International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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The City of Vancouver joins cities around the globe to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, Vancouver is focusing on the themes of Employment and Healthy Lifstyles along with the UN designated theme of

“Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development ..….it is imperative that development efforts around the world include disability issues when determining policies, programmes, as well as allocating funds for developmental programmes and projects. Mainstreaming disability in development is a strategy for achieving equality for persons with disabilities."

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which is both a human rights treaty and a development tool, provides an opportunity to strengthen developmental policies related to the implementation of internationally agreed development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), thereby contributing to the realization of a “society for all” in the twenty-first century.

For more background information about this UN designated day please click on the Enable logo on this page.

CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
THE POSSIBLITY OF A WORLD
WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS

For more information contact (604) 873-7799

Welcome to the 4th Annual
International Day of Persons

with
Disabilities Community Celebration!

When:

Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 2 to 7 p.m.

Where:

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

181 Roundhouse Mews
(corner of Davie Street and Pacific Blvd),
Vancouver

The day will feature a wide range of activities for all ages and disabilities.

Events include

crafts fair (cash only) and gallery
kids cookie decorating
sports demos
cooking demo
an employment panel
wheelchair square dancing
adaptive yoga sessions

Paralympian athletes Alison Kabush and Shannon Sydorak will be part of the sports demonstration team.

MC, Mary-Jo Fetterly will welcome special guests including

First Nations Elder Stephen Lytton
The Ability Guy Roger B Jones
dance fusion artist Martha Carter
local DJ and videographer Take5
Chinook Song Catchers & Dancers of Damelahamid
standup comic Tyler Fortin,
dance band faves Lazare Halk.

Check here for full schedule of activities and artist's bios.

American Sign Language interpreters will be on-hand at the event and Real Time Captioning, and Vocal Eye Live Audio Description will also be available.

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