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Publications
The following publications can be ordered by contacting us directly. Click on the title or link to view a document.
Documents are posted in .pdf format - click on the link below to download Acrobat Reader:
Click here to download Acrobat Reader.If you have difficulty accessing anything on our website, please call us.
Remember:
-These publications are for general information only and are not legal advice.
-The law and policies/practices can change.
- Each situation is different so if you have a question or problem, we recommend that you get legal advice about your situation. You can call our office, your local legal clinic or a lawyer.
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HALCO news Fall 2009 newsletter
Please click here for our latest edition of HALCO news (Fall 2009). The contents include:
-HALCO remembers James Kreppner
-HALCO updates, including our new fundrasing initiatives
-"how to" information for getting help from HALCO
-U.S.A. travel ban news
-Criminalization of HIV non-disclosure
-Robert Watkin's Report to the 2009 HALCO Annual General Meeting
HIV testing in Ontario pamphlet
Our HIV testing in Ontario pamphlet has been revised and is now available on-line and by order from Community Legal Education Ontario "CLEO". Please
-click here for the on-line English version
-click here for the on-line French version.You can click here for a link to CLEO's on-line Order Form. CLEO maintains a Discard List to indicate which publications are out of date and should be discarded (you can recycle out of date CLEO publications in any paper recycling program).
IMPORTANT Immigration Information for People from Burundi, Liberia & Rwanda:
-click here for an information poster and links.
-click here for an information sheet and links.
Bankruptcy Act Changes
-click here for information about Bankruptcy Act changes.
Trillium Drug Program "TDP" Renewal/Enrolment 2009/2010
-click here for Trillium Drug Program Renewal "poster"
-click here for our Notice to ASOs
Ontario Child Benefit and Social Assistance Rate Restructuring takes effect in July 2009:
-click here for a Fact Sheet from the Income Security Advocacy Centre in English.
-click here for a Fact Sheet from the Income Security Advocacy Centre in French.
-click here for a link to the Income Security Advocacy Centre website.
HIV disclosure: a legal guide for gay men in Ontario / Dévoilement du VIH: guide d’information sur le droit, pour les hommes gais en Ontario
[December 2008]
The Guide is available in English and French now, and we hope it will be translated into a number of other languages. Please contact us if you would like to order a copy of the Guide.
Please note: the Guide contains graphic language which may not be suitable for all audiences.
-HIV disclosure: a legal guide for gay men in Ontario
-Dévoilement du VIH: guide d'information sur le droit, pour les hommes gais en OntarioThe Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange "CATIE" produced a national version HIV disclosure: a legal guide for gay men in Canada, which is intended for people in Canadian provinces and territories other than Ontario:
-click here for a link to the CATIE website and the Canadian version of the guide in English
-click here for a link to the CATIE website and the Canadian version of the guide in French
Law Society of Upper Canada Licensing Regime/Paralegal Licensing
Information for AIDS Service Organizations in Ontario:
-Update and Request for Input
-Impact of the Regime
[March 2009]
Criminal Law and HIV info sheets
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has five information sheets on the criminalization of HIV in Canada. Please click here for a link to the informations sheetsLegal Network's website.
Ontario Child Benefit "OCB" Notice for Parents [April 2008]
ODSP/OW Special Diet Allowance
-If you are HIV+ and receiving ODSP or OW, please click here.
-Special Diet Update for AIDS Service Organizations, please click here.
'Changes at HALCO' letter from our Chair
[February 2007]
HALCO news - our Newsletter:
Fall 2009
HIV & the Law Advocate's Manual:Published by HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario)
In 1998, HALCO received a grant from the Trillium Foundation to begin production of an Advocate's Manual. Additional funding from the Community Innovation Fund of GlaxoSmithKline in partnership with Shire BioChem Inc. and Health Canada's AIDS Community Action Program helped us to increase the number of chapters produced.
This Manual has not been reviewed/revised since the original publication in 2004. The law and policies/practices can change. The Manual contains general legal information, not legal advice. If you have a question or problem, we recommend that you get legal advice about your situation. You can contact HALCO – HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) or your local legal clinic.
The Manual is in .pdf format - click on the link below to download Acrobat Reader:
Click here to download Acrobat Reader.On June 30, 2008, the Human Rights Code Amendment Act came into force in Ontario. The Act makes significant changes to the Human Rights system in Ontario so "Human Rights and HIV/AIDS" Chapter 4 of the Manual is no longer accurate. Please click on Chapter 4 below for more information.
The law for residential tenants in Ontario changed in January 2007, so the "Landlord and Tenant and HIV/AIDS" Chapter 6 of the Manual is no longer accurate. Please click on Chapter 6 below for more information.
HIV & the Law Advocate's Manual:
- Important Notice
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Table of Contents
1. Powers of Attorney, Living Wills & Planning For Incapacity
2. Immigration & HIV/AIDS
3. Prisons & HIV/AIDS
4. Human Rights & HIV/AIDS
5. Disability, Life & Sickness Insurance & HIV/AIDS
6. Landlord and Tenant & HIV/AIDS
7. Employment & HIV/AIDS
If you have difficulty accessing anything on our website, please call us.
Please click here for our "Contact Us" page for information about contacting HALCO.
This website has general information only. Laws, policies and practices may change or vary. If you have a legal problem or question, please contact: us, your local community legal clinic or a lawyer.
