Statement by Wendy Porch, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Living in Toronto on The International Day of Persons with Disabilities Today, December 3, is the International Day of Persons with […]
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CILT Mourns the Passing of Indigenous Elder and Disability Advocate, Wanda Whitebird.
Last week CILT and our community joined in mourning the passing of Indigenous elder and disability advocate Wanda Whitebird on November 14th, 2024. In 1986, Elder Wanda Whitebird moved […]
Continue ReadingCILT Statement on the Passing of Neil Mercer, former CILT Board Member
The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Neil Mercer, a cherished board member and beloved community contributor. Neil served on the […]
Continue ReadingReflections on 40 Years of Independent Living – Today’s reflection by Karen Yoshida
“I witnessed the power of community, the power of collective voices and disability rights in action. I was excited and Vic saw that I had potential to be an ally […]
Continue ReadingWordplay Creative Writing for People with Marginalized Genders and Disabilities
We are thrilled to share the beautiful writing created by participants of Wordplay Creative Writing. This program was facilitated and developed by Rebecca Wood and presented in partnership with Vibrant […]
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