By: Jenna Persaud
With generous funding from the Alberta Law Foundation, the Know Your Rights – Alberta team is excited to share that we’ve made incredible strides towards increasing access to justice for Albertans who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision.
Through collaboration between volunteers and CNIB staff, we have been hard at work developing:
- A set of eight legal information handbooks, each addressing an aspect of public life that Albertans who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision have identified as being common for incidents of discrimination.
- A workshop curriculum that delivers reliable legal information to Albertans who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision and their trusted intermediaries.
- Three public education videos showcasing real-life incidents of discrimination and demonstrating effective self-advocacy strategies to address and challenge these situations.
In August, we embarked on an in-person legal information workshop road trip that included Edmonton, Camrose, Red Deer, and Calgary, where we educated participants about human rights and discrimination law in Alberta and discussed and practiced self-advocacy strategies and skills with participants. Virtual legal information workshops are also planned for November; please register using the links below:
Know Your Rights AB workshop – November 26
Know Your Rights AB workshop – November 28
The Know Your Rights – Alberta website is being developed and will be launched by the end of this year. This website will be home to the completed legal information handbooks, available for free download in accessible formats, and the public education videos. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, if you want to learn more about the Know Your Rights – Alberta project, please email jenna.persaud@cnib.ca.