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A Voice of Our Own: August 2010
Volume 28, Number 3
Premiers must put Canada's poor at top of agenda
For immediate release: August 5, 2010
Premiers must put Canada’s poor at top of agenda
Winnipeg – A sustainable stimulus to the economy requires Canada’s premiers to put the 4.4 million Canadians living in poverty at the top their agenda, a coalition of business, labour and community organizations said today.
Canadian Legal Literature Addressing Social and Economic Rights of People with Disabilities: An Annotated Bibliography
This annotated bibliography is part of a research project examining the possibilities and challenges of using various legal mechanisms to protect and promote the rights of Canadians with disabilities to social and economic security (i.e., to alleviate poverty and to promote equal substantive citizenship of people with disabilities). It is intended as a resource for academics, students, advocates, and community members interested in the role that law has played—and can play—in remedying poverty experienced by people with disabilities.
CCD Chairperson's Update: June 2010
This Update shares information about CCD's Annual General Meeting and some additional activities undertaken by CCD during the month of June.
Annual General Meeting 2010
Executive Committee--The Council elected a new Executive Committee. The newly constituted Committee consists of:
How Human Rights Legislation is Dealing with Serious Disabilities that Tend to Result in Social Judgment and Social Exclusion
Prepared for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities CURA "Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship" by Nathan Irving (LL.B. student, University of Manitoba), September 6, 2009
I. Introduction
This report was prepared as a backgrounder for a larger future research project that intends to explore the impact of the human rights principle of the "duty to accommodate" on persons with disabilities. It is one of five reports prepared for further research purposes.
Overview of Complaints under Human Rights Legislation Regarding Access to Services for Persons with Disabilities
Prepared for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities CURA "Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship" by Nathan Irving (LL.B. student, University of Manitoba), September 6, 2009
I. Introduction
This report was prepared as a backgrounder for a larger future research project that intends to explore the impact of the human rights principle of the "duty to accommodate" on persons with disabilities. It is one of five reports prepared for further research purposes.
An Overview of the Duty To Accommodate and Undue Hardship in Human Rights Jurisprudence
Prepared for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities CURA "Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship" by Nathan Irving (LL.B. student, University of Manitoba), September 6, 2009
I. Introduction
This report was prepared as a backgrounder for a larger future research project that intends to explore the impact of the human rights principle of the "duty to accommodate" on persons with disabilities. It is one of five reports prepared for further research purposes.
Disabling Poverty and Enabling Citizenship: Understanding the Poverty and Exclusion of Canadians with Disabilities
Researched and written by Cameron Crawford for the Community–University Research Alliance between the Council of Canadians with Disabilities and University of Victoria
Canadians with Disabilities: We Are Not Dead Yet
June 18, 2010
Dear Member of Parliament:
An Overview of the Comparator Group Analysis in Human Rights Jurisprudence
An Overview of the Comparator Group Analysis in Human Rights Jurisprudence
Prepared for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities CURA "Disabling Poverty/Enabling Citizenship" by Nathan Irving (LL.B. student, University of Manitoba), September 6, 2009
I. Introduction
This report was prepared as a backgrounder for a larger future research project that intends to explore the impact of the human rights principle of the "duty to accommodate" on persons with disabilities. It is one of five reports prepared for further research purposes.