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December 10th is designated as International Human Rights Day, and I thought it would be a good time to update on where civil society is at with regard to the upcoming United Nations Universal Periodic Review. These past couple of years have been busy times for those of us who work towards full implementation of international human rights treaties! Between 2015 and 2017, Canada submitted reports to a number of the UN Committees and their related Conventions.

The Alliance is very happy to be hosting its third Twitter chat this Wednesday, December 6th from 4:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. E.S.T. Dr. Michael J. Prince is our special guest for the hour-long chat! Dr. Prince is the Lansdowne professor of Social Policy at the University of Victoria and a disability rights advocate!   

To participate in the chat please go to Twitter and search for #AllianceChat and you can join through there.   

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and part of the 16 Days to End Violence Against Women Campaign in Canada. As the Chair of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), I have had an exciting and busy year.

On November 28, the Council for Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) will be at the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in a case called Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Attorney General of Canada. ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH) is representing the CCD in this case.

What is this case about?

I am pleased to report that the CCD Council has elected two new officers to the Executive Committee: Pat Danforth as 2nd Vice Chair and Kathleen Thompson as Treasurer. 

Pat and Kathleen, welcome to the Executive team! 

The Executive Committee includes:

The Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada is very happy to be hosting its second Twitter chat this Wednesday, November 22nd from 4:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. EST.   This Chat will be in English.

We will be discussing Accessible and Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities and we are very excited to have Mr. Roger P. Gervais as our special guest for the hour-long chat!

MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release    |    November 17, 2017

DISABILITY GROUP TO CALL FOR REPEAL OF DISCRIMINATORY PROVISION IN CANADA’S IMMIGRATION ACT

When: Monday, November 20, 2017
Place: Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
            Room 415, 197 Sparks Street
Time: 6:30 pm

Joëlle Pastora Sala

On 4 October 2017, Byron Williams and Joëlle Pastora Sala from the Public Interest Law Centre ("PILC") appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”), along with pro bono counsel Alyssa Mariani of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (“TDS”), on behalf of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities ("CCD") in the matter of Delta Airlines Inc. v Gábor Lukács. Sacha Paul of TDS was also an integral part of the team who worked on this case.

On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST the Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada (@TheAllianceCA) will begin its first Twitter Chat series, #AllianceChat.

Dr. Michael J. Prince (@princepolity) will be answering the Alliance’s questions about employment, people with disabilities and the proposed federal accessibility legislation.  To participate in the Chat, go to Twitter and search for #AllianceChat and you can join the Chat there.  This Chat will be in English.

August 22, 2017 - Join us for a first-ever online disability expert conference: “What Should Canada's Promised National Accessibility Law Include?” convened by the Alliance for an Inclusive and Accessible Canada.*

The conference will be chaired by David Lepofsky, who is a renowned lawyer, disability rights advo-cate/community organizer, and will be attended by Canada's first Minister Responsible for People with Disabilities, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, as well as an amazing array of experts speaking to us from Canada, the U.S. Israel and Switzerland.