Juridical tools
Understand your rights better, find your way through the Quebec legal system and defend your rights against discrimination.
Published in French and English, these eight legal information guides are available in a variety of accessible formats. They answer many general and specific questions to provide you with the answers you need to defend your rights. One of these guides is also devoted solely to general information on defending your rights in order to lighten the load on the other seven guides and to bring together general remedies and explanations of case law in one place.
Advocacy and Essential Legal Information
Codes of law are not always easy to understand and can sometimes be confusing. As part of the Know Your Rights project, CNIB has created a general resource to help you better understand our legal system and the general remedies that apply in all situations.
Education
There can be many barriers to accessing education for people with visual limitations. Yet, that doesn't stop 50.9% from graduating from post-secondary education, according to a CNIB survey conducted in 2020. Learn how to advocate for your education and increase the number of post-secondary graduates living with visual impairment!
Employment
No one should be discriminated against when looking for a job because of their visual impairment. However, negative attitudes of employers are among the main barriers to employment for people with visual impairments.
Take action to ensure that your rights are respected and that you have access to the job you want.
Take action to ensure that your rights are respected and that you have access to the job you want.
Health care
According to a survey conducted by CNIB, 33.9% of respondents say they have difficulty accessing health care at least once a year because of their visual impairment. Access to health care should be equitable for all. If you are discriminated against, stand up for your rights with this guide to understanding your rights.
Housing
While 61% of guide dog owners in Canada have had the experience of renting a home, 19.5% of them have faced discrimination from their landlord because of their guide dog. Let's remedy the situation and learn more about your housing rights in Quebec with this guide.
Transportation
28.7% of people living with a visual impairment in Canada use public transportation, according to a CNIB survey. If you are denied access to transportation, stand up for your rights with this guide, which will give you the tools you need to understand and enforce your rights.
Built Environment
Although the Régie du bâtiment du Québec has been working with the Office des personnes handicapées du Québec since 2005 to ensure universal accessibility to various locations, some accessibility problems persist and you have the right to ask that these be addressed in order to ensure that your right to "live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life" (Article 9.1 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) is respected. Find out everything you need to know about your rights in the built environment with this guide.
Government and consumer services
According to a 2019 CNIB survey, 27.4% of guide dog owners in Canada have experienced problems accessing a hotel because of their guide dog. This constitutes discrimination and you are entitled to fight back to have your rights respected. Find out more tools to help you defend your rights against government services and consumers in this guide.