Live Event Community$9B aid package aimed at students
$1250/month for months of May – August
$1750 if the student is taking care of someone or has a disability.
Working students earning less than $1,000 per month can apply
Payments will be made through CRA
“The benefit can be accessed by those in post-secondary school now, headed to post secondary school in September or anyone who graduated after December 2019.” – Toronto Star
CERB has been replaced by EI (if applicable), or CRB [Learn More]
Ottawa adds these people eligible for CERB now:
– People who Earn up to $1,000 a month.
– Seasonal Workers
– Those who have run out of EI (Employment Insurance)
The federal government launched the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) to help businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 crisis keep and rehire their employees. Find out who qualifies for this relief.
The outbreak of COVID-19 can be stressful for people. We know that fear and anxiety can be overwhelming. Get tips for coping with the ever changing reality that we are facing
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a number of overlapping and unprecedented challenges, impacting all parts of Canadian life: how we socialize, how we work, how we get our essentials, and how we maintain our overall health and well-being.
WellCan, brought to you by a community of partners, provides a hub for mental health resources and tools to help all Canadians maintain positive mental, physical, social and financial health during the COVID-19
pandemic.
To help Montrealers through these dark times, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is offering online art therapy lessons through its Facebook page.The activities will go up every Friday.
The MMFA is doing its best to keep us occupied during this surreal moment in history. It’s just one of a few institutions in the city that has moved its activities online so that residents can enjoy them from the comfort and safety of their own homes. In addition to free virtual tours, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is now offering at-home art therapy.
Each therapy activity is designed by MMFA Art Therapist Stephen Legari.
“The key is to focus on the pleasure of creating. Try not to judge or analyze what you’re doing — it’s about enjoying the process,” he explains.
“So, turn off the news, take some time for yourself, and relax.”
The first art therapy activity, posted to the museum Facebook page, asks participants to “think of someone you’d like to send some encouraging words to” and create a postcard using “inspiring materials as basic as a piece of paper and pencil.”
At-home artists are then instructed to “take a photo of the card with your phone and send it to the person virtually.”
Participants can share pictures of their work on social media with the hashtag #SpreadArtNotVirus.
Stronger Minds by BEACON is a free digital program, now available to all Canadians.
The 519 is committed to the health, happiness and full participation of the LGBTQ2S communities.
The 519 is expanding its Friendly Check-In Program during our building closure. The Friendly Check-In Program is:
The Friendly Check-In Program is not:
We want to stay in touch with you as best we can during the building closure, and want to make sure we can help you get the support you need.
If you are interested in participating in the Friendly Phone Program, please fill out this form.
For more information, please email palsconnect@the519.org or call front desk at 416-392-6874
No one is untouched by the current circumstances, but the impacts of COVID-19 will not be shared equally. Some of our neighbours have seen their jobs disappear. Part-time and temporary workers may be facing the impossible question of whether to pay for food or rent. They may have to visit a food bank for the first time ever. Those with mental health challenges will no doubt be triggered. Frontline workers supporting our most vulnerable will face increased demands and stresses.
That’s why we’ve created the Better Toronto Coalition to connect concerned residents directly with learnings from nonprofit leaders and help direct your support to where it’s needed most.
On Thursdays at 8:00am EST we’re connecting interested Torontonians to the front lines – virtually – so we can learn together. Register now for the next webinar on Thursday April 9 when we’ll discuss the pressing issue of women and safety during isolation. We’ll hear from Pamela Hart, Executive Director of Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto, Deepa Mattoo, Executive Director of Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic and Heather McGregor, CEO of YWCA Toronto. Please check your inbox or junk mail for your confirmation email.
One-stop-shop government resources in response to COVID-19, and where and how to access them