David Lepofsky, AODA Alliance, December Metroland Column, December 17, 2025 It is inexcusable that it took a blind job applicant eight long years to win an open-and-shut case of disability discrimination in employment. In 2017, a blind St. Catharines resident with two computer-related diplomas applied for a job in a local call centre. His application…
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CBC News, Toronto, February 24,2023 A Toronto woman is speaking out about the experience of flying with a disability, saying her most recent flight with Air Canada left her feeling like an unwanted burden. Georgia Pike, a graduate student at York University, says she has travelled in and out of Toronto Pearson Airport many times,…
Jon Hernandez, CBC News, British Columbia, January 6, 2023 Woman alleges City of Maple Ridge has created unsafe walking conditions for people with disabilities. Maria Kovacs won’t risk waiting for the bus near her church on her own anymore. The last time she tried it, a cyclist hit her. When I got out of the…
Bobby Hristova, reporter, CBC News Hamilton, June 9, 2022 Mohawk College is facing criticism over its move to shutter Accessible Media Production — its one-of-a-kind program geared toward making Canada more accessible to people with disabilities. The eight-month, online, post-graduation certificate program teaches students how to create accessible content, like captions and described video, and…
The Maple, GABRIELLE PETERS, February 18, 2022 When the convoy-turned-occupation took hold of Ottawa, disabled people were uniquely impacted and faced particular risks. People who required support could no longer access it; streets were no longer being cleared of snow; and sidewalks had vehicles parked on them. Public space was overrun by those whose interpretation…
David Lepofsky, Contributor Opinion, The Star, April 20, 2020 Media have reported on some of the most extreme COVID-19 impacts on people with disabilities, the tip of a horrific iceberg, like the government’s scandalous failure to effectively protect residents in nursing homes and independent living residences. Let me reveal a worrisome but unreported thread running…
Samantha Renke, Metro News, April 7, 2020 Mike Marsland says: I have been referred to as vulnerable a lot over the past few weeks. Although, as someone with a disability, I am no stranger to the word, according to society, vulnerable is almost synonymous with having an impairment. Up until now, however, I had not…
Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun, April 7, 2020 A document that has left people with disabilities scared they’ll be denied an intensive care bed or ventilator during the COVID-19 pandemic is just a draft, Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott says. The Clinical Triage Protocol for Major Surge in COVID Pandemic, a copy obtained by the Toronto…
Hosted by ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE and ONTARIO AUTISM COALITION, April 7, 2020 organized by Ontario grassroots disability advocates, revealed that people with disabilities are disproportionately exposed to the risks of COVID and the hardships this pandemic is causing. Ten experts gave the government practical priority measures needed now to alleviate these…
Natalie Spagnuolo and Michael Orsini, CBC News Opinion, March 29, 2020 Disabled people know a lot about social isolation. Many, including those with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities, are relying on the success of COVID-19 containment strategies, and lives are indeed at risk if they are not taken seriously. However, public health measures that restrict visiting…
