Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario
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An Invitation for Members from
Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario
July 11, 2009
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in this update...
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.
 
Accessible Public Transportation - LIVE
Discussion Group - Friday, July 17 at 7 pm EDT

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Register for this discussion.

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.


Webinar Reminder!
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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.

 

NEW! CWDO Local News Page
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As a group, CWDO focusses its efforts on provincial issues.  However, sometimes our members want to highlight specific news or events in their own areas of the province.  So we have made a space for you!

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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