Public Legal Education

HALCO staff organize, conduct and participate in public legal education events across Ontario and provide workshops on topics of interest to people with HIV as well as HIV/AIDS legal issues for the broader community.

Our public legal education activities include workshops and presentations at conferences, at AIDS service organizations across Ontario and in many other settings.

Please contact us to request a presentation, our participation in an event, or to order copies of our materials.

We also produce written public legal education materials – please visit Our Publications page for more information about our materials, including our HALCO news newsletter.

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HALCO Public Legal Education Presentations

Our presentation topics include:

  • HIV and the Law Overview
  • HIV Disclosure and the Law: Criminal and Public Health Issues
  • HIV and Immigration Law
  • HIV and Human Rights Law
  • HIV and Privacy Law
  • HIV and Employment Law
  • HIV and Private Insurance
  • Government Sources of Income for Individuals and Families
  • Ontario Disability Support Program Overview
  • Changes to Social Assistance/ODSP: what has been announced, what it might mean and what next
  • Ontario’s Drug Benefit Programs

We may provide presentations on other topics or we may be able to suggest other speakers.  For more information or to request a workshop, please contact us.