by Trish Robichaud | Mar 17, 2017 | All, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces, Resources/Tools
‘The mandate from the province is that the whole city needs to be accessible … why not in 2017?’ A Toronto deli owner is sounding off after being issued a city notice to remove an accessibility ramp that’s sat outside his shop for the last...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 15, 2017 | Attitudinal Barriers, Human Rights Cases, Physical Disabilities, Public Spaces
Human rights complaint filed against Danforth Avenue tavern By Joanna Lavoie, East York Mirror Haily Butler-Henderson just wanted to use the restroom at a local bar and grill. Instead, she said, she encountered discrimination against a person with a disability. The...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 15, 2017 | Accessible Parking, All
The world looks different when you use a wheelchair – Just ask Doug Poirier By Simon Martin, Newmarket Era The Georgina resident was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009 and since that time accessibility has taken on new meaning. The Accessibility for...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 10, 2017 | All, Human Rights Cases, Physical Barriers, Public Spaces
Mary Taylor plans to go to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal over disability accommodation conflict By Kate McGillivray, CBC News – A 94-year-old woman with a disability says she’s planning on going to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal after the company...
by Trish Robichaud | Mar 4, 2017 | Addiction, All, Human Rights Cases
Human rights law now considers substance dependency to be a disability, and grants sufferers the protections that go along with that designation By PETER GOFFIN, Staff Reporter, The Star Bill Moynagh hadn’t been turning up for work. Bill Moynagh says he lost two jobs...
