Articles by Melissa Graham
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Jun 22, 2020: Disability and Police Violence in Pandemic TimesAt time of writing this article at least three people have died in during a police interaction over the course...
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Jun 22, 2020: Disability and Police Violence in Pandemic TimesAt time of writing this article at least three people have died in during a police interaction over the course...
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Jan 01, 2019: Ford’s attack on Ontario’s poorest intensifiesJust a couple of months ago people in Ontario living on social assistance waited with bated breath while Ford’s Social...
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Oct 24, 2018: The truth about Bill 148 and people with disabilitiesOn October 3rd 2018, Premier Ford spoke to provincial Parliament in defense of his decision to repeal Bill 148, the...
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Aug 28, 2017: Join the Toronto Disability Pride MarchIt’s that time of year again, disabled and mad folks are taking to the streets of Toronto to remind the...
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Aug 07, 2017: Disabled people leading the resistanceDisability activists are back in the spotlight again thanks to Trump’s attacks on the Affordable Healthcare Act.
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Mar 05, 2017: Trudeau’s ‘accessible Canada’ includes unpaid workBack in 2015, before the Canadian federal election, a movement of disabled people was building across the country.
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Sep 23, 2016: Disabled Ontarians are fighting for fairness tooOn October 1, 2016 activists from across the province will be gathering at Queen’s Park in Toronto as part of...
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Jul 25, 2016: Live boldly, unless you’re disabled?Members of the disability community are outraged at the creation of the movie “Me Before You” released in May, many...
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Apr 13, 2016: Life, death, dignity, and the stateThe right to choose when and how we die, on its surface, may seem like something the government has no...
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Dec 03, 2015: Real Change means an Accessible Canada for allOn December 3rd, let’s remind Trudeau what an #AccessibleCanada4All looks like.
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Sep 29, 2015: Join the 5th annual Toronto Disability Pride MarchThe fifth annual “Toronto Disability Pride March” is taking place on Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 1.
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Mar 28, 2015: Métis in Space: bringing decolonization to the far reaches of the universeIndigenous stereotypes, racism, and sexism may reach distant planets long before human beings do.
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Feb 08, 2015: Ableism, not assisted suicide, is what we need to work againstThe Supreme Court decision on assisted suicide brings up a lot of questions for Canadian disability activists, and some fear,...
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Jan 21, 2015: Solidarity: the common factor in New York and Quebec for disabled peopleHere in Canada we have a lot of struggles to secure access for disabled people.
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Oct 17, 2014: Canada Post is about to impair disabled peopleCanada Post is about to begin phasing out door-to-door services across the country.
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Sep 27, 2014: Disabled people take to the streets in Toronto October 4thWe’re still here, and we’re still marching.
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Jul 30, 2014: There’s an election coming, let the transit games beginIt’s almost election time in Toronto again, and much like the last time around, disabled people are finding themselves in...
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Jun 18, 2014: Interview: Disabled People Against CutsRecently, Ontario activists had the pleasure of meeting Ellen Clifford from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC).
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Mar 31, 2014: Qatar World Cup a death trap for migrant workersThe death toll for migrant workers preparing for the 2022 World Cup is staggering.