ARCH Disability Law Centre is deeply grateful for the recognition it has received for its dedicated work in advocating for the legal rights of people with disabilities. The numerous awards we have received reflect our commitment to promoting equality, accessibility, and inclusion. We are thankful for the ongoing support that enables us to create meaningful change and empower communities across Ontario.
Robert Lattanzio Wins 2022 Guthrie Award
ARCH is thrilled to announce that on December 8, 2022 Robert Lattanzio, our Executive Director, won the 2022 Guthrie award! Robert has been serving as Executive Director of ARCH since 2015 and works tirelessly to advocate and defend persons with disabilities in Ontario. Robert is humbled by this prestigious award and sincerely thanks the Law Foundation of Ontario for this recognition.
The Guthrie Award recognizes outstanding individuals for their contributions to access to justice. Learn more about the award in the press release below. Please note that it is only available in PDF.
Guthrie Award Press Release
For photos from the Award ceremony and reception, and for the video of the ceremony presentations, go to: Robert Lattanzio receives the prestigious Law Foundation of Ontario’s Guthrie Award
Photos from the event are available on Law Foundation of Ontario’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2344334692397840&type=3
The video of the Awards Ceremony presentations is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKs_kuRFlOI
Staff Lawyer Kerri Joffe wins the 2022 Indigenous Partnership Award
ARCH is proud to announce that our staff lawyer, Kerri Joffe, has been awarded the 2022 Indigenous Partnership Award! This award was presented to Kerri by Indigenous Disability Canada at the 2022 Indigenous Disability & Wellness Gathering in Celebration of Indigenous Disability Awareness Month. We are so proud of Kerri and her relentless advocacy and commitment in all her work on behalf of our communities. Kerri attended the event on behalf of ARCH, and presented on several panels about disability rights issues including the UNCRPD and MAiD.
ARCH Wins the 2021 Leadership in Advocacy Award
ARCH is honoured to have won the 2021 Leadership in Advocacy Award from Muscular Dystrophy Canada
To view the other award recipients, go here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/muscular-dystrophy-canada_drdavidgreenawards2021-musculardystrophycanada-activity-6908154809116200960-a3bu?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
ARCH Honoured with the Pat Worth Award!
On October 17, 2020, People First of Canada presented ARCH with the Pat Worth Award. ARCH is so honoured and grateful for this prestigious and humbling recognition. This award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Inclusion Movement in Canada.
Over ARCH’s 40 year history, we are proud to have partners like People First of Canada who are leaders in advancing the voice of persons labelled with intellectual disabilities, and is an incredibly important partner and ally in the work that we do at ARCH. Our partnership with People First of Canada has been so important for us to advance disability rights and the “Nothing About Us, Without Us” credo. Receiving this award is particularly meaningful for ARCH because of our connection with Pat. In the 1980s, Pat worked at ARCH as an institutional advocate, providing rights training for people with disabilities living in institutions. Today, we continue to build upon Pat’s legacy by advocating for equality, inclusion and accessibility for people labelled with intellectual disabilities.
To be recognized by an award honouring Pat Worth’s legacy is truly humbling.
On behalf of all of us at ARCH Disability Law Centre, we are so grateful and sincerely thankful to People First of Canada for this honour and recognition.