Tags: disability
Expanding Health Card Renewal Services to Persons with Disabilities
The deadline to renew your Ontario Health Insurance Card is September 30, 2022. You can find information about how to renew your Ontario Insurance Health Card by visiting this webpage. You may be required to attend a ServiceOntario location to renew your health card. You may also be able to book an appointment before you…Read More
Request to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for Hearing on MAiD
August 15, 2022 A coalition of 20 disability rights groups represented by ARCH Disability Law Centre requested a public hearing about MAiD at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. …Read More
‘Outraged and distraught’: Reaction to disabled B.C. woman’s approval for medically-assisted death
June 8, 2022 The Article by CTV News Vancouver, ‘Outraged and distraught’: Reaction to disabled B.C. woman’s approval for medically-assisted death, features the expertise of several experts on the topic of Medically Assistance in Dying, including our Staff Lawyer, Kerri Joffe. Learn More: https://bit.ly/3zrFele…Read More
ARCH, Inclusion International & Inclusion Canada Co-hosted an event at the United Nations Headquarters in New York! COSP15 – Canary in a Coalmine: The Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying/Euthanasia in Canada, A Warning to the Global Disability Community
June 16, 2022 Co-hosted by: ARCH Disability Law Centre, Inclusion International, & Inclusion Canada During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada legalized a pathway to euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, provided they have a disability or disabling medical condition. In practice, people with disabilities are dying because they live in poverty, can’t secure affordable…Read More