Downtown Legal Services — University of Toronto

In 2012, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). Under Section 135 of the IRPR, refugee status is a requirement of s...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/access-denied-calling-for-the-revocation-of-canadas-refugee-status-document-requirement-for-private-sponsorship/

In March 2021, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the Board) ruled that FDM Group, could not charge their former employees a $30,000 fee arising from job-training costs for ending thei...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/chasing-new-fees-is-fdm-charging-you-a-fee-for-training/

The Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled in a March 12, 2021 decision that temporary work agencies cannot charge its workers a fee when they end their work assignments.The decision involved four ...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/media-release-temporary-agencys-30000-charge-against-workers-who-end-their-employment-deemed-illegal-by-ontario-labour-relations-boar/

The information contained here is taken from the University of Toronto Academic Integrity Website, the University of Toronto Missisauga Academic Integrity Website, and the Code of Behaviour on Ac...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/final-exams-are-here-tips-for-avoiding-academic-offences-in-a-remote-setting/

Downtown Legal Services will be closed to members of the public during the City of Toronto lock-down (beginning November 23, 2020). If you require legal assistance, please call our intake line at...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/covid-19-update/

Downtown Legal Services is open to members of the public by appointment only. Support staff will be on site and available to receive service of documents only on Tuesdays and Fridays. Everyone en...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/covid-19-precautions/

DLS stands in solidarity with the Black community and protestors around the world in raising our voices against anti-Black racism and police brutality.  The murder of George Floyd and the suspi...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/black-indigenous-lives-matter/

Yesterday, Madam Justice McDonald, of the Federal Court of Canada (FC), released her decision declaring the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between Canada and the US unconstitutional. This me...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/safe-third-country-agreement-stca-is-unconstitutional-says-the-federal-court-of-canada-in-landmark-decision/

Khalil Mamut’s dream is to be reunited with his three young children.Imagine escaping from a home where you do not feel safe, just to be captured and sent to a horrifying prison. There, you li...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/separated-uyghur-canadian-families-canada-must-bring-them-home/

DLS housing lawyer Benjamin Ries was a panelist at the annual conference of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness in Edmonton, AB from November 4-6, 2019. This is his blog entry. Approximatel...

https://downtownlegalservices.ca/caeh19-report/