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From Disabled World Historic End of Institutionalization in Ontario Canada By Community Living
Film Screening and Candlelight Remembrance to Mark Historic End of Institutionalization in Ontario. More than 160 years after the first of these institutions was built in Ontario, these closures mark the end of an era of segregation and painful memories for tens of thousands of people and their families in this province. Over the last 60 years, Community Living Associations have worked alongside parents, family members, people who have an intellectual disability, People First groups and other advocates to build strong and supportive communities; to advocate for the closure of institutions; and for people who have an intellectual disability to be included in all aspects of community life. In celebration of the closures, and also in memory of those who died in institutions and those who continue to live in institutions in other parts of Canada, Community Living Ontario, the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University, People First of Canada, and People First of Ontario invite you to join in a reflection of the lives lived in institutions at a screening of the People First of Canada National Film Board documentary, The Freedom Tour, followed by a candlelight remembrance ceremony on the grounds of Queen's Park. What: The Freedom Tour Screening and Candlelight Remembrance When: March 31, 2009 Where: Film Screening: Ryerson University, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre Room ENG 103 - 245 Church St. (Corner of Church and Gould St.) Candlelight Remembrance: Front lawn of the Ontario Legislature (Queen's Park) Guest Speakers at Film Screening Include: Jo Dickey: Served as President of the British Columbia Association for Community Living as well as the Canadian Association for Community Living and has been a driving force behind the move to close residential facilities for people who have a disability in British Columbia and throughout Canada. Justin Clark: Lived in the Rideau Regional Centre from early childhood until he became an adult. With the help of close friends from Ottawa and the ARCH Disability Law Centre, he then fought for and won a significant decision of the Ontario Court in 1982 that he was capable of making a decision to leave the facility and move into an ordinary home in the community with friends. Catherine Frazee: Writer, educator, and researcher who draws from her own experience of disability in entering ethical and cultural dialogues about citizenship and personhood. Frazee was Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1989 to 1992 and is currently a Professor of Distinction in the Disability Studies program at Ryerson University and Co-director of Ryerson's RBC Institute for Disability Studies, Research and Education. RSVP: Abigail Brown, abigail@communitylivingontario.ca, 416-735-3101 (cell). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disabled World (www.disabled-world.com) provides a large range of worldwide health and disability information. Coming Events related to health and disability can be posted at http://disabilityevents.disabled-world.com Disabled World also operates a worldwide Disability Community at http://community.disabled-world.com © Copyright 2010 - Disabled World |