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Don Valley Community Legal Services Don Valley Community Legal Services donvalleylegal.ca 1st Annual General Meeting We welcome you to view our progress in this first year and half of our Amalgamation Don Valley River : Our Acknowledgement that water connects us The Early Years – East Toronto Margaret McReynolds East Toronto Catchment Area- • Don River and Danforth Ave east to Victoria Park • Danforth and west of Don River to Lake Ontario • City Wards 14 and 19 Population (2016) = 216,340 The Early Years – Flemingdon Flemingdon Catchment Area • Yonge and York Mills – east to Don Mills • East side of Don Mills north to 401 and east to Victoria Park • South on West side of Victoria Park to Danforth Ave. • North side of Bloor/Yonge, across Danforth to Victoria Park 2016 Population for Wards 11, 12, 15 & 16 = 200,000 (approx.) Don Valley Catchment • Yonge and York Mills – east to Don Mills • Don Mills north to 401 and east to Victoria Park • South on West side of Victoria Park to Lake Ontario • Yonge/York Mills south to Danforth and west of Don River to Lake Ontario Our Catchment area - • Yonge and York Mills – east to Don Mills • Don Mills north to 401 and east to Victoria Park • South on West side of Victoria Park to Lake Ontario • Yonge/York Mills south to Danforth and west of Don River to Lake Ontario 2019-2020 Transitional Board of Directors Kirk Cooper Chair Cenobar Parker Vice Chair Meaghan Turner /Alanna Charles Treasurer Vanessa Rose Secretary Wendy Chadwick Director Carol Baker Director Prince Sibanda Director Geoff Kettel Director Nadjib Alamyar Director Shamsh Kara Director Jennifer L’Heureux Director Don Valley Community Legal Services is an accessible, non-for-profit, community based, poverty Mission Statement law clinic governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. • The purpose of our organization is to provide professional services with respect to: Legal Advice Legal Education Legal Representation Law Reform Advocacy • To individual and groups who meet our financial eligibility guidelines and live within our geographical area. We seek to be responsive to the diverse cultural mix of our catchment area. • We also provide public legal education, legal information and referrals. • We are committed to working collaboratively with other legal clinics, community agencies and community groups in ways that will empower our clientele and serve the legal welfare of the low income community. • We will endeavour to engage the community in the identification and assessment of its legal needs. January 2020 Strategic Goals 1 Organization 2 Operational Community 3 Development 1 ORGANIZATION GOALS • Policies and Manual Governance • Organization Chart • Finances and Pay Equity • Board /Staff Relationships and Communication Profile Strategies • Clinic Branding Community • Thorncliffe Hub/Gerrard Office move • Develop Community Working Relationships ORG. CHART Board Executive Director of Legal Director Operations Admin Community Housing Development Intake Income Employment Maintenance Immigration Clinic Profile Within the Community Thorncliffe Hub moving forward From left, Ahmed Hussein, executive director of The Neighbourhood Organization, and Jen Quinlan, CEO of the Flemingdon Health Centre, inside the future home of the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub at the East York Town Centre. - Joanna Lavoie/Torstar, November 12, 2019 2 OPERATIONAL GOALS • Integrated Reception and Client Intake System Intake • Scope of Practise and Case Guidelines for Service Teams with Integration with Intake Casework and CIMS • Develop and Implement Information Technology and increases effectiveness and Technology efficiencies in client service delivery Integrated Reception and Phone System Gerrard Office Thorncliffe Office 1320 Gerrard St. E M4L 3X1 1 Leaside Park Drive, Unit 1, (Gerrard/Greenwood) M4H 1R1 (Millwood/Overlea) (416) 441-1764 Crescent Town Club (not open during COVID restrictions) Address: 2A The Market Place (Victoria Park Ave. and Danforth) How to access us ? •Legal Advice - Telephone, (416) 441-1764, ext. 36, •Casework –by appointment •Affidavits and Notarial True Copies – by Appointment •Website: donvalleylegal.ca Scope of Practise • Summary Advice and Referrals • Eviction Prevention and Tenants Rights • Income Maintenance law • Immigration law • Employment Law Percentage of Cases by Area of Law April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 Total = 6190 calls 5 Primary Areas of Law Thorncliffe Office Gerrard Office Toronto East Employment Law Services TEELS - Collaboration with 5 Clinics Technology Integration •Working from Home •Purchase of Printers/Accessories •Zoom Capability 3 Community Development Goals • Casework Advocacy Priority Issues • Law Reform • Community Engagement • Coalitions and Cross Agency working Community Partners groups Working Relations • Community Awareness of clinic • Community Staff Resource Development item on Inventory – interests, team agendas skills, training • Engage staff in PLE’s & Advocacy/Law Reform • Encourage and offer ongoing training Priority Issues • Casework Advocacy • Law Reform • Community Engagement Legal Education Workshops Outreach, Resident Engagement Bill 184 – Residential Tenancies Community Services Committee - We listen to our Community Metrolinx and Ontario Line Tenants Rights and Renovictions University of Toronto Fellowship Project Immigration Concerns High Rise Development Community legal clinics are regulated by Legal Aid Ontario under the Legal Aid Services Act. We are committed to working collaboratively with other legal clinics, community agencies and community groups in ways that will empower our clientele and serve the legal welfare of the low income community. Working Collaboratively TEELS 2018 Focus Group 2019 Flemingdon Basketball Tournament Community Events Community Lunch with Councillor Fletcher 2019 Bike Hub and Community Event Some of our Community Partners Our Legal Partners ACLCO Working with our Politicians Better Living Seniors Fair DVCLS Launch Defend Disability Volunteer Awards Staff Volunteers - Past and Present • Community Members • Pro-bono Lawyers • Pro-bono Law Students • Articling Law Students • Foreign Trained Lawyers To our Members and Community We Thank You Music, Photo and Web Credits • Going Higher – https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music • A New Beginning - https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music • Happy Clappy –John Bartman https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtr ack_Music_Album_One , CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)Public Domain Dedication, • East Toronto Community Legal Services – Staff Photo Albums • Flemingdon Community Legal Services, Don Valley Community Legal Services, Community Event Photos – Catherine Manson & FCLS Staff Photo Albums • Photo of Margaret McReynolds – Willowdale Community Legal Services • Photo of John Argue - Falun Dafa - Minghui.orgen.minghui.org • May 18, 2011 | By Zhang Yun, Clearwisdom correspondent • Photo of Ahmed Hussain and Jennifer Quinlan – Credit to Joanna Lavoie/Torstar, November 12, 2019 • Community Lunch – Staff Councillor Fletcher’s Office. • Community Agency Logos – either from the agency or from their websites.