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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.
March 18, 2026
Inclusion Canada welcomes Alberta Bill 18 and calls for national reform of assisted dying laws
The proposed legislation would refuse to deliver Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in cases where a person’s natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, limiting the provision of assisted death in Alberta to end-of-life circumstances. The bill also includes measures allowing the province to decline to implement MAiD for individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness and for mature minors. Read more
March 31, 2026
A Canada where trans people can live authentically
Today, on International Trans Day of Visibility, the Canadian Human Rights Commission reaffirms its commitment to every trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender-diverse person in Canada. Read more
March 31, 2026
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) Help Secure Another Major Win for Deaf People
In June 2024, CCD and CAD jointly applied to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for interested party status in the case of Lidkea v. Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). The Tribunal granted this request, allowing CCD and CAD to make submissions on the treatment of Deaf inmates within the federal prison system. Our primary focus was on CSC’s duty to provide accommodation to Deaf inmates to remove barriers and ensure that they have the same access to activities, programs and services available to other inmates. Read more
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March 31, 2026
Landmark Human Rights Tribunal Decision Advances Rights and Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in Federal Prisons
November 18, 2025
Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities |1 Week Left to Register for In-Person Tickets | Ability to Rise: Celebrating Leaders in Disability Inclusion 2025
November 18, 2025
Disability Without Poverty | Join Us December 3rd 2025 - Virtual National Symposium on Disability & Poverty
October 20, 2025
Public engagement on Ontario's poverty reduction strategy
October 17, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes October 14 - October 17, 2025
October 17, 2025
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes October 6 - October 10, 2025
Press Release
March 31, 2026
Landmark Human Rights Tribunal Decision Advances Rights and Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in Federal Prisons
A landmark decision by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in Timothy Lidkea v. Correctional Service Canada (2026 CHRT 19) marks a major advancement in the recognition and protection of the rights of Deaf and hard of hearing individuals within Canada’s federal prison system. 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.
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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.