Members

Information pertaining to membership within the Network, the structure, decision making/policy positions/policy advocacy, and a list of the current members can be found below.

Membership:

The Network links Canadian-based organizations and individuals engaged in international development initiatives for persons with disabilities, as well as other Canadian based organizations that support the aims of the Network.

• Membership is open to any organization or individual which shares the purpose of the Network
• Network members are responsible for any costs associated with participation and/or activities undertaken by the coalition

Structure:

While the Network is intended to be an informal network that brings interested parties and groups together on issues of disability and development, leadership is required to facilitate the work of the Network. To this end:

• The Network will select 2 co-chairs who will facilitate the work of the Network for 2 calendar years;
• The selection of co-chairs will be staggered to ensure consistency in leadership; and Co-chairs will be responsible for coordinating and convening meetings and other tasks as decided by the Network.

The current co-chairs for the Network are: Penny Hartin (World Blind Union); and Winston Miller (CBMI - Canada)

Decision Making, Policy Positions and Policy Advocacy:

The Network will not make policy decision that bind or represent any members. Rather, through the forums, dialogues, and exchanges it facilitates the Network will enable members to develop shared positions. Organizational and individual members are responsible for their own policy advocacy, and may form coalitions among members to advance particular positions as they see fit.

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List of Current Members:

Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
CNDD Member

The AEBC is a national organization of rights holders who are blind, deaf-blind and partially sighted. Our work focuses on public awareness and providing comment on public policy issues affecting the blind community.
www.blindcanadians.ca

Canadian Association for Community Living
CNDD Associate Member

CACL is a national association of over 40,000 members, 400 family led Associations for Community Living and 13provincial/territorial Associations. CACL works to advance the human rights and fill inclusion of persons with intellectualdisabilities and their families.
www.cacl.ca

Canadian Paraplegic Association
CNDD Member

The Canadian Parplegic Association assists persons with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities to achieve independence, self-reliance and full communityparticipation.
www.canparaplegic.org

CBM Canada
CNDD Member

CBM is an international Christian organization whose primary purpose is to improve the quality of life of the world's poorest people with disabilities and those at risk of disability,who live in the most disadvantaged societies.
www.cbmCanada.org

Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
CNDD Member

CNIB is the primary source of support, information and most importantly, hope, for all Canadians affected by vision loss. We are recognized experts in vision health and have been making a profound differencein the lives of Canadians since 1918.
www.cnib.ca

Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
CNDD Associate Member

Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) is a collaborative project working to establish a holistic and sustainable system to monitor the human rights of people withdisabilities around the world.
www.yorku.ca/drpi

Ethno-Racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO)
CNDD Member

ERDCO strives to promote inclusion and full citizenship for ethno-racial people with disabilities through the principles of anti-racism, anti-oppression, universal access and equity.
www.ryerson.ca/erdco

Handicap International - Canada
CNDD Member

Handicap International is a non-governmental not for profit organization that works in the field of disability worldwide. It aims to promote sustainable change to ensure that people with disabilities, victims of war or natural disasters, affected by disease or poverty are treated as full citizens with equal opportunities for community participation. Founded in France in 1982, Handicap International currently carries out more than 250 projects in over 60 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Created in April 2003, the Canadian section of the organization mobilizes technical, human, administrative and financial resources essential to the fulfillment of its programmes in the field. It also organizes information and awareness-creation activities in Canada on its overseas projects and particularly around the issue of the disastrous consequences of landmines, cluster munitions and other unexploded ordnance on civilian populations.
http://www.handicap-international.ca

International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation
University of Toronto
CNDD Member

ICDR works on a range of projects that contribute to the international development of both institution-based rehabilitation and community-based rehabilitation approaches and services, appropriate to local circumstances. Persons with disabilities are active partners in this initiative.
The mandate of the International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation has three foci:

Teaching: offering opportunities to influence the education of health care providers and students in Canada and internationally.
Research and Evaluation: contributing to new knowledge on rehabilitation issues in various cultural and ethnic settings.
Service Delivery: developing programs that provide appropriate services in countries with developing and transitional economies.
www.icdr.utoronto.ca

International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation
Queen's University
CNDD Associate Member

ICACBR is a Queen's University Centre which focuses on the development of Community Based Rehabilitation internationally. The Centre has worked in over 35 countries with support from Canadian and international organizations.
www.queensu.ca/icacbr

International Health Centre
Dalhousie University
CNDD Member

The International Health Office (IHO) enhances the understanding of and exposure to international aspects of health for students, faculty and staff of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. The IHO also works with the Faculty of Health Professions and
Dentistry to develop interprofessional student initiatives as well as faculty led projects.

The IHO is active in the Caribbean, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The IHO also raises awareness of global health issues faced by people in all parts of the world; prepares students for overseas travel; facilitates and administers the Tanzania
Study Tour and the South Africa Partners for Health Program. The IHO also offers a global health elective as an introduction to global health and international development issues.
http://iho.medicine.dal.ca

International Society of Augmentative & Alternative Communication
(Canada Chapter)
CNDD Associate Member

ISAAC is an organization devoted to advancing the field of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) by promoting information exchange, research, and access to communication through AAC approaches and technologies. Formed in 1983,
ISAAC now has members in more then 50 countries, including 15 national/regional chapters. Membership is open to all persons interested in augmentative and alternative communication.
www.isaac-online.org

L'Arche Canada
CNDD Member

L'Arche International is a Federation of more than 135 member communities, established as independent entities in 36 countries. The communities encompass 5000 people with and without and intellectual disability, who share their lives in homes, workshops and day programs. Every L'Arche community offers people with an intellectual disability a family-style living environment that encourages them to create home, develop their talents, build friendships and make the most of life.
L'Arche communities are also places of welcome and support for families and friends, volunteers and neighbours, churches and other social service groups. Through their day, outreach or educational programs and the large network of former assistants who have experienced our vision, L'Arche is actively working toward social change.
http://larche.ca

The Leprosy Mission Canada
CNDD Member

The Leprosy Mission (TLM) is a Christian international development NGO which serves people affected by leprosy and related conditions. TLM works with persons affected by leprosy in Asia, Africa and South America.
http://leprosy.ca

Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC)
CNDD Member

OCIC is an expanding community of Ontario-based international development and global education organizations and individual associate members working globally for social justice.
OCIC encourages the development of the Ontario international development and global education sectors and sharing of resources between OCIC members by providing forums for networking, communications and collaborative reflection and action, and facilitating capacity building in public engagement and organizational development.
www.ocic.on.ca

Operation Eyesight Universal
CNDD Member

OEU's mandate is to restore sight and prevent blindness among the most vulnerable in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa by working with and supporting indigenous medical teams. OEU was officially founded in 1963. We are Canada's original response to global blindness.
www.operationeyesight.ca

School of Physiotherapy
Dalhousie University
CNDD Associate Member

Vision of the School of Physiotherapy: The School of Physiotherapy is a premier school for physiotherapists who excel in practice, research and professional matters. The School of Physiotherapy contributes to best practice standards and improves health care. We are engaging in our second global engagement grant with Health Canada with Malawi to improve rehabilitation and to institute permanent exchanges between faculty and students.
http://physiotherapy.dal.ca

Transforming Faces Worldwide
CNDD Member

Transforming Faces Worldwide (TFW), is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that promotes the availability of multidisciplinary cleft lip/palate care for children and adults in developing countries.
TFW supports comprehensive cleft lip and palate programs in developing countries by providing funds for medical supplies, transportation of patients and medical personnel, and training for local cleft specialists.
www.transformingfaces.org

World Blind Union
CNDD Member

The World Blind Union (WBU) is a worldwide movement of 161 million blind and partially-sighted people acting on our own behalf to: eliminate prejudice; promote belief in the proven abilities of blind and partially sighted people; and achieve full participation and equality in society.

We achieve our mission with and through our members - organizations of blind and partially-sighted persons and organizations providing services to blind and partially-sighted persons in over 175 countries and through our six Regional Unions.

Our Vision is to live in a community where people who are blind or partially sighted can participate on an equal basis in all aspects of social, economic, political and cultural life.

Our Mission is to strengthen the capacity of our members to provide services to blind and partially-sighted persons; and to represent and advocate on behalf of blind and partially-sighted persons at the international level.
www.worldblindunion.org