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
People First of Canada is pleased to share the latest issue of our newsletter, The Updater. You can access the newsletter below in either English or French. Enjoy! Download PDF (English) | Download PDF (French)
Read moreWe want to share with you an open letter sent to the Honourable Mark Furey, Nova Scotia Minister of Justice. The letter was sent from Dave Kent, President of People First Nova Scotia, and Kory Earle, President of People First of Canada. The letter is about the recent Law Amendment Committee presentations around the new Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act in Nova Scotia. Dave Kent and several other groups and individuals presented objections to the new act on Monday. But the Act passed second reading anyway. The letter expresses the disappointment felt…
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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 8th Annual Federal Policy Forum on Inclusion. The topic this year is Realization of the Right to Legal Capacity for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Canada. The forum will be held in Ottawa on December 1, 2017. To register for the Policy Forum, please follow this link. (PLEASE NOTE: This event has passed.)
Read moreDear Friends, We would like to share with you an article that was written by Kory Earle, President of People First of Canada, and Natalie Spagnuolo, a friend of People First of Canada. People First of Canada is the national voice for people who have been labeled with an intellectual disability. We have been fighting the institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities since the movement began in Canada in 1973. This article covers issues that are important to People First of Canada and to the deinstitutionalization movement as a whole. The title of the…
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On behalf of Laurie Larson and Shane Haddad (Co-Chairs), and the entire CACL PFC National Task Force on the Right to Live in Community, we are pleased to share the latest edition of the Institution Watch newsletter. This edition is dedicated to highlighting the stories of those who have made the move to homes in the community, some after spending decades living in an institution. All of these examples show how much better life is when people are included in the community and not closed away in an institution. Please read, enjoy, and…
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