International Articles

• A Friend Remembered In Land Mine Support
  Excerpt: Antipersonnel land mines cause disabilities in 1,000 people every month in 64 developing countries. They are responsible for billions of dollars of rehabilitation costs, in addition to making millions of acres of land...
  
  
• A World Of Possibilities by Jodi Helmer
  Canadians of all ages and abilities are playing a vital role in international volunteer projects around the world. From building orphanages in China and studying wildlife in Costa Rica to meeting diplomats in South Africa and working with disability organizations in Jamaica, opportunities to volunteer abroad are becoming increasingly accessible to people with disabilities.
  
  
• Beijing ’95 by Meenu Sikand-Taylor
  Excerpt: Shocking. Offensive. Degrading. Humiliating. Unacceptable. These were some of the words women with disabilities used to describe the terminology of the poster that was displayed to welcome them: International Deformity...
  
  
• Big Issues In A Small World by Raymond D. Cohen
  As our Canadian society makes strides toward including all of its citizens, regardless of ability, our policy continues to discriminate against would-be immigrants who have disabilities. Our country is headed for a new leadership campaign; let�s let our politicians know that this Canadian spirit of inclusiveness should have no borders.
  
  
• Breaking Down Barriers In Costa Rica by David Hinton
  Excerpt: Costa Rica - beautiful beaches, a tropical climate, lush jungles and fascinating active volcanoes. There are wheelchair ramps on street corners and a law outlining the rights of people with disabilities. It sounds like...
  
  
• Canada Scores A First!
  Excerpt: Canada recently hosted the first-ever International Conference of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Persons with Disabilities. This impressive gathering, which took place in Montreal, included 75 ministers with...
  
  
• Ccd Appears At The Foreign Policy Review
  Excerpt: On June 1, 1994 Irene Feika, CCD International Committee chair and Paul LeJeune, International Committee member appeared before the Special Joint Committee Reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy. CCD co-presented with its...
  
  
• Ccds Developing International Links
  Excerpt: The summer of 1997 was an eventful one for Tuula Heinonen, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Heinonen spent time visiting two cities in Estonia on behalf of the School of Social Work and the...
  
  
• Ccds Initiates International Partnerships by Robb Nickel and Olga Krassioukova
  Excerpt: In May, 1998, the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (CCDS), the University of Manitoba (U of M) and the Manitoba Department of Family Services announced the launch of the Winnipeg (Canada)-Stavropol (Russia) Social...
  
  
• Celebrating People First by Kim Miller
  Excerpt: The words may be simple, but the message they hold is profound. People First. To the nearly 1,400 delegates from 31 countries who gathered for five intense days, these two words mean everything -- if they are taken to...