What matters to you and your community? What do you want to see for the future?

2021 is shaping up to be a significant year politically, with the Canadian federal election fast approaching on September 20th, followed by the Calgary municipal election on October 18th.

We’re compiled a list of local resources to help you get to know the mayoral and ward councillor candidates running in this year’s Municipal election, to help you think about how their platforms align with the visions you have for the future of your community.

NewsCDLISeptember 1, 2021election, community, disability rights, poverty, climate change

Celebrating World CP Day

Today is World CP Day, celebrating those who live with Cerebral Palsy. We wanted to highlight some of the people we have been talking to for our anti-racism and decolonization storytelling who have deep, personal connections to, and experiences with, CP.

AntiRacism DecolonizationCDLIOctober 6, 2020disability rights, ableism, intersectionality

Lionel Migrino on Life as a Filipino-Canadian Living with Cerebral Palsy

My name is Lionel Migrino, and I identify myself as a Filipino-Canadian living with cerebral palsy. I am proud of my Filipino roots and to be a member of the disability community. I recognize that I am different, and I have a unique lived experience.

Shetin on Entering the Era of the Black Lives Matter Movement

I'm a Black woman and my entire family is Black but a lot of people think that like it doesn't make sense to talk about Black Lives Matter if you're not American. For some reason, people think that only Americans deal with anti-Black racism but that’s not the case. Racism is so prevalent in Canada, especially in Alberta where I was born and raised.

AntiRacism DecolonizationCDLIOctober 4, 2020BLM, intersectionality, anti-racism, activism, disability rights

Gilary Guzman on The Interconnectedness of Anti-Racism and Disability Rights Activism

“For a long time, all my professors and practicum supervisors were all white. It was something that I was always aware of in conversations about disability. I could sense the white lens applied to my educations and practicum experience. We know that people don't experience only one identity.”

AntiRacism DecolonizationCDLISeptember 15, 2020intersectionality, disability rights, ableism, allyship