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Fifty Years of Community Living! Reflections on a Social Movement in the Midst of Change
Friday, November 21, 2008
John Lord gave the closing comments at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Canadian Association for Community Living in Ottawa in November 2008. This is a summary of his reflections.
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Having a Choice - Interim Report
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
From the Report's introduction:
The Woodlands Parents Action Group (WPAG) welcomes the opportunity to present the following submission in response to the Report on Abuse at Woodlands, “The Need to Know: Administrative Review of Woodlands School”. Our purpose is to provide feedback from the unique
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Institution Watch - Special edition focuses on demolition of Woodlands Institution
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The focus of the fall 2011 edition of Institution Watch is the final demolition of the Centre Block of the Woodlands Institution in BC.
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Institution Watch Newsletter
Institution Watch is a newsletter written and produced by the People First of Canada CACL Joint Task Force on Deinstitutionalization. The newsletter is dedicated to monitoring the progress toward a vision of full community living for all persons with intellectual disabilities.
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The Need to Know: Administrative Review of Woodlands School
In July 2002, the BC government released a report about abuse that took place at Woodlands institution, called The Need to Know: Administrative Review of Woodlands School.
The government began an inquiry into abuse at Woodlands after news stories in February 2000 reported that individuals had come
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The Need to Make Amends
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
In May, 2000, in response to allegations of abuse at Woodlands, the provincial government commissioned a review of Woodlands files by Dulcie McCallum. Her report, The Need to Know, confirmed that abuse did occur and that the problem of abuse at the institution was systemic. The report recommended a
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability Supports, Employment, Inclusive Education, Income Security, Supports to Children and Families, Institutions
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights instrument of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.
“What the Convention endeavours to do," said Don MacKay, Chairman of the committee that negotiated
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Woodlands Project Report
This report is a record of the Woodlands Project undertaken by the Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia (PGT). The Project was created after concerns were raised by the public about allegations of abuse of residents of the Woodlands School.
The background to the Woodlands Project is
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