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We're a non-profit community legal clinic serving low income residents of Hamilton. In addition, to providing ‘traditional” poverty law services including legal advice & referrals and legal representation, the Clinic is involved in public legal education, community development and law reform.
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Hamilton Community Legal Clinic was launched on April 1, 2010. Our not-for-profit organization is an amalgamation of the three independent community legal clinics that had been operating in the City for over thirty years, Dundurn Community Legal Services, Hamilton Mountain Legal & Community Services and McQuesten Legal & Community Services. The clinics merged so they could provide legal services to more low income Hamilton residents. Also in 2010, the Clinic and the Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara (CSCH/N) reached an agreement for the delivery of French language poverty law services in Hamilton. The Clinic is bilingual and has a French language team. With the support of the CSCH/N we do outreach to stay connected with the Francophone community in Hamilton. The clinic is run by a volunteer board of directors and we are funded by Legal Aid Ontario. All help is private and confidential.
Mission: Hamilton Community Legal Clinic is a community based not for profit agency whose diverse team of caring professionals and volunteers provides legal services to low income individuals and communities to promote access to justice and to improve quality of life. We do this through: summary advice and referral, representation, community development, law reform and public legal education Our Vision Hamilton Community Legal Clinic will be recognized and valued as an important provider of poverty law services and advocate for social change.
02/25/2020
After a stroke at 27, he's ready to get out of hospital. Amid a housing crunch, he can't leave | CBC News
Housing crisis: “He's finally well enough to continue his rehab at home, but his family is now facing another unexpected challenge: finding an affordable, accessible place to live in a city that's facing a major housing crunch.”
Patrick Kunkel suffered a stroke at the age of 27 and has been living in health care facilities for eight months straight. Finally, he's well enough to continue recovering at home, but his family is now facing another unexpected challenge: finding an accessible place to live in a city that's facing....
02/25/2020
‘The first black doctor on the Prairies’: a look at Dr. Shadd during Black History Month in Canada
‘The first black doctor on the Prairies’: a look at Dr. Shadd during Black History Month in Canada
February is Black History Month in Canada, and one of the most fascinating local historical figures is Dr. Alf...
02/25/2020
Settler governments are breaking international law, not Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, say 200 lawyers, legal scholars | The Star
This is a powerful statement from more than 200 Canadian lawyers and legal academics: "Settler governments are breaking international law, not Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs" #Wetsuweten
While Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors are being depicted as transgressors of the “rule of law,” they are in fact upholding Indigenous and international legal orders.
02/25/2020
How can Hamilton police fix its relationship with the city's LGBTQ community? | CBC News
How can Hamilton police fix its relationship with the city's LGBTQ community? | CBC News
Hamilton police recently appointed an openly LGBTQ officer, Det.-Const. Rebecca Moran, to work with the local queer and trans communities as part of an effort to build trust. On Wednesday, as part of our CBC Asks series, we'll speak with her about the very serious concerns members of the community h...
02/25/2020
Coldest Night walkers march against poverty in Hamilton
Coldest Night walkers march against poverty in Hamilton
More than 400 participants walk in support of local charities
02/24/2020
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Who doesn’t love to deadlift (and/or bench press, eh @littlejo.r ?)
Calling all @ontariopowerliftingassociation teams and athletes and anyone else who might be interested in a good old fashioned push-pull event taking place in the great outdoors!
June seems like a long while away, but we will sell out this @pullforpride fundraiser and you will be wishing you coulda made it!
Just ask folks like @kellyhemphillrmt @annabis @bertlebee @lifterlinda and the other 25 folks who participated last year and helped to raise $6500.00!
We are supporting the @hamtranshealth @speqtrumyhm and the Queer Justice Project through the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic.
All the info can be found here: PullforPride.com/Hamilton
Reach out if you’d like more information or to put your name on our volunteer or sponsor list!
02/23/2020
Demonstrators rally, march, dance in Toronto to show support for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs | CBC News
Demonstrators rally, march, dance in Toronto to show support for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs | CBC News
More than 1,000 demonstrators staged a round dance in downtown Toronto on Saturday afternoon to show support for Indigenous land rights.
02/23/2020
Nova Scotia still faces a disturbing problem with racism, a problem that can be traced back centuries in the province
Nova Scotia still faces a disturbing problem with racism, a problem that can be traced back centuries in the province
Nova Scotia’s black population has long lived in the shadow of racism where many trace their roots back centuries, to the first waves of Black Loyalists who came here during the American Revolutionary War
02/23/2020
Racism in Canada thrives and pretending otherwise nourishes it, say people who live it
Racism in Canada thrives and pretending otherwise nourishes it, say people who live it
Racism in Canada thrives and pretending otherwise nourishes it, say people who live it
02/23/2020
Métis Statement of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
Métis Statement of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
IF YOU ARE MÉTIS, please go here to sign this statement of solidarity: (See a list of all signatures at any time here: all names have to be manually checked so there may be a delay between submitti…
02/23/2020
All recyclables collected in Hamilton parks end up in the dump
So much for recycling
So much trash, pet waste and uneaten food is dumped in those public blue bins that the city is unable recycle any of the ‘contaminated’ material
02/22/2020
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs arrive in Quebec
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs oppose the Coastal GasLink project
Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have arrived in Kahnawake, Que., as they continue their tour of Mohawk communities in eastern Canada where rail blockades in solidarity with their cause have been erected.
02/22/2020
Video appears to show man’s racist tirade toward security guard at Toronto Value Village store
People of colour often have the worst jobs and have to put up with this BS
In the video, the man can be heard yelling obscenities toward the security guard before uttering a racial slur several times.
02/22/2020
‘That’s not the way of our ancestors’: Wet’suwet’en matriarch speaks out about pipeline conflict
‘That’s not the way of our ancestors’: Wet’suwet’en matriarch speaks out about pipeline conflict
Wet’suwet’en hereditary subchief Rita George says matriarchs are sickened by the ongoing pipeline conflict that has sparked rail blockades across the country
02/22/2020
Four authors pick their must-reads for Black History Month | The Star
Four authors pick their must-reads for Black History Month | The Star
Nadia Hohn, Tea Mutonji, Rebecca Fisseha and Richardo Keens-Douglas pick memoirs, YA and kids’ books you have to get your hands on.
02/22/2020
Final decision expected on Hamilton’s disastrous light-rail project as angry residents look for closure
Final decision expected on Hamilton’s disastrous light-rail project as angry residents look for closure
Task force slated to report by Friday on how best to use the $1-billion earmarked for the aborted LRT project
02/22/2020
Who and What’s Behind the Blockades Disrupting Canada’s Rails
Who and What’s Behind the Blockades Disrupting Canada’s Rails
A long-running dispute over a pipeline in British Columbia has turned into a national political storm, caused layoffs in the rail industry and raised broader economic fears.
02/22/2020
Downtown Hamilton's dramatic Television City proposal is going ahead | CBC News
😧 Developers before people?
A Toronto developer's controversial twin-tower Television City proposal is going forward.
02/21/2020
They're in their 20s and have never had clean drinking water | CBC News
This is why we should support the Wet'suwet'en nation and every person trying to keep the planet clean
It’s been nearly five months since a boil-water advisory was issued for the Oneida Nation of the Thames, but those living there say there's a generation that's never known clean drinking water.
02/21/2020
Entire Ontario public school system closed, millions out of class Friday as teachers strike
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X"
In Toronto, educators are planning a massive protest at Queen's Park, which the unions say may draw as many as 30,000 people.
02/21/2020
Black History Month: This week meet Alex Battick and Koubra Haggar , youth to inspire you! follow the link:
https://www.hamiltonjustice.ca/upcoming-events
02/21/2020
Hamilton committee approves 14-storey mixed-used development on plaza site in Stoney Creek
When developers win
THE ISSUE: Another lakefront highrise approved LOCAL IMPACT: Residents concerned about traffic and density
02/21/2020
Canadian home prices edge higher in January, led by Hamilton and Montreal
Hamilton leads
Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index showed prices rose 0.1 per cent in January
02/21/2020
BC Human Rights Tribunal finds landlord harassed, discriminated against tenant because she had a baby
BC Human Rights Tribunal finds landlord harassed, discriminated against tenant because she had a baby
A woman who says she was harassed and discriminated against by her landlord because she had a baby has won her case at the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
02/20/2020
Native Women’s Centre in Hamilton closing 15-bed Mountain View shelter
Native Women’s Centre in Hamilton closing 15-bed Mountain View shelter
02/20/2020
City gives faith-based think tank the go-ahead to lease Balfour House | CBC News
“The lease isn't popular with everyone. LGBTQ residents and allies spoke out last year about Cardus's history of publishing what they say is homophobic material.”
LGBTQ residents raised concerns last year about some of Cardus's past published material.
02/20/2020
7 arrested as RCMP clear final blockade on route of northern B.C. gas pipeline
Reconciliation.... not
It comes as police spend a fifth day enforcing a B.C. Supreme Court injunction relating to the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline.
02/19/2020
Blanket Exercise Cotton Factory with SACHA @DanielleB @Righting Relations Still some spots left!!!
02/19/2020
SACHA warns wait list for counselling will go up if provincial funding isn’t renewed
SACHA warns wait list for counselling will go up if provincial funding isn’t renewed
Last year wait list was 10 months, but has dropped to three to four months
02/18/2020
Do not miss this wonderful event!
Come celebrate International Women’s Day with a Community Care Day our Hamilton Community Food Centre! To reserve your spot contact Heryka at [email protected] or call 905-574-1334 ext. 303
02/18/2020
The Hamilton Spectator
The Hamilton Spectator
When a troubled, 16-year-old boy in the care of an Ontario children's aid society dies by suicide, the people of this province need to know why.
What went wrong and what was missed by those who were supposed to be looking out for him?
http://torstar.co/LCsA50ypea7
02/18/2020
Northern Labrador’s housing shortages and tuberculosis are two faces of the same crisis
😧“Tuberculosis – a disease that spreads through the air when someone coughs or sneezes – is a historical problem here, inflamed in large part by overcrowded homes with poor ventilation and a lack of timely access to medical help. This corner of Labrador has the highest rate of tuberculosis in Canada – 248 cases for every 100,000 people, nearly 50 times the Canadian average.”
Several times over the decades, Nain has been a cramped and poor place to live as disease displaced the region’s Inuit. Now, locals and health officials are trying to stop the cycle from beginning again
02/17/2020
Opinion | City council must say no to Cardus
Opinion | City council must say no to Cardus
Our leaders need to stand up for equity, diversity, and inclusion
02/17/2020
RCMP leaves stroke victim in jail cell for 18 hours thinking he was drunk, says lawsuit | CBC News
When racism leads to injustice: “Officers put the Crossfield, Alta., man in a jail cell for more than 18 hours — virtually ignoring his deteriorating condition as he suffered a massive stroke, according to a lawsuit.”
An Alberta man's lawsuit says he likely suffered permanent damage after RCMP arrested him suspecting he was drunk, when he was actually having a stroke. According to the lawsuit, the man was then left in a cell for more than 18 hours, virtually ignored by officers.
02/16/2020
Indigenous groups need 'guarantees' on land rights before getting trains back on track: Oka Crisis veteran | CBC Radio
Indigenous groups need 'guarantees' on land rights before getting trains back on track: Oka Crisis veteran | CBC Radio
Land defender Ellen Gabriel says Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs shouldn't relent without a temporary halt to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project construction, which runs through their traditional lands.
02/16/2020
Hamilton law firm must pay $426k for ‘negligent’ representation
Accountability!
Case dating back 14 years ‘was probably larger and more complex than I ought to have been handling at the time,’ testified lawyer Stephen Chisholm
02/16/2020
Opinion | Loss of shelter beds threatens homeless women in Hamilton
Loss for the most vulnerable
April Fool’s Day will be no joke when staff at Willow’s Place get ready to close the doors, writes Deirdre Pike.
02/16/2020
Ontario Moving Ahead with the Reform of Employment Services
😮Privatization of services related to OW??? 😧“A new competitive process open to any public, not-for-profit and private sector organization was launched to select Service System Managers for the three prototype regions. “
Please read article in comment section as well
Ontario's Government is moving ahead with the reform of the employment services system by introducing new Service System Managers in three prototype regions across Ontario. This approach wi...
02/16/2020
I used to own a condo in Toronto. How I ended up living in Dufferin Grove Park
Some stories have a happy end
I rigged a shelter out of a plastic tablecloth and a beach umbrella
02/15/2020
City of Hamilton to leave sludge from 24 billion-litre spill in Chedoke Creek
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An ecological risk assessment says dredging the creek bottom would harm whatever wildlife still survives.
02/15/2020
7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion
Unforgivable
Guatemalan child entered illegally with her father as part of a large group crossing into New Mexico.
02/15/2020
Hamilton police appoint LGBTQ liaison officer to start 'rebuilding trust' | CBC News
Hamilton police appoint LGBTQ liaison officer to start 'rebuilding trust' | CBC News
Hamilton police have appointed an openly LGBTQ officer to work with the local queer and trans communities as part of an effort to build trust.
02/14/2020
Hamilton ranked among the most intelligent cities in the world
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The City of Hamilton has been named one of the Top 7 Intelligent Communities in the World by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).The ICF's Top 7 Intelligent Communities were announced Monday (Feb.
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100 Main St E Suite 203
Hamilton, ON
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Board of Directors Board members share the goals of the clinic in serving the diverse legal needs of low income Hamiltonians. The Board is responsible to the community for the services provided by the clinic. The Board is also responsible to Legal Aid Ontario for the use of funding dollars. Clinic Staff Our clinic is staffed by lawyers, community legal workers, support staff, community development workers and volunteers. The Executive Director is Hugh Tye.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 08:30 - 15:30 |
| Tuesday | 08:30 - 15:30 |
| Wednesday | 08:30 - 12:00 |
| Thursday | 08:30 - 15:30 |
| Friday | 08:30 - 15:30 |
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Being eco friendly, and green it's nothing new to the people living of this lands with their ancestral knowledge, we should recognize the importance of indigenous culture in our efforts to clean energy
They need to improve on their knowledge base and stop giving incorrect information to clients.If you are not 100 percent sure of the answer just say so
I will undertake a position that if anyone in need needs information (correct) I will definitely steer them away from this clinic.They have to realize that indigent and uninformed people are using their service and if relied upon, could have devastating consequences.I feel sad for those ones.
Hello ODSP and low income, its special for your pets !!
20 % off on visit and services.
FREE exam on Fridays.
FREE Heartworm test on Thursdays...............….use the offer.
New location having veterinary services such as exam, vaccination, deworming, de-flea, preventives, spay & neuter, x-ray, food and all services related to animal hospital.
Discount rates for low income families, ODSP and seniors. Rescue groups welcome.
Opened in 2018.
Contact 905 385 1999
or 905 389 0707 (our old location)
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Legal Services available in the GTA and surrounding area, these services include Family law support including drafting all documents, filing with the court and serving them, writing scripts and arranging accessibility accommodations for the self represented litigant, small claims court, personal injury, Wrongful termination, workplace Safety and Insurance Board claims, LTD & STD claims, CPP disability claims, Landlord & tenant , Provincial offences and administrative law.
Website: Http://www.lambelaw.ca