Here’s a video to uplift you on your Friday. Let it also remind you that while politicians have there heads in the sand over climate change, the people have the power to create real change. We are the people who matter this year, but the truth is we are only starting to realize the power [...]
Posts Tagged ‘human rights’
Post Durbin: Let’s Remember our Occupy Spirit
Posted: December 16, 2011 in Activism, Climate JusticeTags: Activism, austerity, climate, human rights, international issues, OccupyTO
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Reflections on International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2011
Posted: December 5, 2011 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: accessibility, Activism, disability, Disability Movement, discrimination, human rights, international issues
IDPD 2011 has come and gone, but our struggles and resolve remain as ever. Here in Toronto, the day was celebrated with a gathering at city hall. Where people with disabilities gathered despite the cold to share their stories. Though the day was not without it’s frustrations, like reporters who ask for my diagnosis [...]
International Day of People with Disabilities: a Call for a Better World
Posted: December 3, 2011 in Activism, Disability MovementTags: ableism, accessibility, Activism, austerity, Canada, disability, Disability Movement, human rights, international issues, OccupyTO, Toronto
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 [...]
#Egypt passed on the Dragon-flavored Kool-Aid
Posted: March 16, 2011 in Humanizing DemocracyTags: Activism, consumerism, democracy now, disability, Disability Movement, discrimination, Economic Justice, free speech, human rights, Toronto, women
On Monday night I went to an excellent talk by George Galloway here in Toronto. Listening to him reminded me that I am lucky to live in a time of revolution after so long a silence. I grew up in a time when people thought women had enough rights, and people with disabilities were told [...]
Disability Rights’ Report On Treatment of People With #Disabilities in Mexican Institutions, This Sunday on Contact
Posted: February 18, 2011 in Disability MovementTags: ableism, Activism, disability, human rights, media
It is a story where words fail to adequately describe the horror. Tune in this Sunday at 7.30 p.m. when Contact presents an interview with Eric Rosenthal, director of Disability Rights International (DRI) regarding its scathing, ground-breaking report describing abusive and decrepit conditions in Mexican institutions for the developmentally and physically disabled. The [...]
Malalai Joya in #Toronto
Posted: October 6, 2010 in Everyday HeroesTags: Activism, democracy now, human rights, Toronto, War in Afghanistan, women
The TRUTH about CANADA’s mission in AFGHANISTAN Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Doors open 6:30 p.m. | Talk begins 7:00 p.m. Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor Street West | TTC: Spadina Admission: Adult – $10 Student, youth, senior – $5 Unwaged – pay what you can Former Afghan MP Malalai Joya has been described as [...]
Final Proposed #Accessible Built Environment Standard for #Ontario Posted
Posted: September 9, 2010 in Disability Movement, environmentTags: accessibility, disability, discrimination, human rights
The Final Proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard, as part of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, has now been posted on the Ministry of Community and Social Services’ website. The final proposed standard was developed by an external Accessible Built Environment Standards Development Committee (ABE-SDC). This external committee included representatives from the disability [...]
#Amputee Has His Artificial Leg Ripped off by Police and Is Slammed in Makeshift Cell during #G20 Summit
Posted: July 8, 2010 in Activism, Disability Movement, Humanizing DemocracyTags: ableism, Activism, Canada, democracy now, disability, discrimination, Economic Justice, free speech, G8G20, human rights, poverty, Toronto
by Doug Draper / July 7th, 2010 John Pruyn wasn’t much in the mood for celebrating Canada Day this year. How could he be after the way he was treated a few days earlier in Toronto by figures of authority most of us were brought up to respect, our publicly paid-for police forces who are [...]
#AUDISM AND THE #TORONTO #POLICE SERVICE EVENT #G20
Posted: July 7, 2010 in Humanizing DemocracyTags: ableism, accessibility, Activism, democracy now, G8G20, human rights, Toronto
We have all heard the stories of the Toronto Police Services denying interpreters, accusing Deaf people of “faking”, interpreting attempts to communicate as violence, misunderstanding facial expressions that are a part of our grammar as anger, and countless other acts of audism, discrimination, and violence. It is time to do something about it! Join us [...]
#Toronto #Mayoral Candidates Debate #Disability Issues
Posted: July 3, 2010 in Disability MovementTags: ableism, accessibility, democracy now, disability, Disability Movement, discrimination, Economic Justice, employment, human rights, poverty, Toronto, transportation, wheelchairs
Peter Athanasopoulos apologized to six mayoral candidates: the wheelchair-accessible cab he ordered had arrived 30 minutes late. His difficulties reaching a debate on disability issues in Toronto, a city whose subway stations won’t be guaranteed accessible until 2024, underscored Athanasopoulos’s argument transportation is a “huge issue” for people like him. “I would have taken the [...]
