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18 Jul 2025
The Law, Disability & Social Change Project research centre is pleased to share our 2023 – 2024 annual report. Please click the link below to view. lawdisabilitysocialchange.co…
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20 May 2025
Truly thrilled for this upcoming webinar on disabled youth advocacy with four amazing panellists, and excited that @ItsCarlyFox is collaborating with us at @LawDisabilitySC ! Friday, May 23 at noon EDT. More info below.
14 May 2025
Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu
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14 May 2025
Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu
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18 Mar 2024
UN rapporteur Laverne Jacobs highlights that the UK government's benefits assessments process has led to around 600 deaths in the last 3 years #CRPD24
What answer does the government have to that?
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20 Jan 2025
Call for Abstracts
The Disability Rights Working Group @BerkeleyLaw Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCE) welcomes abstracts for an online seminar on faculty staff disability-related policies.
View submission info here: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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4 Dec 2024
The United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated December 3rd with the theme- Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future. #IDPD2024 #PWD #DisabilityDay #HumanRights #Equality
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20 Sep 2024
Check out Professor Laverne Jacobs UNCRPD Member 2023 Newsletter on the @LawDisabilitySC website for an overview of @LavJacobs's activities during the 28th and 29th sessions of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva: bit.ly/4eydOM2 #CRPD
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19 Sep 2024
September is National Guide Dog Awareness Month, celebrating the significant role that guide dogs, & their volunteers play in fostering inclusive communities for #PWDs. Discover how society can help create a supportive environment for these partnerships: bit.ly/3TWQ0tp
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18 Sep 2024
BC Gov't announces #PWD receiving provincial disability assistance can keep full amount of the new #CanadaDisabilityBenefit. @Disability_WP says it's a step in the right direction but more work is needed to lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty: bit.ly/4e1vfVh
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17 Sep 2024
The Market Basket Measure sets the official poverty line in Canada but fails to consider the extra costs of living for #PWD. Measuring poverty accurately is essential to guiding gov't policy & developing programs that ensure #PWD get the support they need. bit.ly/4dSdDew
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17 Sep 2024
Check out @LawDisabilitySC's Human Rights and Disability Case Summaries at bit.ly/3Xxn7Vo These include summaries of select decisions from #HumanRightsTribunals in ON, BC, AB, and the CHRT rendered during July & August, 2024. *Not intended as advice* #PWD #HumanRights
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17 Sep 2024
New #AI software developed by @adahealth aims to address barriers that many #PWD experience when accessing medical care & trying to receive a diagnosis, such as long wait times, a lack of #accessibility, & discrimination. Read more here: bit.ly/3XCPoeD
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16 Sep 2024
“Women with Disabilities Stigma Inventory,” is a survey tool published by @UN_Women & @UNDP used to collect data about the experiences of women & girls with disabilities globally in relation to stigma, discrimination, & gender-based violence. Learn more: bit.ly/3TiT7vi
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10 Sep 2024
BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner’s #ReWriteTheRules campaign, invites the disability community & allies to unpack how unwritten rules about disability may inspire #inclusion or emphasize spaces, systems, & attitudes that create #barriers for #PWD.
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10 Sep 2024
Click the link below to access the campaign’s interactive flashcards, videos, and additional resources to learn more about the disability community and the efforts of those advocating for justice: bchumanrights.ca/key-issues/…
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9 Sep 2024
Isaiah Kioiloglou, part of @iocyoungleaders, aims to create employment opportunities for women with disabilities through goalball, a sport featured in the #Paralympics2024, & through her project ‘Cycle of Femmability.’ Learn more about the project here: bit.ly/4dRY06y
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#CRPD31 ✅The CRPD Committee has concluded its 31st session with reviews of 9 States. Concluding Observations for Belarus 🇧🇾, Belgium 🇧🇪, Benin 🇧🇯, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Denmark 🇩🇰, Ghana 🇬🇭, Mauritius 🇲🇺, Netherlands 🇳🇱, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 will be published soon: internationaldisabilityallia…
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5 Sep 2024
September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month, with the 9th designated as International #FASDAwareness Day, established in 1999 to raise awareness, improve diagnosis, and enhance support, as reflected in this year's theme: "Everyone Plays a Part."
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5 Sep 2024
Take a look at @CanFASD’s interactive page to see how you can play a role in creating equitable futures for #PWD:canfasd.ca/fasd-awareness-mo…
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