Rick Hansen Foundation news

Dear Olaf,
 

 The Angus Reid Institute in partnership with the Rick Hansen Foundation has   released new national public opinion data on disability, accessibility, and   inclusion today. Please find the full research report here.
 

 This new data illustrates how people with disabilities continue to face   barriers to employment and that Canadians are more likely to support   organizations that have specific DE&I policies that focus on disability.
 

 Some of the key highlights include: 

• 91% of Canadians       say that it’s unacceptable that people with physical disabilities are        underemployed because of workplace barriers.
• 40% of people with disabilities say companies fall short when it comes to hiring those with disabilities. This        increases to 55% for 18- to 34-year old people with a disability.
• 78% of Canadians believe an organization’s equity,        diversity, and inclusion policies should include disability.
• 62% of Canadians       say they would be more likely to give their business to a company if        they knew that they had specific policies to support people living with        disabilities.

​​​​​​Earlier this year, another partnership study with ARI   found that nine in ten (92%) Canadians agree that taxpayer-funded projects   should be held to the highest accessibility standards – a finding with   important implications for post-pandemic infrastructure recovery projects.   Despite broad-based support for higher levels of accessibility and   inclusivity, it’s clear that many barriers continue to persist and that there   remains much room for improvement across Canada.
 

 This latest research continues to strengthen the importance of the work we do   together, thanks to your support. Please feel free to share these findings   with your network.
 

 Warm regards,

 

Doramy Ehling, CEO
 Rick Hansen Foundation

Author and dental public health specialist Dr. Carlos Quiñonez explores the complexities surrounding Canada’s dental care system and policies, including how they came to be, their consequences, and what they mean for oral health and access to dental care.  

 This new book seeks to answer a long-standing policy question in Canadian health care: why is dental care excluded from Canada’s national system of health insurance, Medicare 

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Bioethics in Canada, Third Edition: A Philosophical Introduction

By Carol Collier and Rachel Haliburton

ISBN: 9781773382265

 Thoroughly updated to reflect recent political, medical, and cultural changes, this third edition offers a comprehensive overview of the philosophical, historical, and medical concepts shaping contemporary debates on biomedical issues, featuring new sections on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the moral philosophy of liberalism in bioethics, the Mad movement, CRISPR and gene editing, and expanded content on mental health, rural and remote communities, and codes of conduct and codes of ethics.  

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