By: Shannon Kinch
If you live in Nova Scotia and you’d like to learn more about your legal rights, CNIB has some exciting news – thanks to our community partners, the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS), the Know Your Rights Nova Scotia legal information handbooks are in development and coming soon!
As part of the Know Your Rights project, CNIB has developed plain language legal information handbooks to empower people who are blind, partially sighted or Deafblind to better understand their rights, navigate provincial legal systems and self-advocate to challenge discrimination. These handbooks will not only provide you with information about your legal rights in various areas of your day-to-day life, but they’ll also provide you with self-advocacy tools and practical tips to challenge discrimination.
The handbooks contain information about your legal rights in a variety of areas, including Human Rights in Nova Scotia, legal obligations of service providers, built environment, education, employment, government and consumer services, healthcare, housing, and transportation. A Legal Community Resources handbook also provides information about and links to community legal services.
The Know Your Rights Nova Scotia legal information handbooks will be available in the near future on CNIB’s Know Your Rights – Nova Scotia webpage.
We thank LISNS for creating these handbooks in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s Pro Bono Students Program and in consultation with CNIB.
CNIB Know Your Rights is now available in eight provinces including Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia. CNIB continues to seek opportunities to advance this vital work in other provinces and territories.
Visit www.cnib.ca/knowyourrights learn more. If you have questions or comments, please email knowyourrights@cnib.ca.