Stay Cool, Stay Safe This Summer🌡️
Low-income seniors may qualify for an air conditioning unit through the City of Toronto.
🗓Applications are open April 7–21
👉Learn more and apply: www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
Please share with seniors who may be eligible
#TorontoSeniors #HeatSafety
Scams targeting seniors are on the rise.
ACE's NOT ALONE: Seniors' Scam Stories shares real experiences and legal information to help people recognize scams & respond quickly.
Watch & share: 👉 acelaw.ca/not-alone-se...
#ScamAlert #SeniorSafety #ScamAwareness #FraudPrevention
📣 We’re Hiring at ACE!
ACE is seeking a Litigation Lawyer to advance the rights of low-income seniors through client-centred, impact-driven advocacy and litigation.
If you’re passionate about access to justice and seniors’ rights, check out the posting
👉 www.acelaw.ca/about/join-o...
To complete the survey, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OCACSurveyEN or for French https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OCACSondageFR. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.
Accessibility in our courts starts with listening
Share your experience in the OCAC's Court Accessibility Survey & help shape better services for persons with disabilities: www.surveymonkey.com/r/OCACSurveyEN
#CourtAccessibility #OntarioCourts #AccessToJustice #DisabilityInclusion #ONJustice
Today, members of the Elder Justice Coalition are calling for the expansion of the coercive control offence to protect older adults from abuse by adult children and others in positions of trust.
It’s time the law reflected the realities of elder abuse.
Read our statement:
🚀Opportunity Alert
ACE is accepting RFPs for a Strategic Planning Consultant. If you’re passionate about seniors’ rights & strategic change-making, bring your vision & expertise!
📅Open until Nov 24 2025
➡️Details & how to apply: www.acelaw.ca/about/join-o...
#RFP #StrategicPlanning
🎥Now Available: The recording of ACE’s 2025 Special Lecture — A Lawyer’s Standard of Care to Vulnerable Older Clients: Recognizing and Preventing Exploitative and Abusive Property Transactions — is online!
📌Watch the video + access resources here: www.acelaw.ca/special-lect...
#LegalEthics
📰ACE IN THE NEWS: Woman blocked from visiting her elderly mother at a Toronto long-term care home speaks out
Jane Meadus: “Homes and even hospital staff definitely need more education on this topic...”
#Elderlaw #SeniorsRights #LTCRights
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/01/a...
Register for ACE’s Special Lecture 2025:
A Lawyer’s Standard of Care to Vulnerable Older Adults
📅Thurs, Sept 25, 2025 | 4:30–6:00 PM
📍Ontario Bar Association + Live Stream
🔗For InPerson: HTTPS://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/R/ACESL-INPERSON
🔗For Live Stream: HTTPS://WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/R/ACESL-LIVESTREAM
👏As members of the Toronto Heat Safety Coalition, we applaud this project to install A/C units for seniors. But more is needed.
🏘️The City must pass a maximum indoor temp by-law (26ºC) this year.
❗Another summer cannot go by without protecting tenants.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
📢ACE has made a formal submission to the Ministry of LTC opposing the amendment to establish a 3yr publication period of inspection reports published on-line. Transparency matters. Read our full submission here: acelaw.ca/wp-content/u... #onpoli #LTC #ElderRights #Accountability
🚨 LAST DAY TO APPLY! 🚨
Low-income seniors (65+) in Toronto can get a FREE portable A/C through the City’s pilot program.
📞 Call: 416-397-2220
💻 Apply online: toronto.ca/ACProgram
Don’t miss out—apply today! Please share w seniors.
#TorontoHeatSafety #SeniorsSupport
🚨 Attention Toronto seniors (65+)
Live in an apartment & have a low income? You may qualify for a FREE portable AC unit through City of Toronto’s new pilot program!
🗓️ Apply by June 6, 2025
📞 416-397-2220
🌐 toronto.ca/ACProgram
#Toronto #Seniors #ExtremeHeat #ACPilotProgram
🚨ACE has partnered w Sotos LLP to launch a class action against Financeit over predatory home loans targeting seniors & vulnerable homeowners through door-to-door sales
Victim? Learn more & sign up for updates: www.sotosclassactions.com/cases/financ...
#ConsumerProtection #ClassAction #Financeit
📢Toronto Public Library Presents: Transitioning from ODSP to OAS📢
Join the virtual session on navigating the shift from ODSP to Old Age Security (OAS). When to apply, how benefits change, & what supports are available.
🗓March 11, 2025
⏰12 – 1:30PM
🔗Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/transition...
📢Webinar Alert!📢
Join @EAPreventionON & @equifaxcanada for an essential discussion on Protecting & Restoring Your Identity & Credit! 🛡️💳
📅March 4th⏰ 1–2:30 PM (ET)
Learn about credit scores, consumer rights & fraud prevention.
🔗 Register now: eapon.ca/Webinar_Equi...
#FraudPrevention
📢 The City of Toronto wants your input! 🏙️✨
Are you a senior or older adult living in Toronto? Help shape the City’s 3rd Seniors’ Strategy! Share your thoughts on how Toronto can better support seniors at one of six in-person workshops—no registration needed!
#TorontoSeniors
📢Toronto Seniors, We Need Your Voice📢
The City of Toronto is shaping the next Toronto Seniors’ Strategy & wants your input.
📝 Take a 10-15 min survey to help improve programs & services for older adults. Available in multiple languages.
Online Survey🔗 cotsurvey.chkmkt.com?e=421077&d=l...
🚨 Attention Ontario Seniors 🚨
Scams using new gvnt energy rebate programs to target vulnerable homeowners. Learn how to spot fraud, protect yourself & access legitimate programs offering FREE energy upgrades!
Learn more at 🔗 www.acelaw.ca
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