pmh, Author at Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia

NS Advocate: Government abandoned earlier commitments to community living supports, new report charges

pmh July 19, 2021July 23, 2021 HRcase, News Items, Reports

I remember how genuinely excited disability advocates were when in 2013 Denise Peterson-Rafuse, then minister of Community Services, announced a five-year plan to close down all large institutions for people living with physical or intellectual disabilities and provide them with the supports to live in their own communities, either in a small group home or in a place of their own. -Robert Devet

CBC:Disability rights group bemoans ‘glacial’ progress on community-based care

pmh July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 HRcase, News Items, Reports

The Nova Scotia government is being accused of pushing its plans to transform services for people with disabilities to the back burner.

The Disability Rights Coalition says the 2013 roadmap in which the province committed over 10 years to more community-based services rather than institutional care has stalled.

DRC Submission to UN Human Rights Committee

pmh May 26, 2021May 27, 2021 Announcements, HRcase, Uncategorized

As part of the United Nations Human Rights Committee preparation of a “list of issues” for its 2023 Review of Canada, the Disability Rights Coalition along with 23 other Canadian NGOs has filed the following submission seeking to address the rights violation of people with disabilities who are unnecessarily institutionalized and Canada’s failure to provide the necessary supports and services for social inclusion.

URGENT Request: Vulnerable Persons Standard

pmh February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 Announcements, Petition

Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to ask your assistance in recruiting organizational support for this open letter asking Members of Parliament to “stop and rethink the radical and highly divisive changes proposed for Canada’s medical assistance in dying regime in Bill C7.”

Innovative equipment for persons with disabilities for sexual practices

pmh February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Announcements

The Tetra Society of North America – Halifax is working with Venus Envy – Halifax on a project focusing on creating adaptive and innovative equipment for persons with disabilities for sexual practices. If you would like to participate in this project, please fill out the attached google form. We recognize that online forms can be challenging to complete for those with various disabilities…

Disability Rights Coalition Vs. The Attorney General of NS: Court Recordings Available

pmh November 23, 2020February 5, 2021 Announcements, HRcase

The livestream of the appeal hearing is now available on the Court’s livestream webpage.

Disability Rights Coalition Vs. The Attorney General of NS

pmh November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Announcements, HRcase

The livestream of the appeal hearing will be available on the Court’s livestream webpage. At 10am on Wednesday Nov 18 and Thursday Nov 19 click “Read More” to go to the Court’s web page, then scroll down to the webcast.

People with disabilities assert their rights in the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

pmh November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 HRcase, News Items

“This systemic discrimination must be stopped. The compensation order for the complainants was particularly insulting. It is time to end segregation and discrimination against people with disabilities in Nova Scotia.” -Vicky Levack

Court of Appeal Upcoming Hearing Dates Nov18-Nov19

pmh November 8, 2020November 16, 2020 Announcements, HRcase

Here are extracts from the Court of Appeal’s upcoming docket—it has information about the hearing dates (November 18th and 19th) and times as well as the names of the panel of three judges who will be hearing and deciding the DRC’s appeal.

Care in the Community-One Person’s Fight

pmh October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 HRcase, News Items

The closure of institutions and the provision of community-based supports, which the DRC, People First and others have been pushing for years, is something which happened decades ago in the UK. Here’s a 9-minute BBC podcast which tells the story of one person who survived institutionalization and fought for his right to community living.

Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia

Author: pmh