AODA Alliance submits A Brief to Accessibility Standards Canada Listing the Federal Accessibility Standards We Need the Federal Government to Now Develop and Enact – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

September 29, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, aoda.

Last year, Canada’s Parliament passed the Accessible Canada Act ACA. It requires Canada to become accessible to people with disabilities by 2040. It lets the Federal Government enact a series of enforceable federal accessibility standards. Those regulations would spell out what organizations within reach of the Federal Government must do to remove and prevent disability […]

Halifax construction leaves some intersections ‘impassable’ for wheelchairs and elderly, advocate says – Halifax

September 16, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, April Hubbard, Canada, disability community, Halifax, Halifax 311, Halifax construction, Halifax Regional Council, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax road construction, Mobility, mobility challenges, North Street Halifax, Politics, Robie Street, Robie Street Halifax, Traffic

A Halifax wheelchair user says it’s time that the city starts implementing mitigation measures to ensure people with disabilities can still safely access areas of the municipality that are under construction. “There’s a lot of corners on [Robie Street], right now, that are completely impassable for somebody with a disability, somebody who uses a […]

As Employment in Canada Continues to Struggle, It’s Disabled Folks Who Feel It the Worst – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

September 14, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

Because of my disability, I spent almost two decades trying to find stable, gainful employment. I never found it. Instead, I teetered between employment, underemployment and unemployment. I struggled to pay my bills, sometimes choosing between food, rent or mounting student debt payments. Read more athttp://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/opinion-as-employment-in-canada-continues-to-struggle-its-disabled-folks-who-feel-it-the-worst/ Related

As Employment in Canada Continues to Struggle, It’s Disabled Folks Who Feel It the Worst – Accessibility News International

September 14, 2020 / by BBG Security / Community, Employment

K.J. AielloSpecial to The Globe and MailPublished Sept. 11, 2020 K.J. Aiello is a Toronto-based freelance writer. Because of my disability, I spent almost two decades trying to find stable, gainful employment. I never found it. Instead, I teetered between employment, underemployment and unemployment. I struggled to pay my bills, sometimes choosing between food, rent […]

Toronto restaurant discriminated against woman who uses mobility aids, tribunal rules – Toronto

August 13, 2020 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disabilities, Disability, Haily Butler-Henderson, Human Rights, Human Rights Tribunal, HUman rights Tribunal of ONtario, mobility aids, Ontario human rights tribunal, Pentagram Bar and Grill, Toronto, Toronto restaurant, woman mobility aids

TORONTO — A Toronto restaurant discriminated against a woman who uses mobility devices and “publicly humiliated” her by refusing to let her use its bathroom four years ago, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has ruled. In a decision issued this week, the tribunal says Haily Butler-Henderson “experienced adverse treatment” when she was repeatedly refused […]

Air Canada Lays Off Blind Longtime Employee, Saying It Can’t Accommodate Him Amid Pandemic – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it came as a shock when he got a letter saying the airline could no longer accommodate his medical […]

Air Canada Lays Off Blind Longtime Employee, Saying It Can’t Accommodate Him Amid Pandemic – Accessibility News International

July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / Employment

By Christine Long and Selena RossCTV News, July 21st 2020 In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it came as a shock when he got a […]

New Saskatchewan permit makes hunting more accessible to people in wheelchairs

July 1, 2020 / by BBG Security / Accessibility, Canada, Hunting, hunting permits, hunting saskatchewan, hunting Saskatchewan disabled, Lumsden, ministry of environemnt, Motorized Wheelchair, News, Sask Politics, Saskatchewan hunting permits, skpoli, Spina Bifida, Trent Wotherspoon

For 20 years, Bobbie Cherepuschak dreamed of hunting big game by roaming the land. Come October, his dream will get to come true. That’s because the Ministry of Environment has made changes to the province’s hunting permits to allow people with disabilities to use motorized wheelchairs while participating in the sport. “This will enhance the […]

Cosmo offers bottle, can pick-up service from Saskatoon households – Saskatoon

June 3, 2020 / by BBG Security / Canada, Canada Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Cases, Coronavirus In Canada, coronavirus news, coronavirus update, Cosmo Industries, COVID-19, covid-19 canada, covid-19 news, Disabilities, Donations, Recycle

People with recyclables taking up space in their Saskatoon homes can sign up for home pick-up to take away that mountain of cans and bottles that have piled up during the novel coronavirus pandemic. When COVID-19 struck, Cosmo Industries said it was about to launch its new program, Cans4Cosmo, to collect deposit containers from residential […]

National AccessAbility Week Ambassador shines a light on disability through speaker series – Halifax

June 3, 2020 / by BBG Security / accessible, Canada, COVID, COVID-19, Covid19, Disabilities, Equity, Halifax, NAAW, National AccessAbility Week, Nonprofit, Not For Profit, Nova Scotia, ReachAbility

Disability advocate April Hubbard is challenging the able-bodied community to think about their own privilege during COVID-19 ahead of the National AccessAbility Week speaker series May 30 to June 6 is National AccessAbility Week across Canada and in Nova Scotia, organization reachAbility is hosting a special digital conference to celebrate and recognize the contributions to […]

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