Advocacy Resources

Below are links to advocacy information. These sites provide information and tools to assist in advocating for yourself or others. 

Use the "X" to the right of the title to view a drop down list of related links. 

Municipal Representatives and meetings - WAterloo Region Tri-Cities

• ​Region of Waterloo Council
  • Council Meetings & Agendas ​
• City of Kitchener Council
  • Council Meetings & Agendas ​​
• City of Cambridge Council
  • Council Meetings & Agendas
• City of Waterloo Council 
  • Council Meetings & Agendas​

• ​Members of Provincial Parliament
• Members of Parliament

Rental Rights

• Landlord and Tenant Board
  • ​Contacting the LTB - Office & Filing Locations
• Step to Justice - Housing Law
• Renting in Ontario - Ontario.ca
• Rental Housing Enforcement Unit - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
• You Legal Rights - Housing Law - CLEO Connect
• ​Waterloo Region Community Legal Services - Tenant Issues
• Cera- Human Rights in Housing

HumAn RIghts

• A Human Rights Approach: A National Protocal for Homeless Encampments in Canada
• Make the Shift
• ​Charter of Rights and Homeless Persons - LawNow.org
• Homeless Charter of Rights - HomelessHub.ca

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• Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Canadian Human RIghts Tribunal
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

Mental Health

• Consent and Capacity Board
• Psychiatric Patient Advocacy Office
• Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
• Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Legal Assistance

• Law Referral Service - Ontario
• ​Legal Aid Ontario
• CLEO - Community Legal Education Ontario
  • Steps to Justice
  • Your Legal Rights
• E-Laws
• Human Rights Legal Support Centre
• Administrative Justice Support Network

Governing Acts & Codes

• Healthcare Consent Act 
• Substitute Decision Act
• Mental Health Act
• Personal Health Information Protection Act
• ​Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabiities Act
• Residential Tenancies Act
• Canadian Human Rights Act
• Ontario Human Rights Code
• Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
• Ontario Works Act

Ontario Works

• Social Benefits Tribunal
• Ontario Works Policy Directives:
  • 2.1: Application Process
  • 5.1: Income and Exemptions
  • 6.1: Calculating Assistance
  • 7.1: Summary of Benefits​
  • 4.1: Summary of Assets
  • 10.1: Notice and Internal Review Process
  • 10.2: Appeal Process

Emergency Response - Government

City Emergency Response Plans

• Kitchener - Dated 2017
• Cambridge - Revised 2021
• Waterloo - Revision History states 2017

Region of Waterloo 

• Site Topic Page
• Emergency Response Plan - Dated 2019
• Alert Waterloo Region - Provided by RoW Emergency Management Office

Governing Provincial Act

• Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act​

Spare Parts

• Oakes Test
• Bamberger v. Vancouver - BC Court 
• Defining - "Crisis Emergencies"
• Victoria v. Adams - Law Sheet - Poverty and Human Rights Center
• Nanaimo (City) v. Courtoreille, 2018 BCSC 1629
• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority v. Brett BCSC 
• Prince George v. Stewart BCSC
• "Key take aways from the Supreme Courts decision to revise the Standard of Review Framework in Vavilov" - Fillmore Riley.com 
• Black v. Toronto - 152 O.R. (3d) 529   |   2020 ONSC 6398​​