CCD Chairperson's Update: July-August 2011
This Update summarizes some of the key activities that CCD undertook during the summer of 2011.
Commonwealth Seminar on UPR Follow-up and Implementation
The Commonwealth Secretariat invited Steve Estey, the Chairperson of CCD’s International Development Committee, to participate in a meeting about how to advance the implementation of the recommendations generated by the Universal Periodic Review. During the meeting, participants examined the following questions:
CCD Chairperson's Update: June 2011
CCD Annual General Meeting
CCD held its Annual General Meeting in June in Winnipeg at the Victoria Inn hotel.
Appointment of Committee Chairs
The National Council of Representatives appointed the following people to chair CCD’s committees:
Factum in the D.A.I. Case
File Number: 33657
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO)
BETWEEN:
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Appellant
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D.A.I. Respondent
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WOMEN'S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND, DISABLED WOMEN'S NETWORK CANADA, PEOPLE FIRST OF CANADA, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING, CRIMINAL LAWYERS'ASSOCIATION (ONTARIO) and COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
Interveners
FACTUM OF THE INTERVENER
COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES
CCD Chairperson's Update: May 2011
CCD presents the highlights of its work during May 2011.
Disability lens evaluation of four provincial poverty reduction strategies: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia
Prepared by Pamela Brown for Michael Prince, Co-Investigator, Council of Canadians with Disabilities – Community Universities Research Alliance
2011
CCD Chairperson's Update: April 2011
CCD Dismayed Family with a Disabled Child Ordered Deported
On 14 April 2011, CCD participated in a Press Conference in Montreal, with the Barlagne family who are seeking a Ministerial Permit from the Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney that would allow them to stay in Canada. Their application to immigrate was denied because they have a child with a disability.
CCD Chairperson's Update: March 2011
Below you will find the key events that were on CCD’s calendar for the month of March.
2 March–Theme 2 of the CURA project, led by Michael Prince and Michael Bach, met in Toronto to draft its work plan for the current year.
Gender, Disability and Low Income
Background
Essayer de passer la barre :
L’éducation, la formation liée à l’emploi et le faible revenu des personnes handicapées
Contexte :
