The Disability Partnership

🎄 Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël! Mena’tek Wela’lin! 🌟 As we celebrate the diverse holiday traditions across Nova Scotia, we wish all our members, allies, and friends a joyful and inclusive season. ✨ Stay tuned for exciting ways to get involved and make a difference in the new year! Wishing you peace, love, and happiness throughout the holidays and into 2024! ❤️

🌍 Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities 🎉 The Disability Partnership honors the invaluable and deeply vulnerable contributions of persons with disabilities in advancing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Nova Scotia. We call on all Allies of the Disability Community to use your privilege to confront and dismantle barriers—both seen and unseen—so that we can build a truly inclusive province together. Let’s work toward a future where everyone can thrive. 💙 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #UnitedNations #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities #IDPWD2024

🎉 You're invited to Ability to Rise! 🎉 Join us for an inspiring event celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities! 📅 Date: December 3, 2024 ⏰ Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM 📍 Location: The Westin Nova Scotian (1181 Hollis St, Halifax, NS B3H 2P6) 💻 Hybrid (In-Person and Virtual Options) 🎟️ One (1) Ticket: $125 🎟️ Eight (8) Tickets (Table): $1000 🎟️ Virtual Ticket: Free This event will focus on building inclusive, accessible, and profitable workforces for persons with disabilities. Enjoy a day filled with insights from leaders in disability inclusion, featuring keynote speaker Prasanna Ranganathan, a panel on Neurodiversity in the Workplace, organization presentations, awards, and a musical performance by Dee Dee Austin. ⏳ Deadline In-person tickets: available until November 22nd, 5:00 PM or until sold out. Virtual tickets: available until December 3rd, 8:00 AM. 👉 Use this link to purchase tickets! bit.ly/AbilityToRise2024 👈 👀👂 Sighted guide (in-person only), ASL, and CART services will be provided, and the event will be livestreamed. 💡 We don't want ticket prices to be a barrier! If you need assistance to attend in person, please reach out to programs@nsleo.com. 🙏 Thank you to our partners and sponsors! Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities TEAM Work Cooperative Accessibility Directorate, Department of Justice, Government of Nova Scotia The Disability Partnership MentorAbility - CASE Placemaking 4G Halifax Chamber of Commerce Nova Scotia Works Government of Canada

hard to believe time to start thinking about scholarships for secondary students already!

Thank you CTV Atlantic for interviewing our Special Events Coordinator at Easter Seals NS, Caden Flynn on the daily struggles he faces everyday using a demoralizing and archaic Access a Bus system. The new council has a responsibility to invest in the logistical and technological infrastructure to bring the system into this century at the very least.

💜💙 Tomorrow is the Day! 💙💜 Don’t forget to wear purple or blue to show your support for the 5th Annual Light It Up! for National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)®! Let’s recognize all the amazing ways people with diverse abilities contribute to businesses and communities across Canada, including right here in our city and province. With 31 locations across Nova Scotia and over 700 across Canada, we are helping illuminate the nation with a blaze of purple and blue! 🌟✨ Swipe to see one of our shining Nova Scotia locations and find out more or add your location here: https://lnkd.in/gf2nsdFD #LightItUpForNDEAM #NDEAM2024 #InclusiveEmployment #WearPurpleOrBlue #CelebrateDiverseAbilities #TheDisabilityPartnershipNS

🌟 A huge THANK YOU to all our amazing partnership members for an incredibly productive and engaging Action Planning Day at the Best Western Glengarry Hotel in Truro, Nova Scotia! 🙌 Your insights, energy, and collaboration were truly inspiring, and we couldn’t have asked for a better group to work with as we plan our next steps forward. Together, we’re shaping a brighter future, and we’re so grateful for your commitment and contributions. Looking forward to putting our plans into action and achieving great things together! 🚀 [People First of Nova Scotia - PFNS, Disability Rights Coalition Nova Scotia, Caregivers Nova Scotia Association, Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, Tetra Society of North America - Atlantic, Inclusion NS, Prescott Group, The Club Inclusion, Independent Living Nova Scotia, Easter Seals Nova Scotia, Mountains and Meadows Care Group, ISANS New Leaf Enterprises - Social Enterprise, Summer Street Industries]

*Applications are now CLOSED* We're hiring for a Project Leader! We are looking for a Project Leader who has strong project coordination and management skills with experience managing diverse teams, preferably with expert knowledge on the intersections of race and disability. This is a full-time, remote position. Deadline extended: applications are now due October 6, 2024 11:59PM ET. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/gG7WYSys Share this widely with your networks! #JobOpportunity #RemoteJobs #Hiring #ProjectLeader #Leadership #Jobs #RaceAndDisability #InclusionMatters #Equity #DisabilityRights #NonProfitJobs #SocialJustice #Hiring #InclusiveLeadership #DiversityAndInclusion

Let’s break it down: the way we think about disability today is deeply shaped by colonization. Before colonizers imposed Western medical models that saw disability as something to 'fix,' many Indigenous communities celebrated disabilities as gifts with spiritual meaning. Colonization brought models like medical, social, charity, and rights—all with their own set of problems for Indigenous, Black, and racialized people with disabilities (IBRpD). So, how do we change this? We move toward disability justice, a movement by and for disabled folks of colour, centring the voices of those most impacted by ableism, racism, and colonialism. It’s time to decolonize our understanding of disability and build a more inclusive future . . . #RaceDisabilityCanada #Education #accessibleeducation #educationforall #DEENSupport #Race #Disability #EDI #Equity #Inclusion #Diversity #RaceandDisability #ImmigrantVoices #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #Training #DEENVisionNetwork #Changemakers #socialchange #DecolonizeDisability #DisabilityJustice #IBRpD

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Kartbahn 120 yesterday! Participants raced around the track and completed 120 laps in support of Nova Scotians living with disabilities. We would also like to thank our Signature Sponsor of Kartbahn O'Regan's Toyota Halifax and our host Kartbahn Racing! 🏁🖤 Kartbahn will be back next year so make sure to stay tuned for more information! 🏎