Global Inclusion

Our Vision

Canada has a major global impact on advancing human rights, enabling inclusion and securing full citizenship for persons with intellectual disabilities and their families around the world.

Benchmarks for Achievement

• Canada plays a leadership role as a model citizen internationally for its approach to disability and inclusion.
• Canada's international policy incorporates a lens on disability and includes specific measures to advance inclusion of people with disabilities internationally.
• Canada has achieved Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for people with intellectual disabilities in Canada and been a leader in investing in their achievement internationally.
• Canada ratifies and implements the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Resources

• Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group
• Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group - Plain Language
• Canada’s response to the List of Issues for the review of Canada’s First Report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
• From Values To Action