitable Giveaway
PCLS has been named a top ten finalist in the Lerners LLP Charitable Giveaway and is eligible for a $30,000 donation if we receive the highest number of votes online:…
Continue ReadingParkdale Legal’s September Walk-in Hours
We are open for walk-ins in September at 1365 Queen St. West (Parkdale Intercultural Association): Mondays, 3-5:00pm Thursdays, 3-5:00pm You can also reach us by phone at 416-531-2411: Mondays, 10:00am-1:00pm…
Continue ReadingA Talk with Tenants: How to Beat Back a Rent Increase
PCLS interviews tenant organizers Laura and Reema about how tenants challenged their landlord’s above guideline increase and won. Kevin Laforest, lawyer at Scarborough Community Legal Services, also weighs in. Don’t…
Continue ReadingFederal funding for immigrant and refugee legal aid good step; but won’t support community legal clinics serving immigrants and refugees
Toronto: On August 12, 2019, the federal government announced that it will be committing $25.7 million to offset the provincial government’s cut of legal aid services for refugees and immigrants….
Continue ReadingParkdale Legal Has A New Location
We have moved to a new, temporary location. Walk-in clinic hours at 1365 Queen Street West (Parkdale Intercultural Association) in August are as follows: Thursday, Aug. 15, 2-5:00pm Thursday, Aug….
Continue ReadingLearning the Law with Purpose: A Student Perspective
First year of law school was rough… As I found myself at Bay Street firm tours and networking events in uncomfortable conversations and shoes, I felt out of place and…
Continue ReadingProvincial Day of Action: Save Legal Aid and Community Legal Clinics
The Ford government’s cuts to legal aid will have a disproportionate impact on low income Ontarians, including tenants, low-wage workers, women fleeing violence, refugees, migrants, people struggling with mental illness,…
Continue ReadingPCLS files reconsideration request to Legal Aid Ontario re: cuts
On Tuesday, July 9th PCLS joined five legal clinics to file a formal reconsideration of Legal Aid Ontario’s decision to cut funding to our clinics. We delivered the request to…
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