Why Students with Disabilities should Support the National Day of Action

The Canadian Federation of Students national day of action is coming up Wednesday February 1, that’s right TODAY! Now more than ever it is important that students with disabilities show their numbers and advance the fight for accessible education in Ontario and around the country. This type of Canada-wide student day of action doesn’t happen [...]

We Strike Together ~ Public Forum January 11th

UofT PUBLIC FORUM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 5PM OISE room 2214 (252 Bloor St. West) The 1% are undermining accessible public education by increasing tuition and class sizes, cutting funding and corporatizing campus. Join a discussion about how the 99% on campus–students, TAs, staff and faculty– can unite to support upcoming campaigns, like the February 1 [...]

Remembering Violence Against Women

Twenty-two years ago today, a gunman entered a university in Montreal and killed 14 women – simply because they were women. During this same 20 years, over 700 Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or been murdered across Canada.
In Canada there are approximately 1,900,000 women aged 15 and over who have disabilities. [...]

International Day of People with Disabilities: a Call for a Better World

The following is a speech I gave yesterday…   Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I think it’s impossible to have a discussion about activism without acknowledging that tomorrow is the International Day of People with Disability (IDPD). This is a day where people with disabilities across the [...]

RALLY AGAINST AUSTERITY & FORD’S CUTS with Occupy Toronto – Saturday, November 5th

Join Occupy Toronto for a big Saturday march starting at 2:00pm at the Occupation Site at St. James Park – just east of King and Church streets. We will be marching to City Hall where at 3:00pm, we will have a rally consisting of a couple of speakers and then a short concert against the [...]

Statement by Mike Sullivan, MP York South-Weston and NDP Deputy Critic for Disabilities for the Toronto Disability Pride March

Statement by Mike Sullivan, MP York South-Weston and NDP Deputy Critic for Disabilities for the Toronto Disability Pride March on Saturday October 29, 2011   Unfortunately I cannot be with you today, but I do want to share with you, on behalf of the NDP Caucus in Ottawa, some thoughts on this important occasion.   [...]

Fight Back against #MegaQuarry Open Mine Pit near #Orangeville

First Nations are fighting back in solidarity with farmers and ranchers in the Orangeville area to stop the Mega Quarry Open Mine Pit. This quarry is privately backed by a U.S. hedge fund, and will decimate the crops, water supply, and wildlife. For a better picture of the extent of this mine, imagine digging a [...]

NEXT STEPS FOR THE ORANGE WAVE: How can we stop Harper?

PUBLIC FORUM The NDP has made historic gains in this federal election with its largest ever caucus in the House of Commons  and official opposition status.  But Harper’s conservatives benefited from the equally historic collapse  of the Liberals to win a majority with only 40% of the vote.  The Orange Wave has raised the hopes of millions [...]

Women of Canada: It’s Time we Broke Up with Steven Harper

Thanks Manani and elizabeth for sharing. I’m tempted to do one on disability issues, we shall see…

#Harper’s #Canada – a list of defunded organizations

Unofficial tentative list of organizations whose funding has been cut or ended by the Harper government, including government agencies that supported civil society groups. * *Organizations/ watchdogs whose staff have been fired, forced out, publically maligned, or who have resigned in protest: * ·          Canada Firearms Program (Chief Supt. Marty Cheliak, [...]