Highlights of Selected Accessibility Initiatives
July 2009 – June 2010
5. National Access
Awareness
Week – 2010
The 2010 Region of Peel National Access Awareness Week (NAAW) was commemorated by the Region of Peel Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) and the Accessibility Planning Program to raise internal staff awareness about the legal duties and responsibilities under the international laws (United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities), national (The Charter, Canadian Human Rights Act) and the provincial accessibility legislations (ODA and AODA).
To celebrate this day, the Region invited a dynamic and internationally renowned guest, Mr. David Shannon, author of the Six Degrees of Dignity: Disability in an Age of Freedom to be the key note speaker. David inspired approximately 100 employees who attended the presentation Finding the Adventure Within. Additional 50 staff members listened to the presentation through live audio streaming. Members of the AAC, Regional Chair Kolb, Peel Regional Police and many members of the Executive Management Team also attended the event and participated in the Q&A session.
The focus of this internal staff event was to celebrate NAAW week and educate about the recently ratified UN treaty on disability and to discuss Regional obligations under the AODA using a human rights perspective.
David Shannon, Jeff Payne, Naz Husain, Michelle Langham and William Goursky at the 2010 Region of Peel NAAW Event
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