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An Invitation for Members from Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario
July 11, 2009
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Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario (CWDO) actively promotes the rights,
freedoms and responsibilities of persons with disabilities through community
development, social action, and member support and referral. Our primary
activity is public education and awareness about the social and physical
barriers that prevent the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in
Ontario.
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Accessible Public
Transportation - LIVE Discussion Group - Friday, July 17 at 7 pm EDT
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Do you have any access
issues with public transportation where you live? Or when visiting other
communities?
This Discussion Group will be led by CWDO's Chairperson, Terrance Green. It is intended to
brainstorm on current issues respecting what accessible public
transportation means from a cross-disability perspective.
The Ontario Human
Rights Commission has filed a complaint against the public transportation
providers in Thunder Bay, Hamilton and Sudbury to the
Human Rights Tribunal Ontario over the fact that transit providers are not
calling out stops. Push Northwest, Thunder Bay,
are exploring the potential of becoming interveners in the case, respecting persons with disabilities in Thunder Bay, as
calling out of stops is a barrier to transportation for persons with various
types of disabilities.
CWDO wants to bring persons with
disabilities from across Ontario together to discuss what is happening
in your area regarding public transportation and access.
Join us! Share your concerns, your
successes, and your tribulations.
Together, we can make a difference,
on:
Friday, July 17, at 7 pm EDT in the
Members Lounge
Participate from your own computer
by going to the "Members Lounge". Click here for instructions.
Don't forget to
download the software to be able to use your microphone and
speakers.
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Webinar Reminder!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Getting to Know the Disability Movement
7:30 pm, Thursday, July 16, 2009 - corrected date!
Presenter: Christine Kelly
What is the political disability movement? This Webinar will overview some
of the key features of the disability movement, including important historical
events in Canada, the United States and abroad as well as review the underlying
philosophies of Independent Living and the social model of disability. Click here to register for the Disability Movement.
Check our website for updated information on planned webinars.
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NEW! CWDO Local News Page
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Click here to check on our local news, as made available by our members.
To submit an item for our local news page, contact the Webmaster.
Submissions need to be ready to post in terms of wording. If you are submitting a .pdf poster, please send a transcript of the text as an alternate format. |
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