Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Project
PLEAC has received funding from the Department of Justice for the Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Project. This initiative will help connect PLEI (Public Legal Education Information) organizations across Canada to make workplaces harassment free by providing complainants of workplace sexual harassment with access to legal advice when dealing with workplace sexual harassment, and by increasing public awareness and knowledge about sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC) – SHARE Project
- Website:
- https://www.hrlsc.on.ca/
- Email:
- mnoble@hrlsc.on.ca
- Main Contact:
- Mindy Noble
- Telephone:
- 416-597-4935
The SHARE project consists of a specialized team who provide free legal advice and public legal education information to individuals across Ontario who have experienced sexual harassment at work. The objective of this service is to help empower survivors by providing them with the legal advice they need to make an informed decision about what is best for them. The SHARE project seeks to reach workers in low-wage and precarious jobs, those who provide personal services or rely on tips, those in male-dominated industries, newcomers, youth, Indigenous, and racialized women, persons with disabilities and those who identify as LGBTQ2S+.
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Law Society of Nunavut
- Website:
- https://www.lawsociety.nu.ca/
- Email:
- ceo@lawsociety.nu.ca
- Main Contact:
- Nalini Vaddapalli
- Telephone:
- 867-979-2330
The project will address sexual harassment in the workplace in Nunavut, while also bringing attention to other forms of harassment and gender-based violence that are relevant to the context in Nunavut. The project will develop and deliver trauma-informed workshops in communities across the territory, implement a territory-wide public legal education and information campaign, and will make free legal advice and information accessible to potential complainants.
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Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
- Website:
- https://www.legalinfo.org/
- Email:
- makayla@legalinfo.org
- Main Contact:
- Makayla Jodrey
- Telephone:
- "SHW lawyer referral service: 1-833-407-3600 Legal Information Line: 1-800-665-9779"
The recipient will deliver public legal education and information and establish a lawyer referral program to provide independent free legal advice to people who have been sexually harassed in the workplace in the province of Nova Scotia. In addition, the organization will develop a national template of best practices to share with PLEI.
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Migrant Workers Centre BC Society
- Website:
- https://mwcbc.ca/
- Email:
- jeanne@mwcbc.ca
- Main Contact:
- Jeanne Robert
- Telephone:
- 604-669-4482
This project will increase access to justice for vulnerable newcomer communities in mainland British Columbia through legal advice, public legal education, community capacity building, and agency collaboration on workplace sexual harassment. The recipient’s staff will work out of its own offices and those of the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISS of BC) in Vancouver, Surrey, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, and Langley to provide legal advice, alongside their existing legal advocacy services and the settlement and employment support provided by ISS to individuals who have experienced workplace sexual harassment. Additionally, MWC will develop and produce plain language educational materials on: indicators of workplace sexual harassment; applicable laws in British Columbia; steps to assist a person who has experienced workplace sexual harassment; and, where to access legal advice and other supports.
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Mining Industry Human Resources Council
- Website:
- https://www.mihr.ca
- Email:
- lwoolcott@mihr.ca
- Main Contact:
- Leslie Woolcott
- Telephone:
- 613-270-9696
The project will support mining and exploration companies to increase their knowledge of, and address sexual harassment in the workplace. Public legal education and information on workplace sexual harassment will be developed and disseminated to employers, unions, and employees. Through industry collaboration, the project will build capacity to support strategic, sector-wide measures that help to reduce sexual harassment and, in turn, support a mining workplace that is safe, respectful, inclusive and welcoming for all staff.