Canadian Association of Law Libraries Webinar on Law and Disability in Canada

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is organizing a webinar on Tuesday, June 28 at 1:00PM Eastern on Law and Disability in Canada: An overview of law and disability issues in Canada:

"This webinar will explore the ways in which persons with disabilities interact with the law in Canada. This will be done through an examination of barriers regularly faced by people with disabilities and how these are interpreted in foundational domestic and international equality rights instruments (including the Charter, human rights law, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). The authors will also provide a brief history of disability rights litigation in Canada and discuss several contemporary access to justice issues currently facing people with disabilities."

The speakers are:

• David Ireland, Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba
• Freya Kodar, University of Victoria Faculty of Law
• Dr. Laverne Jacobs, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
• Dr. Richard Jochelson, Dean of Law at the University of Manitoba

Registration is free for CALL members, $50 for non-members and $15 for student non-members.