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PFC President Appointed to Board
Below is a news release from People First of Canada regarding the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO) appointment of our president, Kory Earle. Congratulations, Kory! [Download PDF]
Read MoreNova Scotia Human Rights Hearing
Below is a joint news release from People First of Canada and People First of Nova Scotia regarding the Nova Scotia human rights hearing ruling that was released on March 4, 2019. [Click here to download PDF]
Read MoreThe Freedom Tour 10th Anniversary
“We have a responsibility to ourselves and to our fellow citizens to say no one, no one, should live in an institution.” — Shane Haddad – Past President, People First of Canada, Freedom Tour member This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Freedom Tour documentary. The film grew as a response to – and…
Read More9th Annual Policy Forum and Celebrations in Ottawa
People First of Canada and the Canadian Association for Community Living in collaboration with the Office for Disability Issues, Employment and Social Development Canada, is pleased to be co-hosting the 9th Annual Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion. The topic of this year’s forum is Inclusion: What Gets Measured Gets Done. The forum will be held…
Read MoreA pardon for Latimer devalues the lives of people with disabilities
Press Release: Winnipeg, MB July 18, 2018 – The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter is applying for a new trial or a pardon and People First of Canada (PFC) sincerely hopes he gets neither of these. In 1993, Tracy Latimer was murdered by her father. He put her in his truck and piped…
Read MoreLatest Issue of The Updater
People First of Canada is pleased to share the latest issue of our newsletter, The Updater. You can access the newsletter below in either English or French. Enjoy! Download PDF (English) | Download PDF (French)
Read MoreThe Race to Restrict our Human Rights
We want to share with you an open letter sent to the Honourable Mark Furey, Nova Scotia Minister of Justice. The letter was sent from Dave Kent, President of People First Nova Scotia, and Kory Earle, President of People First of Canada. The letter is about the recent Law Amendment Committee presentations around the new…
Read More8th Annual Policy Forum on Inclusion
People First of Canada and the Canadian Association for Community Living in collaboration with the Office for Disability Issues, Employment and Social Development Canada, is pleased to be co-hosting the 8th Annual Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion. The topic this year is Realization of the Right to Legal Capacity for People with Intellectual Disabilities…
Read MoreFreeing our people: Updates from the long road to deinstitutionalization
Dear Friends, We would like to share with you an article that was written by Kory Earle, President of People First of Canada, and Natalie Spagnuolo, a friend of People First of Canada. People First of Canada is the national voice for people who have been labeled with an intellectual disability. We have been fighting the institutionalization…
Read MoreLatest Edition – Institution Watch Newsletter
On behalf of Laurie Larson and Shane Haddad (Co-Chairs), and the entire CACL PFC National Task Force on the Right to Live in Community, we are pleased to share the latest edition of the Institution Watch newsletter. This edition is dedicated to highlighting the stories of those who have made the move to homes in…
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