2018 Archives - Empower Simcoe

21 Sep 65th Annual Simcoe Community Services Annual General Meeting

Posted at 10:22h in News

The Board of Directors of Simcoe Community Services invite you to attend our 65th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday October 3rd at Lion’s Gate Banquet Hall, 386 Blake Street, Barrie. Schedule...

23 Jul Inclusion is Beautiful on Rogers TV

Posted at 08:45h in News

Allison Bobbette shares her message of inclusion and role with Simcoe Community Services here on Real Life Talks on Rogers TV. Thank you being a voice for people of all...

19 Mar 2018 March Break Youth Retreat

Posted at 10:29h in News

Simcoe Community Services' annual March Break Youth Retreat has come and gone with this years event being a big success. Our youth were very excited take part in the many...

22 Jan Simcoe Community Services CEO Announcement

Posted at 16:06h in News

The Board of Directors of Simcoe Community Services are pleased to announce the appointment of Claudine Cousins as the new Chief Executive Officer of Simcoe Community Services, effective January 22nd, 2018. Claudine has over twenty-five years of leadership...

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The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992, by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

Building on many decades of UN’s work in the field of disability, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in 2006, has further advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other international development frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, the New Urban Agenda, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development.

2018 Theme: Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality

This year’s theme focuses on empowering persons with disabilities for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable development as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda pledges to “leave no one behind”. Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development and promote resilient society for all, including in the context of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action, and urban development. Governments, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, academic institutions and the private sector need to work as a “team” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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21 Sep 65th Annual Simcoe Community Services Annual General Meeting

23 Jul Inclusion is Beautiful on Rogers TV

19 Mar 2018 March Break Youth Retreat

22 Jan Simcoe Community Services CEO Announcement

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2018 Theme: Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality

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