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CIIC honoured with prestigious Renata Shearer Award from United Nations Association in Canada – Vancouver UBC Okanagan research institute honoured with prestigious Renata Shearer Award

2023 – 2024 Annual Report Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship Annual Report 2023-2024 Final1.docx

Importance of investigating vulnerabilities in health and social service provision among requestors of medical assistance in dying Co-Director Dr. Tm Stainton is a co-author on a newly published article commenting on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada. The opinion piece concludes “In light of the rapidly growing uptake of MAID in Canada and scheduled expansion to persons whose sole underlying condition is mental illness in March 2027, the need is urgent to […]

Webinar: Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services-Understanding the Personal and Population-level Experiences of Youth with Intellectual Disabilities. Join Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch & Dr. Sandra Marquis Feb 28, 12 – 1pm PST for Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services-Understanding the Personal and Population-level Experiences of Youth with Intellectual Disabilities. During this webinar, Dr. Baumbusch will share personal reflections on her family’s experiences of this transition. Dr. Marquis will present results from her […]

The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths The MAID lobby, says Stainton, has “more to run this single issue than all the disability organizations in the country have to do everything they do.” The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

If the government doesn’t act quickly, MAiD for mental illness as a sole underlying medical condition will become legal on March 17th of 2024.     The Vulnerable Persons Standard (VPS) is an evidence-based tool to guide policy and practice for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). It was developed by 40+ Canadian experts in law, medicine, ethics, social policy and human rights and is built upon five core principles which form the basis for this submission. STATEMENT OF VPS […]

New Supported Decision Making Resources Western Australia’s Individualized Services (WAiS) has released many new resources for supported decision making. These resources have been developed for, and by, decision makers, decision supporters and service providers. Many are videos and some are downloadable documents. Visit the website here: https://waindividualisedservices.org.au/new-supported-decision-making-resources/  

New Book: The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability New Publication: “The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability is a revolutionary collection encompassing the most innovative and insurgent work in philosophy of disability.” Jordan Joseph Wadden & Tim Stainton have contributed the chapter: Recognizing Human Flourishing in the Context of Disability. Topics addressed in the book include: disability, race, and algorithms; race, disability, and […]

New publicaion from Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch and team. “A very different place from when the pandemic started”: Lessons learned for improving systems of care for families of children with medical complexity