Richard J. Brennan, Toronto Star, September 2, 2014 Ontario is nowhere near ready to welcome visitors with disabilities to the province for next year’s Pan Am Games, a prominent advocate says. David Lepofsky, a spokesperson for Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, said Queen’s Park is missing a unique opportunity to use the games…
ALEX BULMER, NOW Magazine, August 30, 2014 Playwright Alex Bulmer received with hostility instead of hospitality I am blind and travel with a guide dog so wanted to book a hotel room for three nights in a particular part of the city I was familiar with. I outlined all of this while on the phone…
Josh Cassidy, The Toronto Star, Opinion, August 5, 2014 Four million Canadians report living with a disability. Only 3 per cent of them are involved in sport. This is a shocking statistic. This week marks the one-year countdown to the 2015 Parapan American Games in Southern Ontario. It represents a huge opportunity to create social…
Mary Ellen Gabias, The Braille Monitor, July 30, 2014 Recently I had the pleasure of traveling to Canada to attend the convention of the Canadian Federation of the Blind. Unlike America, where government is involved in the rehabilitation of the blind at the state and federal level, English Canada has traditionally relied on a charity,…
the Night Before the June 12, 2014 Ontario General Election, June 11, 2014
Jonathan Forani, Staff Reporter for the Toronto Star, posted July 5, 2014 Marta Londono and Gregory Scott Hill just wanted to get out of the cold and have lunch one day in February 2013, but were told Hill’s guide dog Mara wasn’t welcome.
gerald parker, Institute of Canadian Justice, June 6, 2014 The Ontario Government is being sent back to summer school for the meaningful education and enforcement of human rights and public safety states Gerald Parker, Executive Director of the Institute of Canadian Justice and long time accessibility expert. In short, provincial ministries and obligated sectors continue…
LEE-ANNE GOODMAN (The Canadian Press), February 18 2014
February 12, 2014 the House of Commons gave its unanimous support to Brant MP Phil McColeman’s Private Member’s Motion M-430. Strengthening Employment for Canadians with Disabilities, passing with the support of all parties by a margin of 292 to 0. The same week, the Federal Government tabled its 2014 Federal Budget proposal in Parliament which…
Toronto Star Editorial, November 18 2013
