Rest in power, Eva Sidwall
Rest in power, Eva Sidwall a.k.a. Eve a.k.a. Sam Plover 1957 - 2023 by Irit Shimrat “Sam Plover,” as we knew her, was a member of the Mad...
Aug 21, 20234 min read
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Canada Rejects CRPD Abolition of Forced Treatment
We haven’t been blogging in a while because we’ve been waiting for a response to our third petition, which we sent to Canada’s House of...
Feb 27, 20238 min read
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Our 2022 Petition to Canada's House of Commons
Petition to the House of Commons Enact Article 14 and Rescind Reservations to Article 12 of the CRPD WHEREAS the United Nations Special...
Feb 25, 20232 min read
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Letter to Party Leaders and Local Candidates
We've been emailing our candidates and party leaders to think about our rights with the UN-CRPD as a base. We invite you to use our...
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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Our Second Petition Tabled in Parliament!
Watch the Honourable MP Ms Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP) table our second petition in Parliament: Link to Video Parliamentarians have...
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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The public RESPONDS to our petition!
In three days, we got 300 signatures! What a strong and positive result! People are backing our demand that Canadian legislators end...
Dec 20, 20201 min read
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Petition!
We've started a petition for human rights and it's doing pretty well! We know that places of detention scare people, and that psychiatric...
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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Canadian Legislators Unresponsive
On June 23, 2020, we sent a letter co-signed by 24 academics, activists and psych survivors, to 35 ministers and officials in federal,...
Sep 24, 20201 min read
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CRPD Rapporteur’s Visit to Canada Ignored by Media
It’s been a year since Catalina Devandas Aguilar visited Canada. This should have made headlines as the biggest disability rights event...
May 30, 20202 min read
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An Intro to the CRPD for legislators and activists.
See Irit Shimrat's Mad in America post on this Intro to the CRPD here! Mad Canada Shadow Report Group is proud to present our four-page...
May 11, 20201 min read
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