Legal Centre News Volume 63 – Summer 2025 Newsletter
We are pleased to announce the release of the digital edition of our bi-annual newsletter for Summer 2025, Legal Centre News Volume 63!
This volume of the Peterborough Community Legal Centre newsletter features articles on a few of the many overlapping issues of inequality facing people in our community today. Additionally some articles may be helpful to those accessing PCLC who wish to learn more about the services we provide. Articles include:
- A legal update and reflections on sexual harassment in the workplace
- Information on eligibility requirements for accessing aid in matters of Wills and Powers of Attorney forms through PCLC
- A report on the cost-of-living and the inadequacy of the minimum wage
- Recommendations towards improving the accessibility of gender-affirming surgeries through OHIP
- A step-by-step guide on how to access your LTB portal
- And more!
All images in this newsletter are credited and some articles include links to sources. These links are accessible on the digital copy of the newsletter and below:
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Divisional Court Confirms Employers Have a Duty to Investigate Harassment Even if No Official Complaint is Made
- https://www.pclcsvprojects.com/blog
- 2023 CanLII 72192 (ON GSB) | Amalgamated Transit Union – Local 1587 (Juteram et al) v The Crown in Right of Ontario (Metrolinx) | CanLII
- https://canlii.ca/t/jzk7s
- https://canlii.ca/t/k3tj8
Minimum Wage, Living Wage, and Homelessness
- Cardiff Business Life | Edition 03 by WCS Publishing | Cardiff Life Magazine – Issuu
- https://www.ontariolivingwage.ca/
- HiF_2024_v5_DIGITAL.pdf
- Kawartha Food Share – Home
- Dollar Sign Clip Art Images – Free Download on Freepik
Barriers to Accessing Gender-Affirming Surgery through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan
- Access Gender Affirming Care – San Francisco Health Plan
- https://www.sfhp.org/news/health-and-wellness/access-gender-affirming-care/
- https://www.transhub.org.au/101/gender-affirmation
- https://www.proquest.com/docview/1633967521/fulltextPDF/F8EC48DD19C5 460APQ/1?accountid=14391&sourcetype=Scholarly%20Journals.
- doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003477
- https://www.ontario.ca/page/gender-confirming-surgery.
- https://globalnews.ca/news/10323892/peterborough-residents-family-doctor/.
- https://www.ontario.ca/check-medication-coverage/.
- https://egale.ca/awareness/wfc/.
- https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=mastectomy-prostheses-reconstruction#:~:text=Breast%20reconstruction%20is%20covered%20by,have%20to%20pay%20for%20it
Healthcare workers and Workplace Harassment and Violence
- https://www.pclcsvprojects.com/blog
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cupe-poll-hospital-workers-ontario-violence-1.6511265
- https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/57019.
- https://www.statnews.com/2019/09/12/sexual-harassment-hospitals-start-addressing-patient-behavior/
- https://www.canadasafetytraining.com/Safety_Blog/how-to-prevent-sexual-harassment-in-healthcare.aspx.
How to access your LTB Portal
Signing a joint lease: important things to remember
Medical Transportation Coverage for ODSP Recipients
- Community Care Icons and Team help Illustration | Premium Vector
- Road Trip Sticker PNG Images (Transparent HD Photo Clipart)
- Community Care Icons and Team help Illustration | Premium Vector
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