Contents
Access
U.S. Access Board Webinar: Emergency Transportable Housing (December 7)
Government of Canada
A New Online Tool to Get Feedback on the Regulations for the Canada Disability Benefit
Newsletters
Brain Injury Canada Newsletter
Cooperation Canada
Disability Alliance BC | Transition Magazine
EASPD Newsletter
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Seniors for Social Action
Webinars
The Munk School | Hybrid Event: How to do Diplomacy with Autocrats | Nov 21 at 2PM ET
Disability Without Poverty | Webinar to Celebrate IDPD 2023
Disability Innovation Live: Mobile as AT, exploring community health literacy
Disability Innovation Lectures: Meeting Peoples’ Primary Needs Now and in the Future
Global Venture Showcase: The AccessAbility Innovation Challenge – Global Disability Innovation Hub
Celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities with Toronto Public Library and the City of Toronto
Invitation to attend online event and report launch on 28/11 - Social protection in the Gulf countries: what rights can migrant workers access in practice?

Access

U.S. Access Board Webinar: Emergency Transportable Housing (December 7)

Click on the following link to access the information online: Emergency Transportable Housing (accessibilityonline.org)

Government of Canada

A New Online Tool to Get Feedback on the Regulations for the Canada Disability Benefit

The consultation will be open until December 21st.

Click on the following link to the announcement: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2023/11/canadians-invited-to-help-design-the-new-canada-disability-benefit.html

Click on the following link to ways to provide feedback to the CDB online engagement: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/disabilities-benefits/consultation-canada-disability-benefit-regulations.html

Newsletters

Brain Injury Canada Newsletter

Click on the following link to access the information online: Share your feedback on emergency alerts (mailchi.mp)

Cooperation Canada

Click on the following link to access the information online: Member Insights | Aperçu des membres (mailchi.mp)

Disability Alliance BC | Transition Magazine

Click on the following link to access the information online: TransitionFallWinter23_Travel.pdf (disabilityalliancebc.org)

EASPD Newsletter

Click on the following link to access the information online: EASPD Newsletter

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Click on the following link to access the information online: Irish and American doctors oppose assisted suicide. (mailchi.mp)

Seniors for Social Action

Click on the following link to access the information online: EDITORIAL - AUSTRALIA GETS IT RIGHT ON HOME CARE (mailchi.mp)

Webinars

The Munk School | Hybrid Event: How to do Diplomacy with Autocrats | Nov 21 at 2PM ET

Click on the following link to access the information online:How to do Diplomacy with Autocrats | The Munk School (utoronto.ca)

Disability Without Poverty | Webinar to Celebrate IDPD 2023

Click on the following link to access the information online: Webinar to celebrate IDPD 2023 / Webinaire pour fêter JIPH 2023 (hs-sites.com)

Disability Innovation Live: Mobile as AT, exploring community health literacy

Click on the following link to access the information online: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Disability Innovation Lectures: Meeting Peoples’ Primary Needs Now and in the Future

Click on the following link to access the information online: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Global Venture Showcase: The AccessAbility Innovation Challenge – Global Disability Innovation Hub

Click on the following link to access the information online: Global Venture Showcase: the AccessAbility Innovation Challenge - Global Disability Innovation Hub

Celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities with Toronto Public Library and the City of Toronto

To commemorate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Toronto Public Library and the City of Toronto are hosting a hybrid event, “Creating an Accessible Future: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities,” on Thursday, November 30.

We invite you to join us virtually or in-person to hear from our distinguished panelists on their vital work in digital and physical accessibility.

Event Description

This panel discussion will focus on how accessibility in our digital and built environment can shape a more inclusive future that improves the social, psychological and economic well-being of persons with disabilities.

Registration is required, see below.

Panelists

Anika Abdullah, Accessibility Specialist, Parkin Architects Limited
Alicia Jarvis, Senior Product Manager, Accessibility Portfolio at Bell Canada
Joanne Pak, Accessibility Media Specialist

Details

Date:

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Time:

9:30 to 11:30 am (virtual session via Webex; register here)
9:30 am to 12 pm (in-person session, including reception at Metro Hall, 55 John St. 3rd Floor Event Space; register here – space is limited)

Please feel free to share this message with your networks.

Here is a post on LinkedIn that can be liked and shared: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7128744627272105984

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks,

Winona
Accessibility Services
Toronto Public Library
accessibleservices@tpl.ca
416 393 7099
tpl.ca/accessibility

Invitation to attend online event and report launch on 28/11 - Social protection in the Gulf countries: what rights can migrant workers access in practice?

Tuesday 28 November 2023

13:00 – 14:15 (GMT); 14:00 – 15:15 (CET); 17:00 – 18:15 (GST)

Online event

ILO Regional Office for Arab States is launching a comprehensive ILO report on migrant workers’ access to social protection across the GCC countries:

Social protection for migrant workers in countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC):

A regional mapping of provisions on paper and in practice – prepared by ILO, ODI and IOM.

The online event is organized in collaboration with ODI and will take place on Tuesday 28 November, 13:00– 14:15 (GMT)/ 14:00-15:15 (CET). Find out more and register your place here.

The event will convene a high-level panel of experts working on migrant rights in the GCC, to share knowledge on critical policy reforms and advocacy efforts in this space.

Speakers (alphabetical order):
Christy Lowe (Chair) Research Associate specialising in Social Protection, ODI
Jessica Hagen-Zanker Senior Research Fellow (Migration), ODI
Lea Bou Khater Social Protection Technical Officer, ILO
Luca Pellerano Senior Social Protection Specialist, ILO
Patricia Barandun Head of Section Migration and Forced Displacement, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Shabib Abdullah Al-Busaidi Social Protection Advisor, Government of Oman
Shahra Razavi Director of the Social Protection Department, ILO
Steffen Hertog Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, LSE
Tanja Dedovic Regional Thematic Specialist on Labor Mobility and Human Development, IOM
Vani Saraswathi Editor-at-Large and Director of Projects at Migrants' Rights Network
Zahra Babar Associate Director for Research at CIRS at Georgetown University in Qatar.

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