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Job Posting – Bilingual Reception and Casework Support Assistant

Community Legal Services of Ottawa / Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa (CLSO) is a community legal clinic, funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We provide legal services for the low-income residents of Ottawa, as well as community development, law reform, legal education and outreach initiatives. The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is an independent not-for-profit community legal clinic mandated to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism through the provision of legal services to members of Ontario’s Black communities,

Job Posting – Paralegal

Community Legal Services of Ottawa / Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa is a community legal clinic, funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We provide legal services for the low-income residents of Ottawa, as well as community development, law reform and legal education initiatives. We are seeking a paralegal for a permanent position. The successful candidate will represent clients in income support and housing law matters and will collaborate on community-based legal initiatives.

Annual General Meeting

INVITATION TO OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Rideau Community Hub – 815 St-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa See the agenda below.     Please RSVP by September 18th at:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1996995328786?aff=oddtdtcreator AGM Documents: Notice of AGM Business Meeting Agenda Nomination Form CLSO 2025 AGM Minutes Audited Financial Statements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community Legal Services of Ottawa (CLSO) Statement on Cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)

Ottawa, ON — Community Legal Services of Ottawa is joining health care professionals and migrants’ rights advocates in raising urgent concerns about recent changes to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) that introduces new costs for refugees and refugee claimants. These changes risk creating serious and immediate barriers to essential healthcare for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.

BLACK LEGAL ACTION CENTRE, REFUGEE LAW OFFICE, and the CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES PLEASED WITH THE JURY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ABDURAHMAN HASSAN INQUEST

February 10, 2023 TORONTO, ON – Many of the recommendations presented to the jury by the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC), the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), and the Refugee Law Office (RLO) were accepted by the jury in the inquest into the death of Abdurahman Hassan. Mr. Hassan died on June 11,

Campaign Against Cuts to Social Assistance – 2023 Ontario Pre-budget Brief

Our submission on behalf of the Campaign Against Cuts to Social Assistance to the Ontario Ministry of Finance pre-budget 2023 consultations: recommendations to improve income security for those living on a low income: 2023-ON-Pre-budget-submission-CACSA.pdf

Attention tenants! Do you live in a newer unit? You might not be protected by rent control!

Attention Ottawa Tenants! New Rules and Standards for Rental Housing

Attention Ottawa Tenants! You will be affected by new rules and standards recently introduced by the City of Ottawa to improve rental housing in our city. These changes include a new Bylaw that came into effect in September 2021. Read on to learn some key things that you should know as a tenant about renting a unit in Ottawa!

“Attention Renters! The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) has expanded access terminals to Ottawa for those who do not have access to a phone, computer, and/or the Internet!”

Recommendations on Proposed Amendments to O. Reg. 367/11 under the Housing Services Act, 2011

See our latest recommendations to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the Proposed Amendments to O. Reg. 367/11 under the Housing Services Act, 2011 related to required local eligibility rules for Rent Geared to Income (RGI) assistance:  CLSO-Submission -O-Reg-367-11-HSA-Amendment.pdf