Citizens With Disabilities –
Welcome to Citizens with Disabilities - Ontario (CWDO)
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 a full member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities.
Current & Urgent
Winners of CWDO's 2010 Art Contest
"Accessibility Means"
Citizens With Disabilities – Ontario
held an Arts Contest this past winter to invite our
members to tell us, in graphics, poems and/or prose,
what “Accessibility Means…” to them.
We were looking for that Wow! factor: a glimpse of what
our world would be like if it was completely accessible
for persons with disabilities. We were blown away by
some of the submissions. Our thanks goes to everyone who
prepared an entry for the contest. They were all
very memorable!
1st Prize went to Alicia D’Souza for
her artwork and poem, “The Hand That Holds Mine.”
2nd Prize went to Wenyi Li for her
poster, “Embrace.”
Honourable Mentions went to (in
alphabetical order):
• Michelle Asgarali for her poem, “My
Way of Life.”
• Sandra Carpenter for her poem,
"Cripple.”
• Neil Mercer for his pair of posters,
“When Minds Change, then Perhaps We Will See…”
• John Rae for his prose, “True
Accessibility”
• Brooke Wayne for her image and prose,
“Kaleidoscope.”
Congratulations to the winners!
Click here to see the
winning Arts Contest Entries.
CWDO News
Results of CWDO's 2010 Annual General Meeting and Elections
Citizens With Disabilities – Ontario (CWDO) held
its
4th Annual General Meeting on June 17th, 2010.
Congratulations to our newly elected board members!
To get to know
them, go to our
Board Member Bios page
For more information,
go to our AGM page.
And more...
- Position Papers - CWDO's submission on the proposed amendments to the Election Act.
- Archived Webinars - Find out what you missed! You can access almost all webinars here.
- Planned Webinars - Find out about webinars CWDO is planning for the Fall.
- Technology news - YouTube is launching auto-captioning technology.
- Human Rights page - Canada ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on March 11, 2010. Find out why this is such a big deal.
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CWDO became recognized as Ontario's representative on the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) in June, 2009. We're honoured and proud to represent our members at this national table.
Last updated June 18, 2010