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Empower U: Learn to Access Your Disability Rights Training on Canadian Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol (OP) training aims to increase awareness of how to address discrimination using more familiar Canadian human rights laws such as Human Rights Codes and the newer international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This is training for persons with disabilities by persons with disabilities. The training is part of a project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada and implemented by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) in collaboration with Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre Inc. (CMDCI), Citizens With Disabilities – Ontario (CWDO), Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) and National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS). Read more.
CCD Chairperson's Update - AGM Edition 2016
AGM Highlights
CCD's Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on June 11, 2016 in Winnipeg.
CCD Executive Committee – The National Council elected a new Executive Committee:
- Jewelles Smith, Chairperson;
- John Rae, First Vice Chair;
- Carlos Sosa, Second Vice Chair;
- Carmela Hutchison, Secretary;
- Kory Earle, Treasurer; and
- Melanie Benard, Member-at-Large.
New to Council – Melanie Benard and John Rae were elected to the Member-at-Large positions on Council.