The Co-operative of Community Specialty Legal Clinics of Ontario is part of the Transformation Project, which seeks to transform the way Clinics operate in order to improve services and reduce costs. A number of Ontario’s specialty community legal clinics along with the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario formed the co-operative, seeking to: - Promote information exchange and creativity; - facilitate additional training opportunities; - enhance impact through collaboration; - increase research capacity; - improve response to province-wide mandates; - increase the efficiency of administrative systems opportunities; - enable collective investment in improved information technology; - reduce overall costs; - ultimately offer more effective and innovative client services; and - raise collective voice for social justice. Although the co-operative is a collective body formed by union of efforts, all participating clinics have maintained their independency and incorporated status, and remain governed by their respective board of directors. The participating clinics: - Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO) http://www.aclco.org - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO) http://www.halco.org - Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) http://www.cela.ca - Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) http://incomesecurity.org - Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) http://www.acto.ca - Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) http://jfcy.org - Landlord’s Self-Help Centre (LSHC) http://landlordselfhelp.com - Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario (IAVGO) http://iavgo.org - ARCH Disability Law Centre http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca
