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Disability Rights Community Demands Feds Kill Proposed Amendments
Read the press release from People First of Canada about the changes to the medical assistance in dying laws.
Read MorePress Release: Manitoba Developmental Centre to close – A victory for human rights
Click the “Read more” link below for People First of Canada’s press release [PDF] about the closure of the Manitoba Developmental Centre.
Read MorePress release: Advocating for a voice at the table
Press Release: Nothing about us without us
Joint press release with People First of Nova Scotia – Institution under construction in Nova Scotia, People First demands action
Press release: Update on the Manitoba Developmental Centre lawsuit
Editorial: Living with care, support, and an intellectual disability during COVID-19
Apr 15, 2020 | Click for the People First of Canada Executive Committee’s editorial [PDF] about the COVID-19 outbreak at Participation House in Markham, Ontario.
Read MoreNew Issue of The Updater with COVID-19 Insert
People First of Canada is pleased to present our next issue of The Updater Newsletter. We have also made an insert with plain language information and links about COVID-19. The French versions of the newsletter and insert will be posted later this week. CLICK THE COVERS TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD PDF:
Read MoreNew Issue of Institution Watch Newsletter
The co-chairs of the CACL PFC Joint Task Force on Deinstitutionalization are pleased to advise that the Task Force has been relaunched and is once again active. The Task Force has issued a new edition of the Institution Watch Newsletter. This issue focuses on the recent and successful closure of the Valley View Centre in…
Read MoreValley View Centre Institution Closes
Below please find a joint news release from the Canadian Association for Community Living, People First of Canada, and Inclusion Saskatchewan, on the closure of Valley View Centre in Saskatchewan. (Click for PDF)
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