Citizens With Disabilities - Ontario
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Citizens With Disabilities –
Planned Webinars
Watch for these Webinars - Coming soon!
TaxWise - January 28, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. EST
Are you aware of all your tax benefits? Are
you paying too much tax? Have you missed out on a
benefit available to persons with disabilities? Not sure
whether or not to claim something? Join in to this
informative session and learn what you need to know to
pay the taxes you should while claiming all the benefits
you are entitled to.
Click here to register for taxwise.
Captioning,
ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon
request, thanks to funding from the Office for
Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada.
Educating Human Resource Professionals - February 9, 2010
Presenter: Kim Wrigley-Archer
Human Resources personnel, responsible for the ‘people’ part of business, have considerable impact on decisions to hire, retain, and promote persons with disabilities as well as in maintaining respectful work environments. Past employment studies have documented the high unemployment rates among working age adults with disabilities in comparison to the non-disabled population in Canada. Hidden discrimination and negative attitudes are perceived by persons with disabilities to be a major cause. All this suggests that more attention needs to be paid to the education of Human Resource personnel. In this Webinar, the researcher will outline her research design and preliminary findings of this cutting-edge research.
Captioning,
ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon
request, thanks to funding from the Office for
Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada.
What Can Persons With a Disability Expect From Museums and Art Galleries? - Tuesday, March 2, 1010 at 7:30 pm EST
Presenter: John Rae
John Rae is a lover of
visiting places of historic interest and has traveled
extensively. He is blind and is the 1st Vice President
of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians. This
webinar will include an overview from a cross disability
perspective based on John Rae's presentation to a
national conference on Access to Art Galleries and
Museums held in Ottawa in October, 2009, and will
include ample time for discussion of these concepts and
how we might work together to increase access for
disabled patrons to Canada's museums, art galleries and
historic properties.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Date TBC - Indexing, Capabilities, & Disability
Presenter: Christopher Riddle
This webinar engages in a discussion with the notion of equality as it is entrenched in the constitutions of some countries and accepted in many others as fundamental to the notion of governance. Christopher examines the predominant answer to the question, ‘Equality of what?’, and suggest that despite the recent wealth of theorizing surrounding Amartya Sen’s ‘Capabilities’ approach to human development and health, employing the notion of equality in such a manner does not ensure a minimal account of justice for people with disabilities. Click here to register for Capabilities.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
The UN Convention - Date to be confirmed
Presenters: Dr. Marcia Rioux and colleagues from York University's Critical Disability Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
A webinar about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. What is good, bad and unfortunate about the UN Convention? Will it make a difference in my life? Why is it important to ratify the Convention?
Captioning, ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Re-Framing Service Issues as Human Rights Issues - Date to be confirmed
Presenters: Dr. Marcia Rioux and colleagues
from York University's Critical Disability Studies
Master's and Doctoral programs
This webinar will explain the importance of using human rights as a framework for promoting change. All too often, our concerns get treated as mere "service" issues, vulnerable to being dismissed. A human rights perspective can strengthen arguments for action and lead to sweeping, systemic change.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Healthy Eating - Date to be confirmed
Presenter: Christine Malone
A webinar on healthy eating, based on the Canadian food guide. Come and explore adaptive cooking on a tight budget.
Captioning, ASL and intervenor accommodation is available upon request, thanks to funding from the Office for Disability Issues, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.