Disability Rights in Canada - a Virtual Museum

This exhibit in the "Disability Rights in Canada: a Virtual Museum" offers a look into the history of the disability rights movement in Canada and how it changed the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The goals of this exhibit are:

• to explore this moment of history through various accessible media.
• to look at artefacts, archival records and personal accounts by individuals involved in the campaign to include disability rights in Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• to collect, preserve, present and interpret the history and current directions of the disability rights movement in Canada related disability rights in Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• to increase awareness and understanding that disability rights are an essential part of human rights and basic to the quality of life through the exhibit.