Our offices are located on the 3rd Floor of the Vanier Community Service Centre. Our team is made up of four persons, (the Director, an Administrative Assistant, a Lawyer and a Community Legal Aid Worker).
OUR MANDATE IS:To help people who experience social legal difficulties such as rights to housing, immigration and income maintenance. Stimulate community development by education relating to various rights, legal reform and support of community groups. OUR CLIENTELE: We offer free legal services in French to low-income Francophones residing in East Ottawa.INFORMATION
We can offer information sessions, mainly dealing with low-income earners rights. These sessions or workshops can be adapted to the needs of the clientele or aid workers. The workshops can deal either with more than one subject or more specifically concentrate on a given point. You can obtain brochures dealing with your various rights at our Law Information Centre.CONFIDENTIALITY
We want you to feel completely at ease to speak and be served in French. Our services are completely confidential and offered by a professional and dedicated staff.HOW TO REACH USTelephone: (613) 744-2892
Fax: (613) 744-3960Our offices are located at:
290 Dupuis Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1L 1A2 Please call ahead for an appointment.Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.(The office is closed from Noon till 1 p.m. every day and Wednesday from Noon till 4.30 p.m.)OUR SERVICES: INFORMATION AND LEGAL COUNSELLING
SOLICITATION
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHAT WE DORights to Housing
Eviction: How to avoid an eviction and how to defend ones’ rights
Maintenance and repair of lodging: Settling a problem with the landlord? Rent increase: what are your rights and recourses?
Subsidized housing: What are your obligations as a tenant…Immigration Law
Refused refugee: possible redress (appeal based on risks, humanitarian grounds, appeal to the Federal Court)
Request permanent resident status on humanitarian grounds
Family reunification – Sponsorship: problems and legal redressRights / Ontario Works Program (Social Welfare)
Community program, problems: financial assistance suspended; excess payments
Defending your rights, possible redress: internal revision of a decision, appeal process to the Legal Aid TribunalRights / Ontario Disability Support Program
How to present an application and avoid a refusal
Community program, problems: refusal or financial assistance cut-back, excess payments…
How to defend your rights, possible redress: internal revision, appeal process to the Social Welfare TribunalRights / Employment standards
Salaries, hours of work, overtime, firings, etc
Redress when problems occur Rights/ Employment Insurance Program (Unemployment insurance)
Employment Insurance refused (i.e.: Following an unsubstantiated firing), how to defend one's rights, revision of a decision process, appeal rights to the arbitration board, appearing before the Umpire.Rights / Occupational accidents
Process to obtain financial compensation from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Problems, redress, revision and appealCanada Pension Plan
Different types of admissibility, benefits and redress following a refusalVictims of Criminal Acts
Criminal Injuries Compensation BoardWHAT WE DO NOT DO
A staff lawyer can answer your questions any Tuesday afternoon, by appointment. We can also refer you to the proper resources
Family Law (i.e. divorce, separation, alimony, custody, visitation rights, property)
Matters dealing with Children’s Aid Society (i.e. guardianship and arrests)
For more information, consult the Legal Aid Clinic brochure (in PDF format) or visit the Legal Aid Ontario Web site. |