We extend our thanks and appreciation for the support of the following funding sources.
Department of Justice
The law affects nearly every aspect of our lives every day. On the one hand, we have laws to deal with crimes such as robbery or murder and other threats and challenges to society. On the other hand, laws regulate common activities such as driving a car, renting an apartment, getting a job or getting married. Understanding the law, and the ideas and principles behind it, is every Canadian's business.
Laws are often thought of as commands, but they are more than that. A law balances individual rights with the obligations that people share as members of society. For example, when a law gives a person a legal right to drive, it may also restrict that right with traffic laws, and make it a duty for her or him to know how to drive.
Our legal system functions well when people both understand their legal rights and live up to their legal responsibilities. In fact, the basis of much of our law is common sense. But before we can create new laws or change old ones, we need to understand the basic principles of our legal heritage.
Ministry of Attorney General
The Ministry of the Attorney General is committed to equal access to justice for all Ontarians. We are working to ensure that people with disabilities can use and benefit from our services and programs equally and free from discrimination in keeping with the following principles:
- Respect for the dignity and independence of people with disabilities
- Equal opportunity for people with disabilities to access, use, and benefit from our services or programs
- Integration of people with disabilities with others, unless alternative ways of providing our service or program are necessary for equal opportunity.
Ministry Of Health & Long Term Care
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is working to establish a patient-focused, results-driven, integrated and sustainable publicly funded health system. Its plan for building a sustainable public health care system in Ontario is based on helping people stay healthy, delivering good care when people need it, and protecting the health system for future generations.
The Indigenous Healing & Wellness Strategy
The ministry promotes healthy Indigenous communities through the Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy.
The Strategy combines traditional and mainstream programs and services to help improve Indigenous health and reduce family violence.
These community-based programs and services are available to Indigenous people living on-reserve and in urban and rural communities.
The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) is a provincial Indigenous organization representing the collective interests of member Friendship Centres located in towns and cities across the province. Friendship Centres are not-for-profit corporations which are mandated to serve the needs of all Indigenous people regardless of legal definition, and are the primary service delivery agents for Indigenous people requiring culturally-sensitive and culturally-appropriate services in urban communities.
The vision of the Friendship Centre movement is to "improve the quality of life for Indigenous people living in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access to and participation in Canadian society and which respect Indigenous cultural distinctiveness".
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Helping to improve outcomes for children, youth, families and individuals who need support, and advancing the interests of women across Ontario.
