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Empower U: Learn to Access Your Disability Rights Training on Canadian Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol (OP) training aims to increase awareness of how to address discrimination using more familiar Canadian human rights laws such as Human Rights Codes and the newer international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This is training for persons with disabilities by persons with disabilities. The training is part of a project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada and implemented by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) in collaboration with Canadian Multicultural Disability Centre Inc. (CMDCI), Citizens With Disabilities – Ontario (CWDO), Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) and National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS). Read more.
October 9, 2025
From 'liability' to leader: Why lived expertise matters to our work for social change
Ingrid Palmer, CCD 1st Vice Chair, shares her career origin story. Read more
October 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Arbitrary Relocation of Residents with Developmental Disabilities Due to Labour Dispute Violates Rights and Endangers Safety at Central West Specialized Developmental Services (CWSDS)
Currently, all residents from CWSDS supportive living homes have been arbitrarily moved to one central location at 53 Bond Street in Oakville. “The plan to relocate all residents to one location means residents will be forced to live with strangers. They will lose the ability to take part in their daily activities and community programs that bring them joy, health, and connection.” — Rabia Khedr Read more
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October 17, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes October 6 - October 10, 2025
October 9, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes September 22 - October 6, 2025
March 17, 2025
Statement on the Passing of Ellen Cohen - Disability Community Mourns Her Loss Issued
January 13, 2025
CCD invites you to a Celebration of Life for Laurie Beachell
December 7, 2024
Remembering Laurie Beachell
November 27, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes November 15 - November 25, 2024
Press Release
October 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Arbitrary Relocation of Residents with Developmental Disabilities Due to Labour Dispute Violates Rights and Endangers Safety at Central West Specialized Developmental Services (CWSDS)
Currently, all residents from CWSDS supportive living homes have been arbitrarily moved to one central location at 53 Bond Street in Oakville. “The plan to relocate all residents to one location means residents will be forced to live with strangers. They will lose the ability to take part in their daily activities and community programs that bring them joy, health, and connection.” — Rabia Khedr Read more.
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September 30, 2015
Voting at an Elections Canada Office
After an election is called, you can vote at any Election Canada office across the country.
Weblog
June 15, 2021
Gathering Momentum for An Inclusive Workplace
On June 1, 2021, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities co-hosted and participated in a roundtable discussion on "The Role of Innovative Technologies in Recruiting and Increasing Retention of Employees with Disabilities" with Facebook and Inclusion Canada. Read more.