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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 Elects Two Members at Large on Council
I am pleased to report that the CCD Council has elected two new Members at Large to the National Council of Representatives: John Rae and Natalie Spagnuolo. John was an incumbent Member at Large. Natalie is new to the Council. It is great to have John continuing on the Council and Natalie, welcome to the team!
Thanks to the outgoing Member at Large on Council May Recollet-Goulais.
~ Jewelles Smith,
CCD Chairperson