After the on-site training Empower U sessions in the first quarter of 2020, CCD and its partners will offer online learning opportunities for interested participants. If you would like to learn more about Canadian and international human rights instruments to remedy discrimination and if you are willing to share your knowledge with their peers in your communities or organizations, do not miss this opportunity.
Purpose
To train people with disabilities who are willing to make a commitment to share their knowledge in their communities/organizations with their peers for the purpose of increased awareness of how to remedy discrimination using more familiar (Human Rights Codes) and newer instruments (UN CRPD and OP) and train other people to do likewise.
Learning Objectives:
- To increase the number of Canadians with disabilities, particularly youth with disabilities and people with disabilities from ethno-cultural communities, who are knowledgeable about available human rights remedies to discrimination and how to access these remedies
- To increase capacity of Canadians with disabilities to share that knowledge with their peers so that more people across Canada (particularly with disabilities and multi-ethnic communities) will have the information necessary to navigate the systems where Canadians can seek redress for discrimination
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the training participants will have:
- In-depth knowledge of on how to use UN CRPD and the Optional Protocol, as well as Human Rights Codes and the Accessible Canada Act
- In-depth understanding on how to access and navigate the systems where Canadians with disabilities can seek redress for discrimination
Dates: Webinars were held on Wednesdays at 1.00 pm Central Time
Duration: Approximately 1hr each
Amount: 10 Webinars
Webinar Schedule and Details
CRPD Webinar #01 – Right to Education, Perspectives of Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities (January 22, 2020)
Presenters:
- Morgan Sears, and Cody Joy, the Managing Team of the Memorial University Disability Information Support Centre (MUN DISC);
- Nadia Kanani, Advocacy and Finance Coordinator of Students for Barrier-Free Access at the University of Toronto (SBA) and
- Kat Kahnert-Wolchak, Coordinator of the York Federation of Students Access Centre (YFS Access Centre).
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CRPD Webinar #02 – Ethno-cultural Perspectives on CRPD, Intersectionality and Disability Rights (January 29, 2020)
Presenters:
- Tammy C. Yates, Executive Director, Realize;
- Meenu Sikand, Founder and CEO of Accessibility for All and Executive Lead, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Holland Blooview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital; and
- Dr. Zephania Matanga, The Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre
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CRPD Webinar #03 – The CRPD and the Optional Protocol (February 5, 2020)
Presenters:
- Steven Estey, Interim National Coordinator, CCD and former Human Rights Officer at Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI); and
- Mariana Versiani, Project Coordinator for the OP Lab at ARCH Disability Law Centre
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CRPD Webinar #04 – (French) Taking Charge, Learning to Assert your Rights as a Student with a Disability in Quebec (February 12, 2020)
Presenters:
- Nicolas Labbé-Corbin, law graduate from McGill University; and
- Gilda Boffa, Director, Communications and Language Services, AQEIPS.
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CRPD Webinar #05 – History and Evolution of Disability Rights in Canada (February 19, 2020)
Presenter:
- Yvonne Peters, Practised law as a sole practitioner in Saskatchewan for over 25 years.
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CRPD Webinar #06 Using the CRPD to Advance the Right to Health (February 26, 2020)
Presenter:
- Melanie Benard, disability rights lawyer and consultant
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CRPD Webinar #07 – Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia and the CRPD (March 4, 2020)
Presenter:
- Amy Hasbrouck, Not Dead Yet/Toujours Vivant.
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CRPD Webinar #08 Advancing Human Rights: Role of HR Commissions (March 11, 2020)
Presenters:
- Tabatha Tranquilla, Acting Director, Policy, Research and International Division, Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Veronica Joseph, Manitoba Human Rights Commission
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CRPD Webinar #09 Rights of Children with Disabilities (March 18, 2020)
Presenter:
- Dr. Denise Keiko Shikako Thomas, Occupational Therapist, Assistant Professor at McGill University and Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation.
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CRPD Webinar #10 Right to Education (March 25, 2020)
Presenter:
- Dr. Zephania Matanga, The Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre.
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