Contents
Access 
Section 508 Best Practices Webinar: Demystifying the Procurement Process (March 26) 
DOT Issues NPRM to Expand Protections for Airline Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs 
REMINDER: U.S. Access Board Webinar: Employee Work Areas and Break Rooms (March 7) 
U.S. Access Board to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles 
Newsletters 
EASPD Newsletter 
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition 
Seniors for Social Action 
Senate of Canada Newsletter 
InfoVanier (February 2024) 
Opportunities 
Fill out Access to Justice Survey and share with your networks 
GIC Selection Process (President, CBC/Radio-Canada) 
Read the latest Update from Global Leadership Exchange 
Indigenous Disability Canada's 2024 Indigenous Disability and Wellness Gathering #DisabilityCanada #IndigenousDisabilityCanada #IDAM2024 
Save the Dates - World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 – Abu Dhabi, UAE

Access

Section 508 Best Practices Webinar: Demystifying the Procurement Process (March 26)

Click on the following link to access the information online: Demystifying the Procurement Process (accessibilityonline.org)

DOT Issues NPRM to Expand Protections for Airline Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs

Click on the following link to access the information online: U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Expand Protections for Airline Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs (access-board.gov)

REMINDER: U.S. Access Board Webinar: Employee Work Areas and Break Rooms (March 7)

Click on the following link to access the information online: Employee Work Areas and Break Rooms (accessibilityonline.org)

U.S. Access Board to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles

Click on the following link to access the information online: U.S. Access Board to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles (access-board.gov)

Newsletters

EASPD Newsletter

Click on the following link to access the information online: EASPD's upcoming events on funding

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Click on the following link to access the information online: Pfizer is donating to Canada's euthanasia lobby. (mailchi.mp)

Click on the following link to access the information online: Euthanasia for mental illness should be scrapped. (mailchi.mp)

Click on the following link to access the information online: EPC Press Conference and Rally today. (mailchi.mp)

Click on the following link to access the information online: 24 years ago, Jeanette Hall had terminal cancer and wanted assisted suicide. (mailchi.mp)

Seniors for Social Action

Click on the following link to access the newsletter online: A Message from the South East Grey Community Health Center (mailchi.mp)

Senate of Canada Newsletter

Click on the following link to access the information online: Committee tackles anti-Black racism | Un comité s’attaque au racisme anti-Noirs (campaigner.com)

InfoVanier (February 2024)

Click on the following link to access the information online: InfoVanier (February 2024 / février 2024) (mailchi.mp)

Opportunities

Fill out Access to Justice Survey and share with your networks

ARCH Disability Law Centre is leading a research project to better understand the experiences that people with disabilities have while using federal programs, courts, and tribunals in Canada. We want to understand barriers that make it more difficult to use federal programs, courts and tribunals. We also want to understand what makes federal programs, courts and tribunals more inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities.

The results from this research will be included in a report that ARCH is writing for Accessibility Standards Canada. In the future, this report might be used to help inform new federal accessibility standards. 

ARCH is a specialty legal clinic. ARCH has worked in disability rights law for over 40 years. More information about ARCH is on our website: www.archdisabilitylaw.ca

Fill out the Access to Justice Survey:

We invite people with disabilities to participate in this research by completing a survey. Family members, caregivers and people who work with and support people with disabilities can also fill out the survey.

The survey is available here: https://surveys.mcgill.ca/ls3/834455?lang=en

The survey will take about 10 minutes to fill out. It asks about barriers that individuals with disabilities may have experienced while using federal programs, courts, or tribunals.

This survey is being conducted by our research partners at McGill University, led by Dr. Keiko Shikako.
We have made this survey as accessible as possible.

If you have any problems accessing this survey or need to access this survey in an alternative format, please email Dr. Mehrnoosh Movahed, Researcher at McGill University, at: mehrnoosh.movahed@mcgill.ca

Share the Access to Justice Survey:

Please share this information and the survey with your networks so that we can learn from as many people as possible.

We truly appreciate your participation and your contribution to this research.

If you have any general questions about this research, please contact Elsie Tellier, Staff Lawyer ARCH Disability Law Centre at: elsie.tellier@arch.clcj.ca

GIC Selection Process (President, CBC/Radio-Canada)

The Independent Advisory Committee for Appointments to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors has launched a selection process to find the next President of CBC/Radio-Canada.

The Independent Advisory Committee is guided by published, merit-based criteria to recommend Canadians who can lead CBC/Radio-Canada into its next chapter. The Committee has been given the mandate to provide a list of high-quality, recommended candidates to the Minister of Canadian Heritage that both reflect Canada’s diversity and can lead at a critical time of modernization.

Interested candidates are invited to apply online by April 12, 2024.
Thank you,
Governance Directorate, Portfolio Affairs Office
Department of Canadian Heritage

Read the latest Update from Global Leadership Exchange

Click on the following link to access the information online: Read the latest Update from Global Leadership Exchange (mailchi.mp)

Indigenous Disability Canada's 2024 Indigenous Disability and Wellness Gathering #DisabilityCanada #IndigenousDisabilityCanada #IDAM2024

Dear friends, colleagues, and partners, I hope this finds you well.

In November 2024, in Victoria, British Columbia during the 10th anniversary of Indigenous Disability Awareness Month being first proclaimed/recognized in Canada, Indigenous Disability Canada / British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (IDC/BCANDS) will hold our bi-annual Indigenous Disability and Wellness Gathering. Home | Indigenous Disability & Wellness Gathering (indigenousdisabilitygathering.com)

The 2022 Gathering was an overwhelming success with over 350 attending, and we are anticipating that the 2024 Gathering will bring together 500 representatives from Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments, leadership, service providers, community members, and others from across Canada, to learn, connect, and collaborate in addressing the unique barriers Indigenous Peoples with disabilities face.

Together, through the 2024 Gathering, we will continue to take the necessary steps to dismantle historical and current barriers and the attitudes and perceptions that negatively impact Indigenous Peoples living with disabilities.

I have attached a link to the Gathering in this email, as well as our 2024 Sponsorship Package, Delegate/Vendor Registration Form, and posters of the Gathering and the 10 anniversary of Indigenous Disability Awareness Month.

We hope you will consider attending or being a Sponsor of this great event.

Thank you for your time and attention, please share the information widely!

Neil Belanger
Chief Executive Officer 
Indigenous Disability Canada (IDC) /
B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)
Victoria Office
#6 - 1610 Island Highway
Victoria, British Columbia - Canada - V9B 1H8
Ottawa Office
130 Albert Street – Suite 1103
Ottawa, Ontario – Canada - K1P 5G4
Telephone: (250) 381 - 7303 ext. 208
Toll Free: 1-888-815-5511
Fax: (250) 381 - 7312
email: exdir@bcands.bc.ca
www.bcands.bc.ca

Save the Dates - World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 – Abu Dhabi, UAE

On behalf of our host and our valuable RI Member, Zayed Higher Organization - I am pleased to invite you all to the World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 will take place on September 23 to 25, 2024, in the vibrant city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - under the patronage of His Royal Highness Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The WCR 2024 is three-day program being jointly organized by Rehabilitation International (RI) & International Social Security Association (ISSA) and hosted by Zayed Higher Organization (ZHO) in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) the multi-award-winning venue, that has hosted some of the world’s leading events in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The overall theme of our World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 is “Work &Employment”. Our goal is to address the challenges and barriers that people with disabilities face on the job market as well as to build awareness of the broad array of career opportunities available to persons with disabilities worldwide. Driven by our strong belief in human potential and equality “Embracing Inclusion” is the slogan that we choose for our World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024.

Over three days, participants can look forward to an exciting and inspiring mix of professional presentations (Key Notes, Plenary Sessions, Master Classes, Posters, Workshops etc.), practical examples, guided tours, study visits, cultural events and much more.

For more information on how to registrar please visit the WCR 2024 website by clicking the link below:
https://wcri2024ad.com/

The Call for Abstracts is now open, for more information on how to submit your abstracts please click the link below:
https://wcri2024ad.com/abstract-submission/

Kindly note that the final deadline for submitting your abstracts is: April 25th, 2024.

The World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 is a unique opportunity to support and build networks and to cooperate on long term activities which may inspire national and international rehabilitation agendas. That’s the reason we see this World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 as one of the most important events for the international disability community.

Mark your calendars for September 22 – 25, 2024, and we are looking forward to welcoming you all to attend our World Congress on Rehabilitation 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or our host at their email address: info@wcri2024ad.com

Please spread the word with your network and invite them also to attend our WRC 2024.

Warm Regards and so looking forward to meeting you all in Abu Dhabi this September.
Teuta Rexhepi
Secretary General
Rehabilitation International