This is an immigration story about a client, her dependent child and her disabled grandchild, who the client takes care of and supports in many ways. The client originally entered Canada in 1994. The client described a complicated Immigration history, including a failed sponsorship application, deportation, and multiple entries to… Continue Reading Success Story: Legal Clinic
Throughout the pandemic, many Unison clients began to experience additional hardships due to inflation, increased costs of living, and housing insecurity. The primary care teams were also seeing an increase in non-insured clients and newcomers with large families. Many of these individuals expressed concerns about food insecurity and being unable… Continue Reading Success Story: Primary Care Team
“A client from the GLA:D program called me, with much excitement in his voice, sharing that since completing the GLA:D program last year, he hasn’t been using the cane anymore. He said he has also been walking much better than he used to. He felt that the GLA:D program has changed his life because… Continue Reading Success Story: GLA:D Program
The past two years of the pandemic have been difficult for many of our clients on many fronts. Because of how and where Unison is situated in the Lawrence Heights community, the health promotion team has been developing long term relationships with many of our seniors living in the TCH… Continue Reading Success Story: Seniors Online Program
Ms. E. Glazer came to the Legal Clinic with a disability matter: her application for the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) had been denied. Saltanat Shunusheva, the Community Legal Worker at the Keele-Rogers legal clinic, helped Ms. Glazer to appeal the denial. Saltanat reviewed Ms. Glazer’s file, and requested additional… Continue Reading Success Story: Unison’s Legal Clinic
“John” had been a cook in his younger days and really loved creating new dishes. Over the last decade he found it difficult to keep a job because of his mental health. He has been living on social assistance now for quite some time and struggles to make ends meet.… Continue Reading Success Story: Healthy Eating on a Budget
Unison provides a full range of housing help and eviction prevention services for clients who have had difficulties securing appropriate, decent and affordable housing. For clients living in Toronto with low and fixed incomes, recent statistics indicate that they need to wait at least eight to 10 years for subsidized… Continue Reading Unison’s Housing Help Program
