Services

Our main focus is on income maintenance and housing issues. We may be able to assist with other matters including employment rights, human rights complaints, and Indigenous reparation applications.

Our branch offices are able to handle a more varied spectrum of service, which could include income tax, birth certificates, delayed registrations of birth, and complicated registrations under the Indian Act.

Our legal staff provide public legal education workshops and are involved in various community development and law reform projects.

Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4:30 pm.
Intake days for new matters in our Thunder Bay office are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday….etc.

Services Provided to the District of Thunder Bay

Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic has full-time offices in Geraldton, Marathon and Thunder Bay.

Legal workers travel regularly throughout the District of Thunder Bay to provide in-person service in smaller communities, including:

  • Armstrong
  • Aroland First Nation
  • Beardmore
  • Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation
  • Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation
  • Fort William First Nation
  • Ginoogaming First Nation
  • Lake Helen Reserve
  • Long Lake #58 First Nation
  • Long Lac
  • MacDiarmid
  • Manitouwadge
  • Nakina
  • Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg First Nation
  • Nipigon
  • Pawgwasheeng/Pays Plat First Nation
  • Red Rock
  • Schreiber
  • Terrace Bay
  • Whitesand First Nation

…and other communities in the District of Thunder Bay

The main areas of law that we deal with are:

Ontario Works (Welfare) Problems

  • Refusal or cancellation of benefits
  • Appeals regarding overpayments
  • General information and legal advice

Disability Pensions & Programs

  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  • Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability

Tenants’ Rights

  • Eviction Prevention
  • General information

Employment Insurance (EI)

  • Denial or cancellation of benefits
  • Overpayments

Additional Services

Awenen Niin Identification Program

The Awenen Niin ID program provides an ID Bank for clients of Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic to store their ID safely. The ID Bank is situated at our Thunder Bay office.

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Eviction Prevention Project

The Eviction Prevention Project focuses on housing loss prevention activities by supporting clients at imminent risk of homelessness before a crisis occurs.

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Tenant Duty Counsel

The Tenant Duty Counsel Program (TDCP) is a program of Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and is funded by Legal Aid Ontario.

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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Project

The Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (SHIW) Project, funded by the Department of Justice Canada until March 2027, provides legal information and advice on sexual harassment in the workplace.

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