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DRPI Canada annual general meeting, 2008 - Agenda

Agenda for Tuesday, May 6th 2008
Time Event
8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast (provided)
9:00am – 10:00am Welcome and Introductions
10:00am – 10:15am Project status update (Presenters: Marcia Rioux and Miha Dinca)
10:15am – 10:25am Tea / Coffee Break
10:25am – 11:50am Monitoring Individual Experiences: Theme 1 Presentations and Open Discussion of Field work experience in Toronto (Presenter: Sandra Carpenter and monitors) and Quebec City (Presenter: Normand Boucher)
11:50am – 12:50pm Lunch (provided)
12:50pm – 1:55pm Monitoring Media: Theme 2 Presentation and Open Discussion (Presenter: Andrew Laing)
1:55pm – 3:00pm Monitoring Law and Policy: Theme 3 Presentation and Open Discussion (Presenters: Ken Singh, Roxanne Mykitiuk, Yvonne Peters, Michael Prince and Miha Dinca)
3:00pm – 3:15pm Tea / Coffee Break
3:15pm – 4:20pm Monitoring Survey Datasets: Theme 4 Presentation and Open Discussion (Presenters: Patrick Fougeyrollas, Cameron Crawford and Miha Dinca)
4:20pm – 5:30pm Virtual Knowledge Network Presentation and Open Discussion (Presenter: Christo El Mor)
5:30pm – 6:30pm Dinner (provided)

 

Agenda for Wednesday, May 7th 2008
Time Event
8:30am – 9:00am Breakfast (provided)
9:00am – 11:00am Breakout Groups by Theme (discussion of theme workplans / strategize next steps)
11:00am – 11:15am Tea / Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:15pm Reports back from Breakout Groups (15 minutes per theme)
12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch (provided)
1:15pm – 2:15pm Open discussion / Feedback
Continued discussion on integration of themes from Day 1
2:15pm – 3:15pm Next steps: Theme work / dissemination plans
Next Steps: S.S.H.R.C. midterm report
Next steps: Policy conference
Next steps: Next general meeting
Next steps: International Human Rights Training Program (I.H.R.T.P.)
3:15pm – 3:30pm Tea / Coffee Break
3:30pm – 4:30pm Conclusions / Evaluation of meeting

Meeting Attendees

  • Marcia Rioux, Project Director
  • Mihaela Dinca, Project Coordinator

Theme 1: Monitoring Individual Experiences

  • Co-Applicants: Steve Estey, Disabled Peoples' International (D.P.I.); Normand Boucher, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Réadaptation et Intégration Sociale (C.I.R.R.I.S.), Laval University; Sandra Carpenter, Center for Independent Living Toronto (C.I.L.T.); Isabel Killoran, York University
  • Organizational Partners: Emily Cameron, Independent Living Canada (I.L.C.); Rita Samson, Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.); Paula Pinto, Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.)
  • Monitoring Sites: Iphigenia Mikroyiannakis; Melanie Marsden

Theme 2: Monitoring Media

  • Co-Applicants: Ray Cohen, Canadian Abilities Foundation (C.A.F.); Andrew Laing, Cormex Research
  • Organizational Partners: Ray Cohen, Canadian Abilities Foundation (C.A.F.)
  • Media Experts: Steven Trumper

Theme 3: Monitoring Policy and Law

  • Co-Applicants: Yvonne Peters (via phone on day 1), Disability Rights Legal Expert; Roxanne Mykitiuk, York University; Michael Prince, University of Victoria
  • Organizational Partners: Ivana Petricone, ARCH – Disability Law Centre; Karen Izzard, Canadian Human Rights Commission (C.H.R.C.); Normand Boucher, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale (C.I.R.R.I.S.); Simon Yana, Office des personnes handicapées de Québec (O.P.H.Q.); Carmelita Olivetto, Office for Disability Issues (O.D.I.); Anna Bruce, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (R.W.I.), Sweden

Theme 4: Monitoring Survey Datasets

  • Co-Applicants: Cameron Crawford, Canadian Association for Community Living (C.A.C.L.); Patrick Fougeyrollas, L'Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (I.R.D.P.Q.)
  • Organizational Partners: Carmelita Olivetto, Office for Disability Issues (O.D.I.); Michael Ornstein, York Institute for Social Research (I.S.R.); Susan Stobert, Statistics Canada

Cross-Theme: Virtual Knowledge Network

  • Co-Applicant: Christo El Morr

York University Students

Cassandra Ashton; Jerry Huang; Shambavi Kumaresan; Macey Markowitz; Chavon Niles; Christina Pojrazova; Priyanga Rangan; Joanna Rankin; Jennifer Rinaldi; Ken Singh; Kristin Tokarsky

Regrets

  • Lina Anani, DisAbled Women’s Network Ontario (D.A.W.N. Ontario); Laurie Beachell, Council of Canadians with Disabilities; Daniel Drache, York University; Ian Hamilton, Equitas; Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada; Yvonne Peters, Disability Rights Legal Expert; Geoffrey Reaume, York University; Traci Walters, Independent Living Canada