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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.
Federal Elections
Every Federal Election, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) presents disability issues to candidates and political parties. CCD challenges them to support the equality of persons with disabilities. CCD also challenges parties and candidates to run accessible campaigns so that Canadians with disabilities have the opportunity to participate in all campaign activities. In addition, CCD has worked with Elections Canada to improve the accessibility of voting in Federal elections.
Recent Work
November 6, 2020
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) Applauds PM?s Direction to Minister Qualtrough
For many years, CCD has been supporting the introduction of a disability lens and it is welcome news that the Federal Government is beginning to embrace this concept as is signaled by the Prime Minister’s direction to “Conduct a comprehensive review to ensure a consistent approach to disability inclusion and supports across government that addresses the unfairness and inequities in government programs and services, and challenges the biases built into government processes. This includes a definition of disability consistent with the Accessible Canada Act.” Read more.
October 13, 2015
Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship - Canada's Federal Parties Have Their Say
CCD asked the Federal Parties to share with Canadians where, if elected, they would expand the Federal Government's leadership role with respect to poverty alleviation, the CRPD and access for persons with disabilities, so that we could make this information known to Canadian voters. "I encourage everyone to think about these responses before they cast their ballot and to vote for the Party that they believe has the best plans for improving access and inclusion for persons with disabilities, urges Tony Dolan, CCD Chairperson. "Accessibility and inclusion benefit all Canadians." Read more.
September 29, 2015
We'll Be Voting for An Accessible Canada
When Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), it committed to progressively improving accessibility (Article 9). The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) has challenged the leaders of Canada's federal political parties to implement the CRPD and to share their plans for improving accessibility. Read more.
More on Federal Elections
September 15, 2015
Canadians with Disabilities: Getting Beyond Being a Population in Waiting
September 10, 2015
Refundable DTC Campaign - #DTCforAll
September 9, 2015
Federal Legislation to Implement UN Disability Rights Convention: Nothing About Us Without Us
September 1, 2015
Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship - Where Do Federal Party Leaders Stand?
August 31, 2015
Questions for You to Ask Federal Election Candidates (Access, Inclusion and Participation)
August 31, 2015
Questions for You to Ask Federal Election Candidates (CRPD)
Marie White, a former Chairperson of CCD, addresses anti-poverty rally.