Seminar and Workshop Training Topics
Advocacy Techniques
- Self Advocacy
- How to be an Effective Self-Advocate
- Community Advocacy
- Social Justice Advocacy
Canada Pension Plan
- Contribution Qualification Requirements for Disability Benefits
- Medical Qualification Requirements for Disability Benefits
- Disability Benefit Applications
- Disability Benefit Appeals
- Qualification Requirements for Retirement Benefits
- Qualification Requirements for Survivor’s and Children’s Benefits
Consumer Protection
- Debt Settlement Agencies and Agreements
- Consumer Reporting
- Credit Repair
- Unfair Business Practices: Door-to-Door Sales
- Unfair Business Practices: Motor Vehicle Repair
- Unfair Business Practices: Prepaid Services
- Energy Re-billing
- Cell Phone Contracts
- Consumer Internet Fraud
- Consumer Mail Fraud
- Consumer Telephone Fraud
- The National Do Not Call List
- Payday Loans
- Private Career Colleges
- Used Motor Vehicle Purchases
- Home Renovations
Employment Insurance Act
- Types of Benefits and Qualifying for Them: Regular Benefits
- Types of Benefits and Qualifying for Them: Maternity and Parental Benefits
- Types of Benefits and Qualifying for Them: Sickness and Compassionate Care Benefits
- Types of Benefits and Qualifying for Them: Family Caregiver Benefits
- Appealing Employment Insurance Decisions
Employment Standards Act
- Types of Workers and Who Is Covered by the Act; Covered Employment
- Areas of Protection: Wages, Hours, and Pay Stubs
- Areas of Protection: Overtime and Vacation/Holiday Pay
- Areas of Protection: Termination Notice, Severance Pay
- Worker Leaves under the Act: Pregnancy and Parental; Family Medical; Family Caregiver; Critical Illness; Child Death/Crime-Related Child Death and Disappearance; Sick, Bereavement, and Family Responsibility; Organ Donor; Reservist; and Domestic or Sexual Violence Leaves
- Filing a Claim under the ESA
Human Rights in Ontario
- Federal and Provincial Human Rights Laws
- Discriminatory Events under Human Rights Laws
- Defences Under Human Rights Laws
- Remedies Under Human Rights Laws
- Filing a Federal Human Rights Claim: How To File and What Happens Next
- Filing a Provincial Human Rights Claim: How To File and What Happens Next
Ontario Disability Support Program
- Types of ODSP Benefits
- ODSP Medical Qualification Requirements
- ODSP Income Qualification Requirement
- ODSP Asset Qualification Requirements
- Completing and Filing the Medical Application for ODSP
- ODSP Reviews and Appeal Processes
Ontario Works
- Ontario Works Mandatory Benefits
- Ontario Works Discretionary Benefits
- Ontario Works Income Qualification Requirements
- Ontario Works Asset Qualification Requirements
- Applying for Ontario Works Benefits
- Ontario Works Reviews and Appeal Processes
Residential Tenancies Act
- Who is Protected by the Act?
- Residential Leases
- Ending a Residential Lease Early
- Residential Rent Rules
- Privacy Rights
- Protection Against Harassment
- The Basics of Residential Evictions
- Repair and Maintenance
- The Role of the Landlord and Tenant Board
Youth Workshops
- Overview of the Criminal Law System
- Adult vs. Youth Criminal Record and the Consequences of a Criminal Record
- ESA and Young Workers’ Rights
- Occupational Health and Safety for Young Workers
- Human Rights and Youth
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Youth Cannabis Laws
- Your Age and the Law
- Internet and Phone Activities
- Housing Laws and Youth
- Pay Day Loans and Youth
Mental Health Topics
- Overview of Ontario Mental Health Laws
- Substitute Decision Making
- Assessment and Hospitalization
- Consent to Treatment
- Community Treatment Orders
- Privacy Rights