by Trish Robichaud | Jan 16, 2014 | All, Barriers, Media Coverage, Public Spaces
Doorknobs in Vancouver are set to become a relic of the past after city council recently ushered in Canada’s first adaptable housing bylaw. As of early 2014, all new housing units built in Vancouver will require a slew of new accessibility features, including wider...
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 14, 2014 | All, AODA Standards, Employment, Media Coverage, Types of Disabilities
About 70 per cent of Ontario businesses with 20 or more employees are ignoring provincial accessibility laws, government documents show. Queen’s Park is ignoring thousands of Ontario businesses that are flouting the province’s disability accessibility legislation,...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 16, 2013 | All, Events, Legislation
Landmark legislation that will remove barriers and improve accessibility for all Manitobans received Royal Assent on December 5, 2013, and became law. “Nearly one in six Manitobans has a disability and this number is expected to increase, due in part to an aging...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 8, 2013 | All, Barriers, Government Publications, Human Rights Cases
“On Friday, July 19 2013 the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario will begin hearing the disability discrimination claim brought against McMaster Universityby former PhD student, Jason Tang.” ARCH The demonstrable failure of McMaster is to stand their ground and not allow...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 2, 2013 | All, Disability Statistics, Media Coverage
WASHINGTON, DC (July 19, 2013) – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation’s largest disability rights organization, applauds President Obama’s pick, Claudia Gordon, Esq, as the White House’s new Public Engagement Advisor for the...
