Learning objectives:

To increase the number of Canadians with disabilities who are knowledgeable about available human rights remedies to discrimination and how to access these remedies.

To increase capacity of Canadians with disabilities to share that knowledge with their peers so that more people across Canada will have information necessary to navigate the systems where Canadians can seek redress for discrimination.

In order to defend and protect your human rights you must:

1. First, be aware of what those rights are and,
2. Second, be aware of the processes by which you can seek redress if your rights are violated.

Accordingly:

1. In the first several modules of this course, the human rights of persons with disabilities are enumerated and described.
2. In the final module, processes and procedures through which persons with disabilities can seek redress at the national, provincial or territorial, and international level are described.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the training participants will have:

1. A general knowledge of human rights declared at the international, national, and provincial or territorial level.
2. A specific knowledge of the human rights of persons with disabilities as specified by the Convention of the Rights of Persons with disabilities.
3. Knowledge of the processes by which persons with disabilities can see redress when their rights are violated. This redress can be sought at the international, national, and provincial or territorial level.