On Saturday October 5, 2013, participate in a free all-night contemporary art event hosted by the Deaf Culture Centre.

Ontario has appointed Mayo Moran, Dean and James Marshall Tory Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, to lead a review of the province's Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Read full article on the Government of Ontario website.

Are you a College/University grad with a disability? Are you looking for work? The Workplace Essential Skills Partnership (WESP) is a FREE dynamic cross disability employment program for professional job seekers with disabilities. Get the details from Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work.

On September 8, 2013, AXS Map will be taking to the streets of Toronto in small groups to assess the accessibility of restaurants, banks and buildings in general in key Toronto areas. AXS Map are based 100% on user generated data. For more information see the event listing.

On September 7, 2013, join the Markham Advisory Committee on Accessibility in celebrating an active and healthy lifestyle for people with disabilities through recreation & sports. For more information visit the City of Markham Website.

Fifteen years after the Web Accessibility Initiative was launched, which aimed to improve web usability for those with disabilities, online accessibility is still widely ignored. Far too often there is a belief that a compromise must be made between accessibility and an attractive design. As a result, a myriad of misconceptions have emerged, often preventing people from making a determined effort to integrate accessibility into their websites. Read the full article from Econsultancy.

This Town Hall will be an interactive presentation on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the DRC Project with panel speakers from the Project’s community partners and participants with disabilities. Download the DRC Project Town Hall Flyer.

The Sharon Wolfe Artist In Residence program is intended to allow a disability-identified artist to undertake a project that advances their own artistic goals and practice, and which has the potential to benefit the wider community of artists with disabilities. Read more from the Abilities Arts Festival.

Toronto's ombudsman has criticized the TTC for using security cameras to determine if some Wheel-Trans users actually qualify for service - without properly informing passengers that it might do so, or giving them a chance to explain their situation. Read the full article in the Toronto Star.

Ontario is taking steps to ensure that people living with disabilities can fully participate in all aspects of our economy and society with the appointment of members to the Accessibility Standards Advisory Council/Standards Development Committee. Read the full article from the Government of Ontario.