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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Overview and Next Steps for an Accessible and Inclusive Society
Presentation
by
Vangelis Nikias
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Project Manager
Introduction
In March of 2010, Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the first international human rights instrument of the 21st century.
CCD Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee of Finance
June 1, 2012
Regarding: Bill C-38 – An Act to implement certain provision of the Budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures
Presenter: Vangelis Nikias,
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Project Manager
CCD is pleased to have the opportunity to present to the Finance Committee and thanks the Committee for this invitation.
Rethinking Knowledge and Power: Reflections on the Disability Community in Canada (presentation)
Presentation to the Canadian Disability Studies Association/Association
Canadienne des Études sur L’Incapacité
Wilfrid Laurier University, Congress 2012
31 May 2012
Michael J. Prince
Rethinking Knowledge and Power: Reflections on the Disability Community in Canada
A panel presentation to the Canadian Disability Studies
Association/Association Canadienne des Études sur L'Incapacité
Wilfrid Laurier University
May 31, 2012
Sponsored by OISE/University of Toronto, the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, the Canadian Philosophical Association, and the Equity and Diversity Portfolio of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Congress 2012
Save the Date
Reserve 28 and 29 November 2012 on your calendar for End Exclusion. This public forum is an opportunity to engage with members of the disability community, researchers and Federal Government representatives about poverty and related issues of concern to people living with disabilities in Canada.
Jodhan Decision Advances Access to Web Sites for Persons with Vision Impairment
On 30 May 2012, the Federal Court of Appeal made public its decision in the case between the Attorney General of Canada and Donna Jodhan and the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians, intervener. Donna Jodhan, who has a vision impairment, discovered that Government of Canada web sites were inaccessible to her. For example, the web sites’ barriers prevented her from filling out job applications online. This violation of her rights prompted Ms. Jodhan to undertake legal action to remedy the barriers. Ms.
Chairperson's Update: May 2012
Ending of Life Ethics
Crusading for 24/7 Access
31 May 2012
For Immediate Release
The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national organization that works for an accessible and inclusive Canada, applauds the efforts of Donna Jodhan, who has waged a long, and often frustrating, legal battle against the Federal Government to convince it to make its web sites accessible to Canadians with vision impairments.
