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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.
Access/Inclusion
People with disabilities are moving toward equality. Evidence of this progress is apparent in the community: pay phones equipped with TTYs, audible traffic signals, tactile cues on streets, ramps, curb cuts, Braille elevator buttons. CCD has helped bring about these changes.
Through CCD, people with disabilities advise, critique, intervene, liaise and partner to improve access and inclusion in Canada.
A 2004 Environics poll demonstrated that Canadian citizens support inclusion and access for persons with disabilities.
CCD has been sharing its vision of how to achieve an accessible and inclusive Canada with private and public decision-makers responsible for the key systems of society, such as the physical and cultural environment, transportation, income and benefits, employment, health and social services.
Recent Work
March 17, 2025
Statement on the Passing of Ellen Cohen - Disability Community Mourns Her Loss Issued
It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of Ellen Cohen, a lifelong advocate for the rights and dignity of people with disabilities. Read more.
January 13, 2025
CCD invites you to a Celebration of Life for Laurie Beachell
WHEN: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Zoom formal program: 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm (CST)
In person gathering: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CST)
WHERE: Online: Zoom
In Person: Main floor classroom
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB
Read more.
December 7, 2024
Remembering Laurie Beachell
It is with deep sadness that the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) announces the passing of Laurie Beachell, who died from complications due to pneumonia. As Heather Walkus, CCD’s Chairperson notes, “Canada has lost a remarkable and dedicated champion of disability rights. Laurie served as the National Coordinator of CCD from 1984 to 2015.” Read more.
More on Access/Inclusion
November 27, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes November 15 - November 25, 2024
September 6, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes September 4 - September 6, 2024
July 26, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes July 24 - July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes July 15 - July 23, 2024
July 15, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes July 8 - July 12, 2024
July 8, 2024
Weekly Email Digest for Information Sharing Purposes July 1 - July 7, 2024
End Exclusion supporters rally in support of an accessible and inclusive Canada.