Im/migrants and refugees with disabilities (both visible and invisible) struggle with a number of key barriers common to all im/migrants settling in Ontario. They experience additional set of barriers as people with disabilities, such as access to services, labour market integration, access to education, health, housing, stigma and self-advocacy.
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Digital Messaging Platforms - A Quick Reference Guide
This resource is developed as part of the Supports to Engage Newcomers Digitally (SEND) Project to support settlement service providers in evaluating and selecting digital messaging platforms. It provides an at-a-glance comparison of key platform features, capabilities, costs
Last updated Sep 14, 2026
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Tool
CareClinic health tracking tool for newcomers with disabilities
A non-diagnostic health-tracking tool for recording symptoms, medications, mood, sleep, and daily observations for clearer care conversations.Last updated Sep 10, 2026
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Course/Training
Truths of Institutionalization: Past and Present - Teacher Resources
Explore the history of institutions in Canada with Community Living Ontario’s Truths of Institutionalization: Past and Present curriculum. This series of online modules dives into survivor stories, historical evidence, and the lasting impact of segregation on people with
Last updated Aug 28, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
How to Make Customer Service Accessible
Learn about the steps required to meet the accessible customer service standard by creating a policy and a plan to train staff on how to serve people with disabilities.Last updated Aug 6, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Guide on Applying Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Within Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
The Diversity Institute, in partnership with the Digital Governance Council and with support from the Standards Council of Canada, is pleased to announce the publication, in both English and French, of the guide (Publicly Available Specification) on embedding inclusion, diversity
Last updated Jun 23, 2026
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Course/Training
Know Your Rights – Your rights in Ontario schools
This video series explains the rights of students with disabilities in Ontario schools. It covers key topics such as accommodations, inclusive education, and how families can advocate for the supports they need.Last updated May 1, 2026
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Other
Review Panel on the Lack of Accessible Housing in Canada
The National Housing Council has convened a Review Panel to examine the lack of accessible housing across the country, at the request of the Federal Housing Advocate.Last updated Apr 23, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Anti-Asian racism: A guided learning journey
This comprehensive learning tool approaches anti-Asian racism through an intersectional and DEIA lens, highlighting how race, ethnicity, gender, and other social factors shape these experiences.Last updated Apr 21, 2026
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Tool
A Practical Guide for Immigrants and Service Providers in Canada
OCASI's Accessibility Initiative is excited to share a valuable new resource : Navigating Settlement Services for People with Disabilities : A Practical Guide for Immigrants and Service Providers in Canada.
To learn how to access and navigate essential services in:
Last updated Feb 2, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Reclaiming authentic collaboration: What we achieve when lived experts share in the power
First voice is a term coined by advocates in the community to reflect the value of lived expertise. It signifies the primacy of knowledge gained by experience. It’s not a substitute for academic or professional skill; it’s another dynamic of intellectual competence that can
Last updated Jan 15, 2026
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Ontario Ends Social Assistance for People Living in Canada Illegally
New regulations will protect taxpayer dollars and strengthen the integrity of Ontario Works and ODSPPublished August 13, 2026
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Call for workshop proposals
The National Bilingual Online Community of Practice (CoP) is seeking French-speaking facilitators for its 2026–2027 digital programming. To view the announcement, please click here. (in French )
Published May 13, 2026
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People with disabilities need financial relief now
Rabia Khedr The Star Wed., Jan. 18, 2023
It’s perplexing for us disabled people and advocates that so many media headlines point to the extreme financial struggles of people with disabilities in our inflationary economy while the powers that be continue debating details.
What…
Published January 20, 2023
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The Accessible British Columbia Act is now law
The Accessible British Columbia Act is now law, and the first step is to form the Provincial Accessibility Committee to advise the minister of social development and poverty reduction on matters related to accessibility and support the development of accessibility standards.
“In…
Published June 18, 2021