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. Approximately 1500 conference attendees from all levels of government, academia, social housing agencies, and the non-profit service sector gathered… Read More
Yearly Archives: 2019
Report from the 2019 Conference of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
November 8, 2019 – 2:30 pm
Are we really open for business when no one has a schedule?
July 30, 2019 – 11:52 am
By Sukhmani Virdi, Caseworker in Employment Law & Academic Appeal Division Are you trying to plan your life without knowing when to work, for how long and no real ability to turn down work? Are you bummed because your shift was canceled the night before?… Read More
Landlord’s “bed and breakfast” rental scheme defeated
May 8, 2019 – 12:11 pm
The DLS Housing Law Division has just completed four years of litigation to win back thousands of dollars that were illegally collected from three University of Toronto international students and then kept by their landlord, who still has not paid them back. If you’re a student renter, read on to… Read More
Demystifying the University Mandated Leave of Absence Policy
March 22, 2019 – 10:51 am
Thank you to 1L DLS volunteers Arjun Gandhi and Sara Bolourchian for putting together these questions to assist students in understanding the University Mandated Leave of Absence Policy. The information contained here is taken from the University Mandated Leave of Absence Policy. 1. What is the University Mandated Leave of Absence… Read More
Equal Pay for Equal Work
January 21, 2019 – 4:22 pm
By Lauren Wildgoose (Student in Employment Law Division)We don’t want employers to pay employees less because of something as arbitrary as their sex or their race. So why would we let them do it because they work part time? As it turns out, the recent changes to the Employment Standards… Read More