The following information is ARCH submissions between 2015 to 2020
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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
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 – 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 – 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 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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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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…
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.
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)…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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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…
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…
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