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Jewelles Smith Welcomed to CCD Staff
Today, Roxana Jahani Aval, Chairperson, and Shari Hildred, National Coordinator, announced that Jewelles Smith (jewelles@ccdonline.ca) has joined the staff of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) as the organization’s first Communications and Government Relations Coordinator. The Communications and Government Relations Coordinator is responsible for CCD’s related objectives in the general categories of monitoring, relationship management, communication and coordination.
Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2020: Video Now Available
On November 27, 2020, IRIS and Warriors Against Violence Society hosted an event for Victims & Survivors of Crime Week entitled: Access to Justice for Indigenous, Racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ people with disabilities. There were over 150 attendees!
Disability Rights Online
During the first two weeks of December, we have the opportunity to learn a lot about human rights, with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities falling on December 3rd and December 10th being International Human Rights Day. If the conversations that were begun on December 3rd and December 10th , sparked your interest in learning more about human rights, as viewed through a disability rights lens, you should check out the Disability Rights Online website. This website connects visitors with self-paced online training
Continuing to Develop Human Rights Capacity
During the first two weeks of December, we have the opportunity to learn a lot about human rights, with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities falling on December 3rd and December 10th being International Human Rights Day. If the conversations that were begun on December 3rd and December 10th , sparked your interest in learning more about human rights, as viewed through a disability rights lens, you should check out the Disability Rights Online website. This website connects visitors with self-paced online training
Claiming the right to housing and the rights of persons with disabilities to community inclusion
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), National Right to Housing Network (NHRN) and Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) are inviting you to join us for a webinar in honour of International Human Rights Day on: “Claiming the right to housing and the rights of persons with disabilities to community inclusion” via Zoom at 1pm ET on Thursday, December 10th.
December 3, 2020: "Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World"
On December 3, people with disabilities and our allies commemorate the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme for 2020 is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world. This is not some future task. The time is now.
In Canada, 24 percent of the population self-identify as having a disability, and many were already pushed to the margins before the pandemic.
December 3, 2020: Do Better Now Says the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)!
December 3, 2020 | For Immediate Release
On December 3, we commemorate the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme for 2020 is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world. This is not some future task. The time is now.
