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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.
Social Policy
14.3% of Canadians report having a disability. Canadians with disabilities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than other Canadians. They face exclusion from quality education, from employment and from participation in their communities. CCD's Social Policy Committee provides leadership on addressing the social and economic exclusion of persons with disabilities.
Recent Work
October 20, 2025
Public engagement on Ontario's poverty reduction strategy
Please see message from Ontario Minister Michael Parsa about Ontario's public consultation on poverty. Read more.
October 17, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes October 14 - October 17, 2025
News from the disability community. Read more.
More on Social Policy
October 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Arbitrary Relocation of Residents with Developmental Disabilities Due to Labour Dispute Violates Rights and Endangers Safety at Central West Specialized Developmental Services (CWSDS)
October 9, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes September 22 - October 6, 2025
October 9, 2025
From 'liability' to leader: Why lived expertise matters to our work for social change
March 17, 2025
Statement on the Passing of Ellen Cohen - Disability Community Mourns Her Loss Issued
January 13, 2025
CCD invites you to a Celebration of Life for Laurie Beachell
December 7, 2024
Remembering Laurie Beachell
End Exclusion supporters rally in support of an accessible and inclusive Canada.
November 1, 2007
From Vision to Action: Building An Inclusive and Accessible Canada: A National Action Plan
The National Action Plan presents a shared vision for an inclusive and accessible Canada. Read more.