Accessibility Archives

November 24, 2025

Free Legal Advice for People with Disabilities: ARCH Disability Law Centre

By Jessica Field, Community Education and Outreach Coordinator, ARCH Disability Law Centre, a nonprofit legal clinic funded primarily by Legal Aid Ontario and specializing in disability rights law. Her article... More

November 4, 2025

Increasing Accessibility in Québec’s Tourism & Culture Sectors

By Bruno Ronfard, General Manager of Kéroul, an organization that’s been making tourism and culture accessible to everyone in Quebec since 1979. This article is part of a series by... More

October 21, 2025

Joe Jack & John Works at the Intersection of Theatre and Life

Catherine Bourgeois is Co-founder and Artistic and General Director of the Montréal-based theatre company Joe Jack & John. The company works at the intersection of theatre and life, creating theatrical... More

October 2, 2025

Working Toward an Inclusive Canada

Tara Levandier is the Executive Director of Operations & Social Impact for Inclusion Canada (and is an MPNL alumna in the 2014 cohort). This article is part of PANL Perspectives‘... More

September 27, 2025

Disability Without Poverty

Rabia Khedr is the National Director of Disability Without Poverty, which works to ensure that the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a benefit that actually benefits people with disabilities by... More

September 11, 2025

“Accessibility doesn’t help only a few groups; it helps the entire community” — Jenel Shaw

Jenel Shaw is a self-taught visual artist and strong activist for the Deaf and disability community. She’s the Executive Director of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba (AANM), a disability-led, artist-run organization... More

August 18, 2025

“Our hope is that others will take these lessons to heart”: The Canadian Association of...

“Our hope is that others will take these lessons to heart”: The Canadian Association of the Deaf

By Richard Belzile, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of the Deaf | Association des Sourds du Canada, part of the PANL Perspectives series, "Making Canada Accessible". For more than... More

August 9, 2025

Rick Hansen Foundation Tackles an Invisible Crisis

The Rick Hansen Foundation works on breaking down physical and attitudinal barriers and on increasing accessibility for people with disabilities. As part of PANL Perspectives' series, Making Canada Accessible, Doramy... More

July 8, 2025

Independent Living Canada Reduces Barriers and Advances Accessibility

By Freda Uwa, National Executive Director of Independent Living Canada, an article that's part of PANL Perspectives' series, Making Canada Accessible. At ILC, we’re committed to creating a society where... More