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International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Ways Forward for Disability Rights in Canada: Community involvement in UN review processes

Please join ARCH Disability Law Centre and the Law Society of Ontario for the annual National AccessAbility Week program, which was originally scheduled to take place in May 2025. We are hosting the program on December 3rd to coincide with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Wednesday December 3, 2025
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Virtual program

Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2010, agreeing to be bound by the terms of this multilateral treaty and to take part in United Nations review processes. In March 2025, representatives of federal and provincial governments appeared before the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva for their latest review.

This program will offer insight and reflections into the Committee’s recent Concluding Observations and offer reflections from experts involved in disability rights work in Canada. Attendees will learn more about the reporting and review process, and the important role that civil society can have within that process. The panel discussion will highlight key findings of the Concluding Observations, discuss how they can be used to support disability rights advocacy, and consider how these recommendations can impact and inform our practice as legal practitioners.

Keynote Speaker:
Professor Laverne Jacobs, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law

Speakers:

  • A representative of the Law Society of Ontario
  • Robert Lattanzio, Executive Director, ARCH Disability Law Centre
  • Elsie Tellier, Staff Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre
  • Dr. Susan L. Hardie, PhD, Eviance Executive Director
  • Rohini Peris, Présidente et cheffe de la direction / President & CEO, Environmental Health Association of Canada, Association pour la santé environnementale du Québec
  • Yan Grenier, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Université Laval
  • Anne MacRae

Please note that ASL interpreting and captioning will be available.

This program has been accredited for 2 hours of EDI Professionalism Content.

This public event is free. To receive the webcast link, please REGISTER



November 25, 2025