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
Below is a news release from People First of Canada regarding the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO) appointment of our president, Kory Earle. Congratulations, Kory! [Download PDF]
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Below is a joint news release from People First of Canada and People First of Nova Scotia regarding the Nova Scotia human rights hearing ruling that was released on March 4, 2019. [Click here to download PDF]
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“We have a responsibility to ourselves and to our fellow citizens to say no one, no one, should live in an institution.” — Shane Haddad – Past President, People First of Canada, Freedom Tour member This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Freedom Tour documentary. The film grew as a response to – and a rejection of – a decision by the Manitoba government to invest millions into a rundown institution that warehoused people with intellectual disabilities. The film documents the incredible journey of 16 self-advocates and friends who travelled across…
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People First of Canada and the Canadian Association for Community Living in collaboration with the Office for Disability Issues, Employment and Social Development Canada, is pleased to be co-hosting the 9th Annual Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion. The topic of this year’s forum is Inclusion: What Gets Measured Gets Done. The forum will be held on Monday, December 3, 2018. Register here: https://9thpolicyforumoninclusion.eventbrite.com On December 2, 2018, People First of Canada will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Freedom Tour documentary film as well as paying tribute to the work of…
Read morePress Release: Winnipeg, MB July 18, 2018 – The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter is applying for a new trial or a pardon and People First of Canada (PFC) sincerely hopes he gets neither of these. In 1993, Tracy Latimer was murdered by her father. He put her in his truck and piped exhaust fumes inside and killed her through carbon monoxide poisoning. Tracy was 12 years old. Through a trial, retrial, and appeals, Robert Latimer’s second-degree murder conviction and 10-year minimum sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court of…
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