09
May
Nine months after promising a full review, the government has named
08
Apr
Bill 5: An Act to Strengthen Financial Security for Persons with Disabilities passed its third hearing.
08
Apr
The Government of Alberta sets out to hire its first Advocate for People With Disabilities, about 11 months after the original announcement.
08
Apr
The first National Cash Mob in support of inclusive hiring in Canada transpires in support of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).
08
Apr
December 5 2017: The first hearing of Bill 211 (a bill proposed to revise discretionary trust within AISH) is passed. However
08
Apr
The Edmonton Journal publishes an article called “Alberta government still not recruiting a disability advocate”.
08
Apr
Two months after its initial proposal, ‘Bill 205: Advocate for Persons with Disabilities Act’ is passed
08
Apr
A Special Hell: Institutional Life in Alberta’s Eugenic Years, is published. The book is published by Claudia Malacrida, a Sociology Professor from the University of Lethbridge
08
Apr
Leilani Muir, survivor of forced sterilization in Alberta, publishes her autobiography “A Whisper Past: Childless after Eugenic Sterilization in Alberta”.
08
Apr
The Alberta Disabilities Forum (ADF) was formed.1 The ADF is “a coalition of nonprofit Alberta-based disability organizations”,