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REMINDER! Meeting with
Charles Beer
Tonight! October 22, 2009 at 7 pm
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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.
CWDO is proud to be Ontario's
representative at the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
since June, 2009.
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REMINDER! Meeting with
Charles Beer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: THURSDAY EVENING,
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL
Auditorium 1 (Click here
to connect)
Click here
to register.
The
provincial government has hired Charles Beer to do an
independent review of the Accessibility for Ontarians with
Disabilities Act (AODA). The AODA calls for a review of
itself every 5 years.
We are asking for any of
our members who care about the AODA and accessibility
standards to log on for this meeting. A good turnout
will show that we care about this legislation, and do not want
things to be slowed down or cancelled.
Our rights may be in the balance.
Our members who have been attending local
meetings about the standards have told us that few people with
disabilities are there. That means the loudest voices
are those who do not want these standards. If it matters
to us, we need to get involved. This is a time to show our
strength.
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.
To help us plan the meeting agenda, we have
created a short survey to collect our members' questions and
comments for Mr. Beer. Click here
to access the survey.
You may be asked if you can
raise your own questions and comments if you attend the online
meeting. But if you cannot come, we will still try to
raise them on your behalf.
Your attendance is vital to
achieving our goal to raise public
education and awareness about the social and physical
barriers that prevent the full inclusion of persons with
disabilities in Ontario.
Your input right now is badly
needed. Please plan to attend and please do the
short survey.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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AGENDA
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CWDO's On-line, Town Hall Members' Meeting with Charles
Beer
October 22, 2009 - 7 to 9 pm
IDEAL Auditorium 1
AGENDA
1. Introductory Remarks -
Terry Green, Chairperson,
CWDO
2. Charles Beer's Remarks
and Presentation
3. Members'
Questions
- Government's Commitment to the AODA
- Process
- Timing
- Enforcement
- The Future of the AODA
- Customer Service
- Employment
- Built Environment
- Information and Communications
- Need for another standard to address wait
times for housing, attendant services, transportation and
other services
4. Open Comments
Protocol:
- WAIT until you are recognized by the
Chair
- When recognized, speak as clearly as
possible into your microphone if you have one, or, send your
text comment.
- NOTE: If texting, get your text ready ahead
and WAIT until you are recognized by the Chair to press the
ENTER key to send it
5. Conclusion
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How to
Participate
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Participate
To join in, go to http://www.ideal-group.org/cwdo/.
Follow the steps to download the
latest version of the free conference utility.
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Option 1 is for a PC.
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Option 2 is for a MAC. After you finish
downloading, scroll down until Auditorium 1 appears.
Sign in with
your name and city e.g. Pat Seed in Thunder
Bay.
Leave the password
area blank.
Click login and you are
in!
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada. This technology is JAWS
compatible.
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Webinar:
Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: TUESDAY MORNING,
OCTOBER 27, 2009
Time: 10:00 am to noon (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL Auditorium 1 (Click here
to connect)
No
one likes to think about the reasons for needing to plan for a
will, trust, or estate, but it is important to consider how to
do this well. Will your plans be carried out according
to your wishes? Are there things you need to know ahead
of time? Unless you plan to live forever, this webinar
will provide you with some very useful information. Click here
to register for Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning.
Brendon Pooran of pooranlaw is returning to provide
this informative webinar.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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Webinar:
Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: WEDNESDAY
EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm (Toronto time)
Place: IDEAL Auditorium 1 (Click here
to connect)
Presenters: Dr.
Paula Pinto, DRPI Canada, a post-doctoral scholar and Dr.
Marcia Rioux from York University's Critical Disability
Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
Disability Rights
Promotion International (DRPI) is a collaborative project
working to establish a monitoring system to address disability
discrimination globally. D.R.P.I. has adopted a holistic
approach to disability rights monitoring, with three focus
areas: individual experiences monitoring, systemic monitoring
and media monitoring. Find out more about this work and
how you can get involved. Register
for the DRPI Webinar.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor
accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding
from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada.
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Need Help To Participate in
CWDO Events?
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Hello!
A number of very interesting
CWDO Webinars will be taking place, starting with the Town
Hall meeting on October 22nd. All Webinars will be held
in the CWDO IDEAL Online Conferencing Center in Auditorium 1
at http://www.ideal-group.org/cwdo.
You can register for these webinars and
look up more information on our CWDO website at http://www.cwdo.org.
Online help sessions are now available to
enable you to participate in these Webinars. All online help
sessions will be drop-in sessions so that I can individually
assist you in preparing your computer to meet your needs and
all help sessions will take place in Auditorium
1.
Here is a schedule of dates and times to
choose from:
- Monday night from 7:00 to 9:00 (October
19)
- Tuesday morning from 10:00 to noon (October
20)
- Wednesday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00
(October 21)
- Thursday starting at 5:30 (October
22)
All in auditorium
1.
Please note, all times given are Eastern
(Toronto) times.
You can participate in the CWDO Webinars
by speaking, (if you have a headset with attached microphone
or external computer microphone and speakers). You can also
participate in the Webinars by text messaging.
If you need step-by-step instructions for
downloading the conferencing plug-in and to get into
Auditorium 1 or have any other questions, please write to me,
Pat Seed, at: pat.seed@tbaytel.net.
I look forward to
working with you to help make your participation in a CWDO
Webinar a successful experience!
~ Pat Seed
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