Written by Atara Beck
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
TORONTO – According to Edward Rice, chairman of Ontarians with Disabilities Sub-Committee, League for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada, “UJA Federation [of Greater Toronto] has gone beyond the building code” to accommodate disabled people at the renovated Lipa Green building – the first building to be completed at the new Sherman Jewish community campus on Bathurst north of Sheppard.
By Anna Taylor
November 24, 2009
Part 1, The Bathroom
Let me begin by saying, I am not an expert on all disabilities. I talk about what has worked for me because I live in a wheelchair. Depending on your unique situation some of these ideas will not work for you. Consider your situation and use these ideas to fit your needs.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Last night I froze watching my oldest child play hockey. It is part of the duty of a Canadian mother to tolerate this little ritual. Destruction got his second assist and though they lost the game, he played well. As I stood there, my body wracked in complete pain, I decided that it was time to make management aware of exactly how inaccessible their arena was.
How Will You Remember Our Heros and What Will You Do to Combat Human Rights Abuses in Canada by Tim Hortons?
Whitby, Ontario, November 11, 2009:
Ask a soldier what he would be willing to fight for and probably a cup of Timmies would rank top ten on a dark cold night in Afghanistan. It is too bad that same soldier cannot be honoured or even respected back home by Tim Hortons; our government’s laws and their human rights agreements. These required Tim Hortons to provide accessibility for people with disabilities over eighteen years ago.
By Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B., Managing Editor, HRinfodesk.com—Canadian Payroll and Employment Law News, October 2009
The final proposed accessible employment standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) has now been submitted to the Minister of Community and Social Services (the Minister) for consideration as law. The proposed standard is designed to help employers create equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities and sets out the specific actions (requirements) that employers must take to achieve this. If the minister recommends that the whole proposed standard, or parts of it, be turned into a regulation, this will start a process for it to become law in Ontario.
