01
Apr
The National Vocational Rehabilitation Project (NVRP) is established in Canada.
01
Apr
Starting this year, United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated annually on December 3rd
01
Apr
Throughout the 1990s there was a shift towards community management of services for people with disabilities.
01
Apr
The On Campus program is established at the University of Alberta.
01
Apr
The Employment Equity Act is enacted.1 It “confirms that employers’ discriminatory recruitment, hiring, and promotion practices had no place in an equitable labour market”
01
Apr
Provincial and federal governments learned that awareness boosting activities and training seminars undertaken since the 1970s were not having their intended effect, which led to the development of innovative measures to address the problem...
01
Apr
On April 15, Section 15: Equality Rights is added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
01
Apr
The first survey designed to gather National data on the prevalence of disability, called the Canadian Health and Disability Survey (CHDS), was sent out to Canadians.
01
Apr
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is established.
01
Apr
The UN’s International Year of Disabled Persons (IYPD) is established.