Will Ontario’s Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy Actually Reduce Human Trafficking?  

The Government of Ontario’s recent work to address human trafficking is laudable and noteworthy. There is a new anti-human trafficking strategy with funding attached, and the four pillars of the strategy (i.e., raising awareness, supporting survivors, holding offenders accountable, and preventing it from happening in the first place) seem pretty logical.  The strategy’s prevention pillar is focused mainly on children … Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Community Living Ontario calls on the province to act immediately on Ombudsman recommendations re: inappropriate hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities 

For Immediate Release//Toronto, Ontario, November 25, 2025 Today, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé released a new report on the inappropriate hospitalization of adults with developmental disabilities. The report contains harrowing stories of people living in hospital for years, where they were physically and chemically restrained, and where their health and quality of life declined precipitously.    “I am saddened but unfortunately not … Read More

Track the Movement – Fall 2025 (September – November)

What happened in September?  YAC Members Take the Stage at the Inspiring Possibilities Conference  On September 18th, four of CLO’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) members – Arshiaa Bhayana, Nathan T., Megan den Dekker, and Moira Robertson – presented ‘Truths of Institutionalization: Sincerely, Youth Trying to Stop History from Repeating Itself’ at the annual Community Living Ontario (CLO) Inspiring Possibilities Conference. … Read More

Employment Support Services in Ontario – Under pressure, Underperforming, Underwhelming 

Will anything change after more than five years of criticism? Community Living Ontario has published two reports on Ontario Progressive Conservative changes to employment programs (now called ‘Integrated Employment Services’) over the past few years. The reports were published in partnership with the Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN) under the banner of “Tangled in Red Tape,” and they offer a discouraging picture.    For those who aren’t up to speed: starting in 2019, the province gave up direct control over employment … Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Living in Poverty, Homeless and Being Lured into Crime and Human Trafficking – People with Intellectual Disabilities Falling Through the Cracks

For Immediate Release//Toronto, Ontario, November 12, 2025 “It’s not right this is happening!” “This is heartbreaking…”** These are the voices of Ontarians reacting to the escalating crisis in our province’s Developmental Services sector, a crisis that’s been decades in the making.  More than thirty years of chronic underinvestment have led to over 53,000 adults with intellectual disabilities waiting for essential supports and services. Some of our … Read More

Kids Not Ready for School, Schools Not Ready for Kids

Autism and Early Education in Ontario  Community Living Ontario’s Crisis in the Classroom report paints a disturbing picture of students with disabilities being isolated, physically restrained, and excluded from their community schools. The document highlights the ways in which schools are not meeting the needs of children and youth with developmental disabilities: too few educational and support staff, too little training to understand the learning and emotional needs … Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Community Living Ontario and Inclusion Canada Call for Urgent Action Amid Labour Dispute Impacting People with Disabilities

For Immediate Release//Toronto, Ontario, October 10, 2025 In light of the deteriorating labour situation across many agencies, Community Living Ontario and Inclusion Canada urge the Ontario government, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), to recognize that people with intellectual disabilities must never be treated as bargaining chips or collateral damage in … Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Community Living Ontario Celebrates 2025 Inspiring Possibilities Award Recipients

For Immediate Release//Toronto, Ontario, September 25, 2025  Four outstanding members of the Community Living movement were honoured during the annual Inspiring Possibilities AGM & Conference which occurred in London, Ontario, September 16-18, 2025.  Each year, Community Living Ontario (CLO) presents the Inspiring Possibilities Awards to showcase what people and groups can do to improve the lives of people who have an … Read More