Legal Health Checks - Canadian Bar Association

How is Your Legal Health? The goal of the Legal Health Checks is to encourage people to recognize legal problems early, and to take action when problems are identified. For lawyers, these materials are a way to start conversations with people about the law, how to get legal help and how to work effectively with a lawyer. Topics include:

• General legal advice
• Money matters
• Relationships, separation and divorce
• Youth
• Seniors
• Business and Employment

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Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)

The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is a National Indigenous Organization representing the political voice of Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis and Inuit. NWAC works on a variety of issues such as employment, labour and business, health, violence prevention and safety, justice and human rights, environment, early learning childcare and international affairs.

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2019 Voting Guide for Indigenous Women, Two-spirit, and LGBTQQIA Voters

2019 Voting Guide for Indigenous Women, Two-spirit, and LGBTQQIA Voters was created by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) with support from Elections Canada. The voting guide takes Indigenous women and gender-diverse people through a step-by-step process:

• how to register to vote
• how to vote if you are a student
• how to prove your identity and address
• what types of identification items you can use to prove your identity and address
• how to vote at the advance polls, by mail or on election day
• what to expect at the polling station

Along with a list of the political parties, the guide offers a number of tips on how to decide whom to vote for (for example, think about the issues you care about and look at how the different parties address those issues) and provides a section on how Canada’s political system works.

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What you need to know about defered payment plans in Alberta
A deferred payment plan happens when arrangements are made for a debt to go unpaid until sometime in the future. This publication provieds an overview of the ins and outs of a deferred payment plan and what it means to the consumer.

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Short-term Rentals (AirBnB, VRBO, HomeAway and Flipkey)

Both the City of Edmonton and City of Calgary have passed bylaws about the licencing of short-term rentals. The City of Edmonton’s bylaw about short-term rentals is already in effect. The City of Calgary’s bylaw about short-term rentals will come into effect on February 1, 2020.

This page provides information on short-term rentals in Edmonton only. Information about short-term rentals in Calgary will be added to this page. If you have a question about short-term rentals outside of Edmonton, contact your local municipality.

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Neighbourhood Handbook: "A Do It Yourself Guide to Resolving Conflicts With Your Neighbour".

This handbook was developed by the Edmonton based Mediation and Restorative Justice Centre. The Centre is a not-for-profit organization devoted to building safer and more peaceful communities.The handbook strives to provide you with constructive ideas for discussing these situations with your neighbour in a way that is easy for them to hear and will ensure a positive result.

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Bike and electric scooter sharing in Edmonton

Sharing services for bicycles, e-bicycles and e-scooters are now available in Edmonton. This City of Edmonton webpage provides information on where use is allowed and what the parking requirements are.

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Snakes and Ladders - Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

This activity sheet is a twist on the classic children’s game that helps players learn how to make smart privacy choices by climbing up a ladder when they make a good decision or sliding down a snake because they have shared a password with a friend, for example.

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Edmonton Violence Prevention Centre

The Centre provides group treatment, counselling, advocacy, and education to reduce the incidents of family violence and increase awareness and understanding of family violence and its impact.

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Lloydminster Legal Clinic

The Lloydminster Legal Clinic is run out of the Red Deer Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic offices They service all of Central Alberta as well as Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray and Lloydminster with the assistance of our partner agencies. For more information and to see if you qualify for an appointment with a lawyer please call 587-789-0727

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