The 9th session will take place at the United Nations Headquarters from 14 to 16 June 2016 This year’s session will include Elections for nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Theme: Implementing the 2030 development agenda for all persons with disabilities: Leaving no one behind. David Lepofsky speaking at…
Henry Stancu, Toronto Star, January 25, 2016 The Toronto Tim Hortons franchise owner has reached out to former Goodwill employees after 16 stores and 10 donation centres in Ontario abruptly closed a week ago leaving 430 workers without jobs. No stranger to disability, Wafer is deaf, having been born with only 20 per cent hearing…
News Release, Communications Branch, Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, November 16, 2015 Ontario is seeking public input to develop a voluntary, third-party accessibility certification program which will recognize businesses and organizations that have championed accessibility. The province will explore ways to develop an accessibility certification program and challenge a third-party certifying body to…
Lauren Clegg, Public Affairs, Ryerson University, October 21, 2015 How can we accelerate the dialogue on accessibility with the goal of helping to shift attitudes and change behavior? The answer to that question is at the heart of Ryerson University’s Hack-cessibility competition, an event taking place between October 23 and November 6, that will bring…
AMANDA WATKINS, McMaster University’s Student Newspaper The Silhouette, June 23, 2015 The province will be investing $4.5 million to help students with disabilities through an Accessibility Fund for Students with Disabilities, and a Summer Transitions Program. Similar to McMaster’s Shifting Gears program, the Transitions Program will offer workshops and courses for high school students with…
Ontario Launches Accessibility Action Plan, News Release, June 3, 2015 The AODA has transformed the lives of people with disabilities by establishing standards in key areas of daily life, including customer service, employment, information and communications, transportation and the design of public spaces. The Path to 2025, Ontario’s Accessibility Action Plan, was Introduced on the…
Published February 13, 2015, 79 Pages Led by Mayo Moran, Provost and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Toronto’s Trinity College. Read the statement given by Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, on the release of the report, NewsRoom, February 13, 2015 And read the two media reports Ontario needs to boost accessibility…
TVOntario The Agenda With Steve Paikin, February 2, 2015 Watch the interview with David Onley and David Lepofsky, on the need for the Ontario Government to take decisive new action to get Ontario back on schedule to reach full accessibility for people with disabilities by 2025, as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requires.
