The following information is ARCH submissions between 2015 to 2020

Website Contents:

ARCH and AODA Alliance submit Open Letter to government on the need for a non-discriminatory Clinical Triage Protocol

ARCH Submission on HRTO’s Digital First Strategy

Submission to the Senate on Bill C-7 – Medical Assistance in Dying

ARCH Submissions Detailing its Position on the Inclusion of the Clinical Frailty Scale in Ontario’s Triage Protocol

Submissions on Proposed Regulations under the Connecting Care Act

Submissions and Recommendations Regarding Ontario’s Triage Protocol Draft dated July 7, 2020

Access to Education for Students with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Crisis

ARCH Statement on Deaths of Persons with Mental Health Disabilities by Police

Submissions on Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020

Intervention submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

ARCH Letter to Premier of Ontario and Minister of Ontario Health on Hospital Visitation Bans

ARCH Letter on Clinical Triage Protocol

Submission – Open Letter: Ontario’s COVID-19 Triage Protocol

Submission – ARCH Submissions on the Canadian Human Rights Commission Draft Complaint Rules

Submission – Plain English version of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Submission – ARCH Submission to Ministry of Education (2018)

Submission – ARCH’s Recommendations for Strengthening Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act (2018)

Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Third Independent Review of the AODA (2018)

Submission – Vulnerable Persons Standard (VPS) on the Proposed Regulations for Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying (2018)

 Submission – AODA Alliance and ARCH’s Joint Submission on the AODA Transportation Accessibility Standard (2017)

Submission – ARCH’s Submission on the Proposed AODA Education Standard (2017)

Submission – ARCH’s Submission to the Ontario Human Rights Commission on its Review of the ‘Guidelines on Accessible Education’ (2017)

Submission – Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)

Submission – ARCH Submission to the Federal Standing Committee Considering Citizenship Act Amendments, 2016

Submission – Brief to the Ontario Government on Necessary Revisions to the 2007 Customer Service Accessibility Standard, 2016

ARCH and AODA Alliance submit Open Letter to government on the need for a non-discriminatory Clinical Triage Protocol

December 03, 2020

ARCH drafted an open letter to government, requesting transparency and public consultations on the Triage Protocol related to the COVID-19 pandemic…

Continue


ARCH Submission on HRTO’s Digital First Strategy

November 27, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on the use of electronic proceedings at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario…

Continue



Submission to the Senate on Bill C-7 – Medical Assistance in Dying

November 27, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs as part of their pre-study of Bill C-7, which if passed would allow the use of MAID for persons whose death is not reasonably foreseeable…

Continue


ARCH Submissions Detailing its Position on the Inclusion of the Clinical Frailty Scale in Ontario’s Triage Protocol

September 01, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Bioethics Table about the discriminatory impact of using the Clinical Frailty Scale in Ontario’s Triage Protocol.

Continue




Submissions on Proposed Regulations under the Connecting Care Act

August 07, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Ministry of Health on the Proposed Regulations under the Connecting Care Act related to Home and Community Care services…

Continue



Submissions and Recommendations Regarding Ontario’s Triage Protocol Draft dated July 7, 2020

July 20, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Joint Centre of Bioethics on the potential use of the Triage Protocol during the COVID-19 pandemic…

Continue


Access to Education for Students with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Crisis

July 03, 2020

ARCH Disability Law Centre  Submission to Ontario Ministry of Education Regarding Access to Education for Students ARCH made submissions to the Ministry of Education endorsing and recommending the government implement the AODA Alliance’s recommendations on the needs of students with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis…

Continue


ARCH Statement on Deaths of Persons with Mental Health Disabilities by Police

June 23, 2020

ARCH Disability Law Centre is deeply saddened and decries the deaths of persons with mental health disabilities at the hands of police officers. Over the last three months, at least three persons with mental health disabilities have died in the Toronto and Peel Regions as a result of interactions with police officers…

Continue


Submissions on Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020

June 17, 2020

ARCH made submissions to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly on Bill 175, Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act…

Continue
 


Intervention submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

June 12, 2020

Intervention of ARCH Disability Law Centre submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Telecom and Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-124: Call for Comments – Regulations to be ARCH made submissions to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about the accessibility of the Commission…

Continue


ARCH Letter to Premier of Ontario and Minister of Ontario Health on Hospital Visitation Bans

May 26, 2020

ARCH letter highlights serious concerns about the discriminatory impact of hospital visitation bans on people with disabilities in Ontario. ARCH is calling upon the Government of Ontario to urgently revise the essential visitor definition to ensure that people with disabilities get equal access to hospitals and health care services.…

Continue




ARCH Letter on Clinical Triage Protocol

May 13, 2020
 

ARCH sent a letter to the Ministry of Health and the CEO of Ontario Health about the potential implementation of the Ontario triage Protocol.…

Continue



 


Submission – Open Letter: Ontario’s COVID-19 Triage Protocol

April 08, 2020

ARCH sent a letter to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of Health of Ontario and the Minister of Seniors and Accessibility of Ontario to share concerns regarding Ontario Health’s Clinical Triage Protocol for Major Surge in COVID Pandemic…

Continue


Submission – ARCH Submissions on the Canadian Human Rights Commission Draft Complaint Rules

October 18, 2019

ARCH provided feedback to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) Draft Complaint Rules, submitting that the CHRC must ensure accessibility throughout the complaints process…

Continue


Submission – Plain English version of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

July 29, 2019

The Canadian Civil Society Organizations, a group made of persons with disabilities, organizations of people with disability, community organization, and human rights group, made submissions to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), these are a plain language version of those submissions.

Continue


Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

July 26, 2019

The Canadian Civil Society Organizations, a group made of persons with disabilities, organizations of people with disability, community organization, and human rights group, made submissions to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)…

Continue


Submission – ARCH Submission to Ministry of Education (2018)

December 14, 2018

Joint submission to the Government of Ontario for their consultation related to Ontario’s education system, submitted by ARCH Disability Law Centre, Community Living Ontario, Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement, Inclusion Research Team Brock University, Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education Western University and Inclusive Education Canada…

Continue 




Submission – ARCH’s Recommendations for Strengthening Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act (2018)

October 16, 2018

ARCH’s recommended amendments to ensure that Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, achieves its purpose and potential…

Continue


Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Third Independent Review of the AODA (2018)

September 28, 2018

ARCH’s submission on the Third Independent Review of the AODA. The recommendations here should be considered together with ARCH submissions to the past two Independent Reviews and ARCH submissions on the AODA standards. 

Continue


Submission – ARCH’s Initial Recommendations for Review of the AODA Employment Accessibility Standard (2018)

July 27, 2018

ARCH’s submission on the Initial Recommendations for Review of the Employment Accessibility Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act…

Continue


Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Third Independent Review of the AODA (2018)

September 28, 2018

ARCH’s submission on the Third Independent Review of the AODA. The recommendations here should be considered together with ARCH submissions to the past two Independent Reviews and ARCH submissions on the AODA standards. 

Continue


Submission – Vulnerable Persons Standard (VPS) on the Proposed Regulations for Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying (2018)

February 22, 2018

The Vulnerable Person Standard incorporates five evidence-based safeguards intended to protect the lives of Canadians. These safeguards aim to ensure that Canadians requesting assistance from physicians to end their life can do so without jeopardizing the lives of persons in circumstances that make them vulnerable to abuse, coercion, and inducement to suicide…

Continue


 Submission – AODA Alliance and ARCH’s Joint Submission on the AODA Transportation Accessibility Standard (2017)

July 31, 2017

The AODA Alliance and ARCH Disability Law Centre present concrete, workable, and much-needed revisions to strengthen Ontario’s 2011 Transportation Accessibility Standard that was enacted under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). This is the final joint submission with recommendations to Ontario’s Transportation Standards Development Committee for the Review of the Transportation Accessibility Standard under the AODA…

Continue


Submission – ARCH’s Submission on the Proposed AODA Education Standard (2017)

July 13, 2017

ARCH’s submission on the initial consultation regarding the scope and mandate of the Standards Development Committee developing an Education Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act…

Continue


Submission – ARCH’s Submission to the Ontario Human Rights Commission on its Review of the ‘Guidelines on Accessible Education’ (2017)

June 09, 2017

ARCH submission to the OHRC review of ‘Guidelines on Accessible Education’ outlines major developments in the legal framework around human rights and education since the Guidelines were first published. ARCH’s recommendations  in the submission rely largely on Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“CRPD”) as a starting framework…

Continue



Submission – Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)

March 20, 2017

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights law which protects and promotes the rights of persons with disabilities. Canada ratified the CRPD in 2010. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a group of independent experts who monitor the implementation of the CRPD.…

Continue




Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Bill C-14 Medical Assistance in Dying, 2016

May 02, 2016

ARCH made submissions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C-14 An Act to Amend the Criminal And to make related amendments to other Acts, related to Medical Assistance in Dying, MAID…

Continue



Submission – ARCH Submission to the Federal Standing Committee Considering Citizenship Act Amendments, 2016

April 13, 2016

ARCH made Submissions to the Federal Standing Committee Considering Citizenship Act Amendments, 2016, to ensure the Act is line wit human rights projections…

Continue



Submission – Brief to the Ontario Government on Necessary Revisions to the 2007 Customer Service Accessibility Standard, 2016

March 15, 2016

In this brief, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Alliance and ARCH Disability Law Centre (ARCH) jointly present concrete, workable, and much-needed revisions to strengthen the Customer Service Accessibility Standard. The Ontario Government can easily implement these without excessive cost or delay

Continue