Virtual Panel: Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments Part 2

Join the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) and the Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy on Monday, May 12, 2025, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm ET for an engaging panel on Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments Part 2. The event will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration is required.   

With the election of a new federal government, we have invited leaders in civil society organizations to discuss what will and should be key priorities for action around ensuring rights and justice of and with women and girls with disabilities. We will examine how the Global Disability Summit declaration to ensure 15% of development assistance funding to people with disabilities can be addressed in Canada. We will consider whether Canada’s leadership of the G7 in 2025 offers openings to move forward on gender, disability, and inclusion. We will explore how the recently released recommendations for action by Canada from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Medical Assistance in Dying Track 2 legislation, arms exports, and the representation of women with disabilities can be effectively addressed by the government. The panel will also highlight how women and gender-diverse people with disabilities are playing a leadership role in these areas.   

This panel of civil society leaders will identify areas where they think the federal government should take urgent action around ensuring rights and justice of and with women and girls with disabilities, and the leadership role of women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in these areas.  

Panelists Neil Belanger (Indigenous Disability Canada/British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society), Bonnie Brayton (Disabled Women’s Network of Canada), Marijke De Pauw (Humanity & Inclusion Canada), and Maureen Haan (Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work) will facilitate this conversation. Read more about the panelists and register for the event by visiting the events page on the LWWRC website.