Inclusion Canada

If you live in Manitoba, our friends at People First Manitoba are hosting an important webinar on accessing the DTC.

Please see the information on how to attend below:

Title: Understanding the Disability Tax Credit
Host: People First of Manitoba
Speaker: Kabira Jamal (Regional Navigator - Central/ Inclusion Canada BFB Program)
Date: June 25, 2026
Time: 5pm - 6pm Central Time / 4pm - 5pm Eastern Time

Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UjGhPUQeTGSfyB9A__yiEw #/registration

Inclusion Canada and other civil society representatives met this morning with Ambassador Michael Gort, Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York, along with Canada's COSP CRPD Head of Delegation Parliamentary Secretary Leslie Church - to discuss Canada’s international disability inclusion and accessibility priorities.

Inclusion Canada spoke about the adoption of the UN guidelines on deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies; the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and its intersections with the CRPD; and Canada's implementation of recommendations by the UN Committee in the 2025 Concluding Observations.

Inclusion Canada is committed to ensuring that the barriers people face at home are reflected in international discussions and that global human rights commitments lead to meaningful change in communities across the country.

The Inclusion Canada & People First of Canada National Task Force on Deinstitutionalization is pleased to announce an update to The Right Way. This is a resource from our task force. This updated version is called “The Right Way: A guide to closing institutions and building a good life in the community for people with intellectual disabilities.”

The first version of this guide was created in 2010, and it’s been used all over the world! This updated version includes quotes, photos and new information to help with closing institutions of all sizes.

We encourage government leaders, community groups, families and individuals to read this and use the resource as the “Right Way” to close institutions and as the “Right Way” to create independent living in the community.

This updated resource is ready to use in both French and English! You can find it on our website at www.institutionwatch.ca/the-right-way/