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Joined January 2023
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(1/3) Our team was at the Canadian Sociological Association's 59th Annual Conference, Harbours of Hope: Sociology in a Divided World, hosted in partnership with Dalhousie University. Three of our team members, Olivia Boonstra, Nicole Collier, and Evan Wuckland,
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(2/3) presented on some of our recent projects: 1) Youth Strive to Accelerate Results: Reflections on Programming for Youth with Disabilities 2) Spotlight on Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Insights into the Entrepreneurial Experiences of Women with Disabilities
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(3/3) 3) Canadian Disability and Climate Change Network and Strategy: Creating New Pathways for Collaboration Proud to have brought our community-based projects into these vital conversations.
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AccessAbility Week is a reminder that building an inclusive society starts with daily choices we make including how we share information. Accessibility should not be an afterthought. It should be part of creating inclusive communication from start. #AccessAbilityWeek
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(1/3) Day 2 of our Global Leadership Exchange (GLE) Match is well underway as our participants move from the Gerstein Meeting Room to the Gerstein Crisis Centre, continuing our collective dialogues on sustaining community-led systems change through resistance, resilience, and
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(2/3) research. Community-based organizations are not alternatives. They are essential leaders to ensuring meaningful engagement of persons with lived experiences diversely-located, addressing social, economic and political inequities, and co-creating and realizing
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(3/3) all “care” systems are community-based and uphold human rights and social justice for all.
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(1/4) Today, Eviance is proud to be co-leading the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE) Match: "Not An Alternative: Fostering Culture Change and Centering the Strengths of Community-Based Organizations" in Toronto. This two-day immersive knowledge exchange brings together global
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(3/4) Day 1 is well underway and our participants are moving across Toronto, from Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) to the Empowerment Council, centering collective lived experiences knowledges through intersectional dialogues to affect systems change with a
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(4/4) vision – fostering human rights and social justice in community mental health resources and supports that is sustainable for all.
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(1/3) During climate emergencies, official alerts and public communications are often confusing, contradictory, or inaccessible for people with disabilities (Engelman, Booze, & Izquierdo, 2024; King & Gregg, 2021). Access to clear, reliable information can be the difference
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(2/3) between safety and harm. Explore more: eviance.ca/disabilityandclim… --- Lors des urgences climatiques, les alertes officielles et les communications publiques sont souvent confuses, contradictoires ou inaccessibles aux personnes handicapées
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(3/3) (Engelman, Booze et Izquierdo, 2024 ; King et Gregg, 2021). L’accès à une information claire et fiable peut faire toute la différence entre la sécurité et le danger. Pour en savoir plus : eviance.ca/fr/disabilityandc…
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(1/5) People with disabilities experience significantly higher mortality rates during natural disasters and extreme weather events, with reduced access to critical supports during emergencies (Bell, Tabe, & Bell, 2020). This is not accidental. It reflects systemic gaps in
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(4/5) (Bell, Tabe et Bell, 2020). Cette réalité n’est pas accidentelle. Elle reflète des lacunes systémiques dans la planification des mesures d’urgence et dans les systèmes de réponse inclusive. Aborder les risques
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(5/5) climatiques sans inclure les personnes en situation de handicap demeure incomplet. Pour en savoir plus : eviance.ca/fr/disabilityandc…
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(1/10) The Spotlight on Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (SWED) Project Working Group came together recently for its second virtual meeting. The SWED Project is a systemic change initiative led by Eviance in partnership with New Power Labs and funded by Women and Gender
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(9/10) fondée sur les droits humains et réflexive, nous mettrons à l’essai une version préliminaire de l’outil de données – l’intervention systémique – conçue pour être à la fois pertinente et durable, avec pour vision d’améliorer la compréhension de l’accessibilité et
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(10/10) de l’inclusion équitable au sein de l’écosystème entrepreneurial pour les femmes entrepreneures handicapées dans divers contextes. Pour plus d’information sur le projet, consultez le site : eviance.ca/swed
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