Resources & Templates

Check out these resources and templates for further learning and for supporting evidence to your submission.

Resources

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Advocacy and Media Strategy

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An overview of community oral hearing testimonies from right to housing organizations who participated in the first review panel.


How to use this tool: You can reference this document for context when preparing for your own written and oral testimony. This document contains the themes and arguments presented by organizations like: The Shift; Canadian Centre for Housing Rights; National Right to Housing Network / WNHHN, and more.

A guide to support organizations and rights claimants in incorporating human rights language in their written submissions to the review panel.


How to use this tool: You can refer to this guide as you are drafting written submissions to better infuse human rights language and framing. If you have not engaged with rights-based frameworks before, this can help you use human rights-based language to strengthen your arguments and recommendations. It also explains key terms, concepts, and principles of international human rights law.

If you are a tenant in Ontario, and need support in housing stabilization or legal services, you can access resources here: housingrightscanada.com/our-work/our-tenant-services
For a guide to understanding laws around accessibility of housing for tenants, you can access this resource from CCHR: housingrightscanada.com/resources/ontario-housing-law-101-accessible-housing
Advocating for yourself as a renter is complex, and this resource can help renters in Ontario know what to do, who to call, and what your rights are: housingrightscanada.com/resources/human-rights-rental-housing-ontario-self-advocacy-toolkit
This resource shares tips on creating a submission to the Federal Housing Advocate to document rights violations you or your community are facing: housingrightscanada.com/resources/making-a-submission-to-the-federal-housing-advocate-a-guide-for-tenant-leaders

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