Nicole Flynn part of Canadian Government Delegation at Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON, May 23, 2024 — Well-known human rights advocate, entrepreneur, and athlete Nicole Flynn, will travel to the United Nations in New York on June 11-13, 2024, as a member of Canada’s official delegation for a Convention on the Rights … Read More
Recapping Community Living Ontario’s 2024 Day at the Legislature
Photo by Louis Thomas On May 8th, Community Living Ontario (CLO) returned to Queen’s Park for our annual Day at the Legislature event. This event presented an opportunity for self-advocates, family members, agencies, and other supporters to increase our visibility and meet with policymakers in the spirit of connection and collaboration. We would like to sincerely thank the Honourable Michael … Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Grant Program Empowers Families Across Ontario
Community Living Ontario Family Grant Application Now Open FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON, May 28, 2024 — After implementing a successful inaugural family engagement grant initiative in 2023, Community Living Ontario (CLO) is pleased to announce that the grant program is being offered again this year with a deadline of Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Aimed at supporting and encouraging family … Read More
What Do We Mean By ‘Authentic Inclusion’?
Happy Community Living Month! As we begin a month of celebrating authentic inclusion, read a message from our CEO, Chris Beesley, on what the term means to us here at Community Living Ontario.
Celebrating Seventy Years of Community Living Part Twelve: What Have We Achieved?
by Gord Kyle Merely surviving 70 years as an association of likeminded people is an accomplishment and one that we should collectively celebrate. But, of course, if all we had to say about the history of our association was that we are still on our feet, what would be the point? After all, the parents that gathered in the basement … Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Family Engagement Grants Offer Opportunity for Inclusion & Community-Building Across Ontario
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, ON, January 5, 2024 — Committed to facilitating positive change, Community Living Ontario (CLO) launched its first-ever family engagement grant initiative to promote meaningful engagement and help provide families with loved ones who live with intellectual disability an opportunity to network and build good lives. Aimed at supporting and encouraging engagement activities, grants of up to … Read More
Community Living Ontario Releases 2024 Pre-budget Recommendations to the Minister of Finance
In our pre-budget submission to the provincial government, CLO is calling for an immediate base budget increase of five percent for developmental service agencies. Additionally, we are calling for a five percent increase to Passport and Special Services at Home budgets. The submission is part of our #5toSurvive campaign, calling attention to critical underfunding of our sector. If you agree … Read More
WATCH: Speaking Out Conference Recap
From October 20–22, nine Council members (Nicole Flynn, Niko Pupella, Judy Noonan, Robert Smith, Stella Curtis, Dzidra Halar, Farrah Sattaur, Amber Taylor, and Jem Moeller) attended and participated in the 2023 Speaking Out “Expanding Possibilities” Conference at the UNIFOR Family Education Centre in Port Elgin. The Council made several new connections and learned from self-advocates, families, and support professionals. Watch … Read More
Celebrating Seventy Years of Community Living Part Eleven: Sorting Out the Role of Community Living
by Gord Kyle When the community living movement began in the late 1940s, it was an association of parents united in the cause of finding strategies, tools, and services that would provide their sons and daughters the opportunity to live with and near family and take part in community life. These families organized into community groups and, in 1953, the … Read More
CLO to Act as Intervenor in Important Court Case Next Week
CONTEXT: ABOUT THE CASE In J.F.R v K.L.L., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that Massey Leach-Rathwell, a 24-year-old adult living with down syndrome, was a ‘child of the marriage’ as defined under the federal Divorce Act, as (in the court’s opinion) he remained in his parents’ charge and could not withdraw from it due to his disability. As … Read More
