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September
5, 2001
Recommended Link:
ENAWA - European and North American Women Action
ENAWA - European
and North American WomenAction is a network of media, ICT, information
and advocacy organizations strengthening and integrating a feminist
analysis in the information and media landscape in relation to social
movements and the women's movement in our region and the world.
ENAWA is a web-based
community of feminist organizations committed to developing networks
that contribute to the quality of the lives of women living in our region,
and to the quality of the lives of women worldwide who are affected
by politics and development in our region.
August
30, 2001
Additions
to the site include:
CALL
FOR A BOOK ON FILM AND DISABILITY:
THE PROBLEM BODY: Portrayals of Disability, Illness,
Obesity, and Age in Film
August
24, 2001
Additions
to the site include:
Participation
request regarding lobby efforts around inaccessible correspondence
from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) mailed to
recipients who are blind.
August
18, 2001
Additions
to the site include:
Changes
to the Law Threaten Abused Women & their Children
For the latest updates on Custody & Access visit the
Ontario Women's Justice Network - OWJN
August
14, 2001
Additions
to the site include:
DAWNing
Opportunities: Transition to Self-Employment
project website.
This is a DAWN Canada: DisAbled Women's Network project targeted
at Women with disAbilities in 5 venues across Canada.
URL: http://dawn.thot.net/OF_Project
August 5 - 6,
2001
Additions
to the site include:
Updates to
the Research Initiatives & Participation Requests
page.
June 7, 2001
Important Links on Child Custody and Access
"Brief to
the Federal, Provincial, Territorial Family Law Committee on Custody,
Access and Child Support" - Ontario Women's Network on Custody
& Access - an extensive analysis of the consultation process,
critical assessment of the proposed models, and list of 40 recommendations
(French to come)
http://www.owjn.org/custody/brief-e.htm
"Feedback
Booklet for the Consultation on Custody, Access and Child Support"
- Vancouver Custody & Access Support & Advocacy Association
and Battered Women's Support Services - point-by-point critique of the
feedback booklet by BC women's groups
http://www.owjn.org/custody/bc-feed.htm
"Analysis
of Part 1 of the Consultation Document" by Pamela Cross, April
30, 2001
http://www.owjn.org/custody/april30.htm
Analyse du document
« L’intérêt de l’enfant d’abord
– Partie 1 » par Pamela Cross, 30 April
http://www.owjn.org/custody/april30f.htm
Women's Organizations
Boycott Custody Consultations - Media Release, Ottawa, June 6th
http://www.owjn.org/custody/press-e.htm
Les organismes
de femmes dénoncent les consultations sur la garde légale
- communiqué de presse, Ottawa, 6 juin 2001
http://www.owjn.org/custody/press-e.htm
Changes to Canada's
Divorse Act Underway: Round of provincial consultations begin in Vancouver
- Press Release, June 6
http://www.owjn.org/custody/van2.htm
May
17, 2001
Revisions
to the site today include:
Update to Requests for Participation in Research
Initiatives
May
14, 2001
Revisions
to the site today include:
Alert Bulletin
on Child Custody and Access and en
francais
May 4, 2001
New
additions to the site today include:
A link to the BHAWD
website at at http://www.bhawd.org
BHAWD: Breast Health Access
for Women with Disabilities
The idea for BHAWD began with Judi Rogers, a breast cancer
survivor and ambulatory woman with cerebral palsy.
April 21, 2001
New
additions to the site today include:
Breast
Self-Examination
A Handbook for Women with disAbilities
What this booklet is about
The Facts about Breast Cancer
Why Practice Breast Self Examination
Reasons Why We Don't Do Breast Self-Examination
To Treat Cancer you must First Find it
Other Alternatives to BSE
For Information or support
About
Mammograms: A Women's Guide
April 20, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Guide to Services for Assaulted Women
What can Women with disAbilities do to Be Safe
April
17, 2001
New
additions to the site today include:
Alert
Bulletin
on Child Custody and Access
Update to our Custody and Access
info:
The federal, provincial and territorial governments have initiated
a consultation process to give Canadians the opportunity to share their
views with governments on custody, access and child support issues.
To request a hardcopy of the consultation document "Putting
Children’s Interests First: Custody, Access and Child Support in Canada"
call
1-888-373-2222.
Please note that the online document is only available in PDF which
requires Acrobat Reader. Also note, that Submissions to these consultations
will only be accepted by traditional mail by June 15, 2001.
April 13, 2001
New
additions to the site today include:
Tracy
Latimer — Some of the Facts
by Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director
Euthanasia
Prevention Coalition of Ontario
Download
the Latimer Petition (as a WordPerfect doc)
Download the Latimer Petition
(as a WORD doc)
April 12, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Sample
Action Letter
ROBERT LATIMER SHOULD SERVE THE TIME!
added to our Tracy Latimer page
Euthanasia Symposium
Saturday, April 28, 2001 starting at 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Ramada Inn, 817 Exeter Rd., London, Ontario
Key Speakers: Wesley Smith, Catherine Frazee, Dr. John Patrick
Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide
Terminology and Concerns outlined
adapted from Euthanasia
Prevention Coalition
America's
War on the Disabled; 1975-1992: A Personal Account
A History of the Social Security Disability Reviews of the 1980's available
free online, authored by Tennise Broeck Morse, a woman who lives
with MS
April
11, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Osteoporosis by Don R. Powell,
PhD
April 9, 2001
Perceptions
of Primary Healthcare Services among People with Physical Disabilities:
A 2-part report on the perceived quality of primary care received
by persons with disabilities.
Reprinted with Permission from Dr.
Donna Stewart
Part 1: Access Issues
Part 2: Quality Issues
April 8, 2001
The Canadian Women's
Health Network Magazine, a national quarterly news magazine,
is calling for contributions to its Summer 2001 issue, Part 2: Women's
Health and Diversity. The focus of Part 2 is Aboriginal women, women
with disabilities, and lesbian, bi and transgender women.
The CWHN seeks articles
or personal experience essays 500-1000 words in length dealing with
the subject of health and disabilities; they are open to exploring any
of the factors that influence a person's overall health, from prejudice
to employment to finances. Contribution deadline is 15 April 2001.
Please
send query letters, story ideas, or outlines to:
Lynnette D'anna, Managing Editor, CWHN Magazine,
email: news@cwhn.ca
April 5, 2001
Report prepared by Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, Special Rapporteur
on the human rights of migrants, submitted pursuant to resolution 1999/44
of the Commission on Human Rights
Follow this link to read
or download the Report
April 4, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Research page
Parents with disAbilities needed to participate in the Nurturing
Assistance Project, the Centre for Independent Living
in Toronto (CILT)'s newest research undertaking.
April, 3, 2001
Updated: Justice Issues page to include
Custody
& Access: Changes to the Law Threaten Abused Women & their Children
dated March 30, 2001 by Pamela Cross of the Ontario Women's Justice
Network
March 30, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Revision of our Friends of Tracy Latimer pages include:
Tracy Latimer page
Backgrounder
from CCD
Latimer
Appeal Scheduled For 27 November 1996
Some Info About Robert Latimer
2 February 2001 Responding
to Concerns
18 January 2001 Supreme Court
Decides Against Robert Latimer
Take Action
CCD
Latimer Watch
March 27, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
The Case of Lucy Lu Supported by DAWN Ontario
Take Action page to support Lucy
Lu
Lucy Lu is a Chinese immigrant living in Canada. Lucy Lu was
wrongly convicted of a crime in Canada, served time, has been free,
living and working in Canada. Suddenly the Canadian government wants
to send her back to China where her life will be at risk.
March
26, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
MEDIA KIT: Tips on How to Use the Media Effectively
Page Contents:
Writing Effective Letters to the Editor
Writing and Publishing an Op-Ed
Taking Action to the Airwaves
Women's
March 2000: 13 Demands
March 22, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Call to Action: Friends of Tracy Latimer
... we urge you to let your voice be heard. Write to your MP
and to Cabinet Ministers
March
21, 2001
Happy Spring!
We've added a new feature on our site that
includes a coloured scroll bar and highlighted links for
the benefit of our visitors with low vision.
March 18, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Ethical Guidelines for Research
with Pacific DAWN: Pacific DisAbled Women's Network
Reprinted with permission from Joan Meister
March 16, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
LEAF's Factum on Falkiner
Reprinted with the permission of the
Women's
Legal Education and Action Fund ("LEAF")
March
11, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
Interacting
with People with DisAbilities:
An Etiquette Hand-book
(reprinted
with permission from the University of Arkansas)
A
Self Analysis
Preface
Acknowledgments
Forward
Introduction
The Basics
People with Mobility Disabilities
People with Hearing Disabilities
People with Vision Disabilities
People
with Communication Disabilities
People
with Learning Disabilities
People
with Mental (Psychiatric) Disabilities
People
with Epilepsy
People
with Other Disabilities
March 10, 2001
New additions to the Justice Issues &
Resources page today include:
Legal
Resources in Ontario
Legal Resources in Other Provinces
National Legal Resources
National Legal Organizations
Federal Government
Academic Legal Resources
March
9, 2001
New additions to the site today include:
About Mammograms A Woman's Guide
March
8, 2001
Happy International Women's Day!
New additions to
the site today include:
Manifesto for Persons with Disabilities
International Resource Kit for Women with Disabilities
March
6, 2001
DAWN Ontario's website grows! We've doubled
the number of menu items to help visitors better access information
and navigate through our site. We've also changed the graphical interface
in response to feedback. We hope you enjoy the new "look"
of the site along with the additional content and encourage you to check
out our new menu items such as:
Justice
Issues
Health Issues
Resources DAWN Ontario Catologue of
Publications
Research Postings
Access
Online Community for Women with Disabilities
Membership where you may join DAWN
Ontario
Feedback an email link to provide
feedback
Links
March 5, 2001
New post on Research page
Detailed Backgrounder on the The Ontarians
with Disabilities Act (ODA)
March 4, 2001
Information on Gender-Based
Analysis has been added to the site. Check out our Justice
page's 3rd heading "Policy Issues" for more links on Gender-Based
Analysis.
February 26, 2001
Text-based version
of DAWN Ontario site now available
February 23, 2001
Read our What is Access page
February 20th, 2001
DAWN Ontario announces its Inclusion Award
Deadline for nominations is April 30, 2001
View the Nomination form
Download Nomination Form as a Word
doc
Download Nomination Form as an RTF
doc
February 18, 2001
Now Available Online: DAWN Ontario's
Annotated Bibliography and A Statement of Need re: Violence Against
Women With Disabilities: This project was an interactive needs assessment
used to determine what information is available for consumers of service,
service providers and family members in respect to understanding or
assisting women with disabilities having to deal with a variety of circumstances
such as abuse, violence, neglect, or access to services which are appropriate.
Report
to DAWN Ontario board ... on the Sectoral Training Workshop on
Violence against Women with Disabilities and Deaf Women and the Justice
System held in North Bay by the Roeher Institute and EWA
(Education Wife Assault) 20+ pages
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