Access and Equity

An essential part of settlement work is helping your client work past barriers in the community, whether in employment, housing or community services. You will be called upon to advocate on behalf of your clients.

Featured Resources

PovNet - Advocacy Resources - a list of useful Canadian resources focused on advocacy in various areas.

Making a Change Together
A handbook seeking to give foreign-trained people, and groups interested in helping them, the tools needed to work together to change the system of access to professions and trades in Ontario.

Employment Advocacy Resources for Settlement Workers - these resources are meant to be tools for agency counsellors who are working with clients with employment problems and issues.

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Creating Support and Advocacy Networks
Information about how to create, build, nurture and use local networks to help you work towards creating an evnironment of community access and participation for your clients.

Individual Client Advocacy
Resources and skills to help your clients access services, deal with discrimination and barriers and ensure humanitarian treatment.

Access to Professions and Trades
Information and resources to help you understand the regulatory environment, alternatives to regulation and how to help your clients re-enter their careers in Canada.

Institutions and Systems
Resources and skills to help your clients access services, deal with discrimination and barriers and ensure humanitarian treatment.