If you are in Ontario with access to TVO, don’t miss this outstanding #disability rights film by Reid Davenport. This Sunday on air at 9 PM Eastern.

Highly recommend Reid Davenport‘s groundbreaking #Disability film if you are in reach of the Vancouver film festival on Saturday, October 4 on Sunday, October 5.

UN disability rights report on Canada deserves a fair hearing canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/17/u... by @cfraz.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

NEW report: Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Illness: Perspectives from 2S/LGBTQ+ Individuals in Atlantic Canada egale.ca/awareness/ma...

#UPEI has some explaining to do #PEI #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We echo @cfraz.bsky.social op-ed in asking party leaders to clarify their position on the #CRPD committee's concluding observations report. The committee was clear in its rejection of Track 2 #MAiD - our elected officials owe Canadians an answer. Read the full op-ed here: bit.ly/3Ypvx2h

#disability #humanrights

My piece in today’s Hill Times. It’ll be paywall protected, but if you want a PDF, get in touch and I’ll oblige. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

This powerful documentary film about assisted suicide in Canada and the US will be screening on April 26 in Toronto. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot...

Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD. Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Reflexive cynicism aside, this is the kind of political theater I've been wishing Democrats would engage in FOR YEARS. Good. Good. Good. Good. Watch it. Reward it. Let them know you want more of it.

This entire thread is excellent. An accurate recounting of the CRPD report and what it reveals about #disability and MAiD in Canada.

It is not for lack of effort on the part of #disability rights defenders that this watershed report is not being covered in Canadian press. Congrats to Meagan Gillmore for breaking through the wall of newsroom indifference. www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/03/30/e...

An excellent overview from @readtheorchard.org of this week's landmark CRPD report and the deadly ableism of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying regime. That report calls for abolition of Track 2 MAiD because it violates the rights of people with #Disabilities open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

"This is huge" is overused on here, but it is huge that the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAID, assisted dying for disabled people not at the end of their lives.

Canada's #disability rights defenders have struggled for years to resist expansion of #euthanasia beyond end-of-life conditions. Finally today, a breakthrough at the UN. Canada's #MAiD regime violates the #CRPD. See paragraphs 19-20 of downloadable UN report. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

One must continue to imagine Sisyphus happy …

After this weekend, I feel it’s time to post this again.

Important documentary airing this Tuesday (March 25) on PBS. A timely reminder of the solidarity that #disability rights defenders worldwide share with our American sisters and brothers. The inherent dignity and resilience of #crip lives extends across all boundaries of nation and era.

A deeply unsettling perspective here, but one that merits serious discussion. Several of the embedded links are also very sobering and worthy of our attention. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

We lost a tiger yesterday. Farewell Audrey King. Thank you for your tireless service and generous wisdom. www.facebook.com/whyuscanada/...

A stirring, soulful reflection from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

In which I try to put it all together. The Hidden Motive Behind Trump’s Attack on Trans People www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

While curb cuts, captions on TV screens, and braille on elevator buttons seem commonplace today, it took the work of dedicated activists and elected officials to get us there. #ChangeNotCharity: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT premieres Tues, March 25 at 9/8c on PBS. #disability #disabled

Some fresh thinking in this opinion piece detailing Canada’s options. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ce47f9...

MAiD was a major focus at UN formal review of Canada's CRPD compliance - 6 hours of in-depth questioning by world experts in disability rights. This recording is cued to the pointed interrogation by Australia's Rosemary Kayess, who wasn’t buying Canada's canned responses webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1n...

Friends, the UN is taking a look at Canada's record on disability rights internationally & nationally—from Canada's Arms Sales to Israel, seclusion in school, chasms in accessible housing, & MAiD targeting us all. Check out some of the submissions: djno.ca/international-work

FAIFA’s cogent 32-page UN submission, titled "Women with Disabilities, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and Canada's Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Articles 5, 6, 8 & 10", can be downloaded here tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

A watershed week for disability rights in Canada, beginning with a powerful expression of solidarity from the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAIFA). fafia-afai.org/wp-content/u...

From Mother Nature, a cautionary tale. youtu.be/yIjaxrQBkPk

🇨🇦 needs to ensure its response to Trump's #tariffs offer resilient, sustainable support to those most impacted and stabilize our economy. #GLBI can do just that, not only in times of crisis, but all of the time. #SenCA #CdnPoli #CdnMedia

“Putin can’t win on the ground, but he can win in his enemies’ heads—if we let him.”

“…because violence reproduces by indifference.” open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...

"Concern about being a burden to others is something that is used as a lever for manipulating some of the most caring and kind among us by some of the most selfish, vile and cruel among us." #DisabilityRights

A personal reflection, from the quiet sanctuary of home fragileandwild.com/2025/02/26/l...

This. Is. Brilliant.

"Tests of AI empathy typically don’t compare a chatbot’s cold comfort with the kind of socially embedded care that truly nourishes us. If they did, the chatbots would lose."

This incredible speech : We will not go back to the margins!” - Carla Antonelli, of the Spanish leftist party Sumar 🏳️‍⚧️ part 1

CALLING ALL CANADIANS! engagement-canada-pledge.ca

40 years later, this is stunningly timely – and may be a key to our way out: Doris Lessing on the prisons we choose (not realizing we are choosing) to live inside

“Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones… This is an extremely difficult kind of resistance to muster because it calls for clear thought & inspired vision just when the onslaught of bad ideas, and the anxiety they engender, make it so difficult to think clearly & envision a future.” YES!

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. @karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization. open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...

THRILLED TO DISCOVER #LifeAfter by #ReidDavenport has been awarded the U.S. #Documentary Special Jury Award at #Sundance2025! This powerful doc shines cinematic light on #disability, healthcare, and assumptions about quality of life. It deserves every accolade. 🏆 #Film #DisabilityFilm

Screening times for the World Premiere of Disposable Humanity are as follows: Showings – Fri, Feb 21st, 7:15 PM @ LA Times Theater Sat, Feb 22nd, 5:30 PM @ Summer & David Theater Address: 1011 N Fuller Ave., West Hollywood, CA 90046 slamdance2025.eventive.org/films/6761ae...

If you're in Ottawa, you'll want to come to this! Organized by @jennifervevans.bsky.social and compatriots!

I wrote an open letter to my local MP. Please consider doing this too: #AssistUsToLive www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024...