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Disability justice is a core issue for millions of Canadians. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the continuing injustices faced by Canadians with disabilities/disabled Canadians: punitive social assistance programs, substandard conditions in supportive housing, and ableist assumptions in the delivery of healthcare, to name a few.

Accessibility legislation is one important element of disability justice. Speakers in this session will detail what accessibility legislation does and why it is important. They will describe the development and implementation of accessibility legislation in Ontario and federally, as well as the current efforts to have such legislation adopted in Alberta. They will reflect on the promise and limits of law reform and invite us to consider “what else” we must do to achieve real disability justice in Canada.

CCD denounces unamended MAiD bill

The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national disability rights organization, shared a press release vehemently denouncing the Trudeau government’s re-introduction of Bill C-7, a bill which extends access to Medical Aid in Dying to people who are experiencing intolerable suffering as a result of illness or disability, but whose death is not reasonably foreseeable. The bill was first introduced in early February before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada.
 
“With…evidence of systemic discrimination against people with disabilities mounting daily, the Trudeau government’s decision to move forward with this bill without adding safeguards to prevent marginalized Canadians from being driven to seek assistance to die because they cannot get assistance to live is evidence of a head-in-the-sand mentality that endangers the lives of Canadians with disabilities,” said Dr. Heidi Janz, Chair of the CCD’s Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee.
 
For further information, contact: Dr. Heidi Janz [email protected]

Access and Awareness: Inclusive Sport and Recreation

Date: Friday June 1, 2018
Time: 6-7:30pm
Location: Main Gym, Van Vliet Complex, University of Alberta
116 Street and 85 Avenue
Price: Free – select tickets and enter promotional code: Access

Edmonton camp helps kids with illness or disability gain confidence through performing

University of Alberta Medical Students Running Starlight Performance Camp to Help Children with Illness or Disability Gain Confidence Through Performing

U of A students promote dentistry care for people with disabilities

Edmonton dentistry students are trying to break down barriers between disabled people and dental care. The University of Alberta's School of Dentistry is hosting its first annual… Continue Reading.