People First of Canada is the national organization representing people with intellectual disabilities.
People First of Canada is the national voice for people who have been labeled with an intellectual disability. We are about rights – human rights, citizenship rights, accommodations rights and language rights. The right to freedom, choice and equality for all.
LATEST PFC NEWS
Q&A: Manitoba Development Centre Class Action
May 29, 2021 | Click here to download an update and some answers to questions raised during the PFC Lunch & Learn event about the Manitoba Development Centre class action lawsuit.
Editorial: Living with care, support, and an intellectual disability during COVID-19
Apr 15, 2021 | Click here for the People First of Canada Executive Committee's editorial [PDF] about the COVID-19 outbreak at Participation House in Markham, Ontario.
Press Release: Disability Rights Community Demands Feds Kill Proposed Amendments
Feb 24, 2021 | Click here for the press release from People First of Canada about the changes to the medical assistance in dying laws.
ARCHIVED NEWS
Apr 15, 2020 | Click for the People First of Canada Executive Committee’s editorial [PDF] about the COVID-19 outbreak at Participation House in Markham, Ontario.
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People First of Canada is pleased to present our next issue of The Updater Newsletter. We have also made an insert with plain language information and links about COVID-19. The French versions of the newsletter and insert will be posted later this week. CLICK THE COVERS TO VIEW/DOWNLOAD PDF:
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The co-chairs of the CACL PFC Joint Task Force on Deinstitutionalization are pleased to advise that the Task Force has been relaunched and is once again active. The Task Force has issued a new edition of the Institution Watch Newsletter. This issue focuses on the recent and successful closure of the Valley View Centre in Saskatchewan. (Click here for PDF)
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Below please find a joint news release from the Canadian Association for Community Living, People First of Canada, and Inclusion Saskatchewan, on the closure of Valley View Centre in Saskatchewan. (Click for PDF)
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