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What We Are Doing NowThe Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities was federally incorporated as a non-profit in 2003. This is our start up phase as resources are directed to: board development, building a supportive infrastructure and networks, and creating a comprehensive vision and operational and strategic framework at this early stage of the society's development. We are searching out professionals with disabilities [including those who may have lost touch (or never were in touch) with disability, professional, and other relevant groups] as well as building up our knowledge base concerning professionals with disabilities and their issues in order to build an inclusive, supportive, collaborative, socially responsible, strong and vibrant network and organisation. Our work so far has also involved: surveying and meeting
with key stakeholders; supporting self-advocacy, peer support, and knowledge
sharing; and the development of an organizational culture and structure
that supports diverse grass roots solutions, along with local, regional,
national and global collaboration and knowledge sharing leading to effective
results that professionals with disabilities will have reason to value.
We believe in a regional voice for professionals with disabilities. Our goal is to help facilitate, support and endorse such regional presences that share our principles and values and believe in mutual support and collaboration by making effective use of skills, knowledge, and resources. Our non-profit is very delighted and appreciative of the support and warm reception that we are receiving from our growing number of diverse supporters. If you are interested in supporting us and want to find how you can, please contact us. The Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities has an an online discussion group that brings together professionals with disabilities and their supporters who are interested in actively engaging in the growth and development of our inclusive cross-Canada network that supports all professionals with disabilities.
Community consultations and other activities help us to build our infrastructure and provide us with a growing ability to support professionals with disabilities and facilitate collaboration with relevant stakeholders. If you would like to obtain more information on how to become involved in our consultations or with our non-profit, please contact us. Furthermore, if you would like to share your thoughts on what you think are the issues affecting professionals with disabilities and would like an alternative to meeting, you can e-mail, phone, or mail us. You can also provide us with suggestions. Both will add to our other consultation activities and aid in delivering a mandate to support professionals with disabilities in a manner that they value now and in the future. We would like people from across Canada to take on the role of building our presence throughout the nation. We have a mandate of community and regional networks across Canada supporting one another in their growth and development. If you are interested in building the network/organized presence of professionals with disabilities across Canada, go to this e-mail link - Yes, I want to become actively involved in building a network/organized presence of professionals with disabilities across Canada. If you are interested in building a network/organized presence of professionals with disabilities in your community or region, please go to this e-mail link - Yes, I am interested in becoming actively involved in building a network/organized presence of professionals with disabilities in my community or region. In each case, please state that you are interested in supporting this initiative(s) and why you are interested in seeing such a presence in your region and/or across Canada. We are also collecting names of professionals with disabilities who would like to attend a community consultation a bit closer to home similar to the one below that was held in Victoria. Please note the format of the consultations may change depending on the profile, needs, and requisite deliverables of the community. If you are a professional with a disability and would be interested in attending such an event, please let us know so we can plan where we have these consultations. Go to this e-mail link - Yes, I want to attend a community consultation - and provide us your contact and where you live information so that we can contact you in the future. Victoria Community Consultation for Professionals with Disabilities This consultation was held on January 30, 2006. Thank you to all those who supported and attended the Victoria consultation. At the Victoria event, professionals with disabilities (employment status does not matter) were invited to discuss issues affecting their workforce participation and to connect with fellow professionals with disabilities interested in working together to attain results they have reason to value. A newspaper, The Martlet, wrote an article about the Victoria event. Download the article, Local Organization Supports Professionals with Disabilities (pdf file) or visit The Martlet's archives for the article. Also check out the the Toronto Star article about us: TheStar.com - Disabilities - Why the gap between ability, job quality?
Growing Our Presence Throughout Canada National Task/Action Groups The Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities is seeking people interested in contributing their energies and abilities towards furthering CAPD's goals as members of our national task or action group(s). We are hopeful that groups will be composed of persons from across Canada joined to accomplish tasks and collective actions. The composition of such groups should also reflect the diversity of skills needed to accomplish our raison d'être. Presently we are seeking people interested in being part of a national "growing our presence throughout Canada" group. The group(s) will be involved in:
Please indicate your interest via email to Yes, I want to become actively involved in building CAPD's presence throughout Canada. Also please include the following in your email: name, phone number, availability, and why / how you would like to contribute.
Creation of the British Columbia Association of Professionals with Disabilities The Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities believes that actions at the grassroots, local, regional, national and international levels would be most effective with the coordination and sharing of skills, knowledge and resources. These discussions led to the incorporation of the British Columbia Association of Professionals with Disabilities and our support of an international body that maintains a collaborative and knowledge sharing approach in furthering the interests of professionals with disabilities from around the world. Since the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities' headquarters is located in British Columbia, it was natural for us to help facilitate, support, and endorse Canada's first regional presence in the creation of the British Columbia Association of Professionals with Disabilities soon after we were formed. The British Columbia Association of Professionals with Disabilities is not a chapter of the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities, but is a separate, autonomous, affiliate society. The relationship it has with the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities is one of mutual support and collaboration, shared principles and values, and actively promoting social responsibility within and outside the organisations. To learn more about the British Columbia Association of Professionals with Disabilities (BCAPD), please visit its website at www.bcprofessionals.org. If you would like to have more information on how you can get involved in the BC activities, please email the BC association at info@bcprofessionals.org. They are also encouraging professionals with disabilities who are interested in building a provincial presence to contact them. For your information,there have already been a few regional meetings. Please contact BCAPD to learn where and when more will be held.
Activities in Ontario Professionals with disabilities are developing a presence in Ontario and have formed a group that is affiliated with the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities. They are encouraging professionals with disabilities who are interested in growing and supporting their group to contact them.
Rest of Canada Professionals with disabilities from every province and territory are connecting with the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities. Are you interested in growing and supporting a network/organized presence of professionals with disabilities in your own province or territory? Please click where you live from the provinces and territories listed below for more information and/or are interested in becoming becoming actively involved in building a presence throughout Canada, please email Yes, I want to become actively involved in building CAPD's presence throughout Canada. All networks/organized presences have a relationship with the Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities that is one of mutual support and collaboration, shared principles and values, and actively promoting social responsibility within and outside the organisations. The Canadian Association of Professionals with Disabilities has a mandate of community and regional networks across Canada supporting one another in their growth and development.
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