NEW ISAC Report: “In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario”
Nearly one million Ontarians rely on social assistance programs like Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for survival. These are programs of last resort, a lifeline for those with nowhere else to turn. Unfortunately, these programs are not working for the people who use them. Read our recommendations on how to fix these programs, pulled directly from recipient experience, in our new report “In Their Own Words”.
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Updates
ISAC recently released a new policy report called In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario. You can read more about the report here. Join us for the online community launch of…
In 2020, Ontario began to introduce a host of changes to the administration of social assistance, including rolling out a new Centralized Intake model with the purpose of modernizing access to social assistance. With this…
ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)’s consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since a series of consultations began in November 2024. In…
After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The EI BOA will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal (SST) – General Division…
The federal government has opened its consultation session for the upcoming budget, with a submission deadline of May 22, 2026 (details about how to submit your own recommendations can be found in our post here.)…
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Updates
ISAC recently released a new policy report called In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario. You can read more about the report here. Join us for the online community launch of…
In 2020, Ontario began to introduce a host of changes to the administration of social assistance, including rolling out a new Centralized Intake model with the purpose of modernizing access to social assistance. With this…
ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)’s consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since a series of consultations began in November 2024. In…
After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The EI BOA will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal (SST) – General Division…
The federal government has opened its consultation session for the upcoming budget, with a submission deadline of May 22, 2026 (details about how to submit your own recommendations can be found in our post here.)…
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