AccessAwareness 2025 webcast from December 3rd, 2025 is now available

On December 3rd, 2025, ARCH Disability Law Centre and the Law Society of Ontario hosted our annual National AccessAbility Week program, which was originally scheduled to take place in May 2025, titled Ways Forward for Disability Rights in Canada: Community involvement in UN review processes. This event coincided with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

This year’s event focused on the role of international legal mechanisms in Canadian disability rights through discussion about the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ review of Canada. Panelists shared their experiences engaging in the United Nations’ processes and the role that the concluding observations have had in community-based activism.

The event featured a keynote from Professor Laverne Jacobs who at the time of the event was a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Professor Jacobs explained the role of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the role that the UN has in overseeing it implementation.

The recording is available on the Law Society of Ontario’s website:
Law Society of Ontario – ARCH Archived Webcast – Ways Forward for Disability Rights in Canada: Community involvement in UN review processes

NOTE: The recording starts at 3 minutes and 57 seconds.

The content leading up to the start of the recording includes the program agenda and advertisements.

The end message after the webcast recording: Thank you for attending the Equity Legal Education Series event. This concludes today’s webcast.