Niagara Community Legal Clinic

NCLC is an #a2j not-for-profit funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We provide poverty law servies in #Niagara. Views do not necessarily reflect those of Legal Aid.

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Ontario's #SHIWproject invites you to participate in #ParriagGroup #survey focused at gathering information to help improve #LegalAdvice services.
Your confidential input is so greatly appreciated

https://t.co/AHOUwDuI7F
#SHAPEYourworkplace #DOJ #SexualHarassmentintheWorkplace

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Noteworthy #SHIWRuling:
B.C. Doctor #SexualAssault conviction (2024) involving 1 patient/ 2 staff, & subsequent incarceration, receives penalty/ #BCPSC #Undertaking - a lifetime ban to practice medicine in all jurisdictions. https://t.co/OnWA6bPjdO
#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth

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Noteworthy #SHIWRulings:
BC #CollegeComplementaryHealthProfession has banned 2 #MassageTherapists. One criminally charged #SexualAssault & second admission #Misconduct. RULED surrender of license for extended periods
https://t.co/kdRHGIpllZ
#CTVNews (May)

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Thank-you #VeteransAffairsCanada for the acknowledgement and #Supports available to #Survivors of #MilitarySexualTrauma (MST).
For details re supports: https://t.co/1v22dcai6m

#DoNotSufferInSilence #WomenVeterans
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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As we begin our #Spring cleaning over this #VictoriaDay weekend, let's also #PullTheWeeds and #PlantRespect in the #Workplace.

#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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Noteworthy #SHIWRuling: Following 5-Day #Trial #ProvincialCourtBC found automotive shop manager #GUILTY #SexualAssault - 7 specific acts on young receptionist (2022)

#HRLAWCanada (Apr. 08. 26) https://t.co/mOB6RPXg07 R. v. T.S. 2026 BCPC 72 (#CanLII) #SHAPEYourWorkplace #DOJ

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For free confidential #LegalAdvise, please call 1-833-677-5146.
#SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth
#ShapeYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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#MentalHealthWeek is a reminder of the importance of #SocialConnections to foster healthier communities/ colleagues/ #workplaces and personal self.

#ConnectforMentalHealth #ComeTogetherCanada #GC
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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Noteworthy #SHIWRuling:
#WorkersCompensation #AppealsTribunal upheld RULING (2021) #EducationAssistant sustained psychological injury. The #SexualAssault by a #student during pool activity met definition of significant #work-related stressor. For details: https://t.co/jfWEWgw7Rn

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#NationalDayofMourning #TheresaVince #SearsCanada
#ShapeYourWorkplace #SHIWProject #DOJ

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On Tues. Apr. 28th 11am, please follow #CCOHS observance, #Moment of #Silence - to honour workers affected by #WorkplaceTragedies.

#SafetyNewCanada #CanadianCentreOccupationalHealthSafety
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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We thank #RecyCorbitt for her refusal to remain #Silent! Your story helped to contribute to future activism/ #CivilRights/ #MeTooMovements. #PromotingProtectingHumanRights #CharterAnniversary #SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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For 44 years, our Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms has played a fundamental role/ a critical #Legal #Instrument to ensure & advance #protections for #Canadians. If you have a question regarding a #SHIW matter, please call [phone].
#CharterDay #SHAPEYourWorkplace #DOJ

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Thank-you #DrWorkmanStark for your research on the #workplace behaviours that "hush" the problem of #SexualHarassment and for outlining how ALL #leaders can disrupt the #dynamics of #Silence. https://t.co/VQwF0hvmD8

#TheConversation (Apr.05.26)
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject

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Thank-you #CynthiaMathieu! Thank-you for celebrating managers who dare to create a truly #safeworkplace. The managers who have the courage & strength to address the #toxicbully/ individuals who use and abuse power. #InternationalPinkShirtDay
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ

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Noteworthy #SHIWRuling:
Following #GuiltyPlea, #SexualAssault, the #OntarioSuperiorCourtofJustice ordered bar owner to pay ~ $140K in damages (general/ aggravated/ punitive) to employee/ server (4 yrs)
#HRLawCanada (Feb. 5. 26)
https://t.co/45nzEfhX3x
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #D0J

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During #DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth we are reminded of the importance to avoid stereotyping people with #DeveopmentalDisabilties and to be mindful of this #vulnerable group as it ties to #SexualHarassment.

#NDDAM 2026 Theme:
"We're Here: Then, Now, Always"

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Noteworthy #SHIWRuling: Ontario #DisciplineTribunal found #Chiropodist #guilty of #SexualAbuse & #DishonourableConduct. Evidence included comments of a sexual nature during treatment & lying how the #Complaint would be handled.

https://t.co/qyBRXRRi8C
2026 ONCPDT 1 (CanLII)

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To promote #IWD (2026), #SHIW (Sexual Harassment in the Workplace) Project representative #DarleneKindiak has a One-to-One conversation with Miss North America, #AshleyBorzellino on working in
#MaleDominatedIndustries.

Please check the Full Interview:
https://t.co/XQG1hFPbJb

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#InternationalWomensDay #Journéeinternationaledesfemmes
#SHAPEYourWorkplace #SHIWproject #DOJ