Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities Inc.

09/26/2025

Join us at The Forks, Treaty 1 Territory, for Chāpān Games & Teachings, on September 28th!

🧡 Sunday, September 28, 2025
🧡 11:00AM – 7:15PM
🧡 CN Stage & Field, The Forks

This important community gathering focuses on healing through ceremony, laughter, and fun with Chāpāns (Grandparents/Great-Grandparents) and young people, highlighting their teachings and traditional Indigenous games. It is also a time of remembrance for the children who did not return home due to harmful government policies, and they will be honoured through an installation of children’s shoes representing the impact of these great losses. Attendees are asked to bring a pair (or more) of brand-new children’s shoes (kindergarten-grade 8) to be added to the installation that will be on display and then donated to an elementary school.

🧡 Grand Entry at 11:00AM
🧡 Stand-up comedy, storytelling, and Sharing Circles
🧡 Chāpān teachings and traditional games
🧡 Live music and performances
🧡 Free food provided by The Salvation Army
🧡 Food trucks
🧡 Sacred Fire and Sacred Water ceremonies

09/25/2025

The 2025 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship program application window is now open!

09/25/2025

Whether your organization is looking for ready-to-implement or custom solutions to your accessibility challenges, MLPD will work with you on your journey to becoming a more accessible and inclusive organization.

Accessibility Reviews: A review of your organization’s physical space can ensure you are meeting the accessibility needs of staff and customers. MLPD’s team can perform accessibility reviews in a variety of spaces to help your organization become more accessible and inclusive to everyone. We have reviewed tourist attractions, office spaces, and factory floors, to name a few. Our tools are designed to adapt to the needs of your organization.

Accessibility Plans: Is your organization required to follow an accessibility plan under the Accessible Canada Act legislation? MLPD can support your organization with a detailed review to identify existing barriers, and work with you to meet the goals identified in your accessibility plans.

Policy Creation: MLPD will work alongside your organization to develop policies that align with your values and strategy. We will ensure that your policies lead your organization to becoming more accessible and inclusive. Our team’s knowledge of the Accessibility for Manitobans Act and Accessible Canada Act will ensure that your organization is compliant with the latest relevant legislation.

Staff Training: Organizations are often required to ensure their staff and managers are properly trained to ensure that they are meeting the needs of disabled people. MLPD can help you meet those requirements with our online modules, in-person training and custom solutions.

Contact us to learn more! 204-943-6099 or contact@mlpd.mb.ca

09/24/2025

Sharing on behalf of OCASI

OCASI - The Accessibility Initiative (AI) cordially invites you to participate in the upcoming webinar:

Understanding the Disability Tax Credit, Registered Disability Savings Plan and Canada Disability Benefit

Date: October 8th, 2025
Time: 11:00AM - 12:30PM Central

Event Description
The Disability Tax Credit (DTC) helps reduce taxes owing, but it is also a is key disability benefit that unlocks other important financial supports, including the Registered Disability Savings Plan, and Canada Disability Benefit—which will provide up to $200/month for people with disabilities. Join us to learn more about the DTC and related benefits. The session will include in-depth information, practical tips, and resources help you and individuals you support successfully navigate the application and appeals process.

Facilitator

Cynthia Minh: Cynthia works as Program Director for Disability Alliance BC/Disability Alliance Canada. Alongside partner organizations, these programs have supported thousands of people with disabilities across British Columbia with income tax filing and related benefits including the Disability Tax Credit/Registered Disability Savings Plan. She holds an MA in English Literature with specific interest in Asian Diasporic Literature. She sits of the Board of Directors for Plan Institute and is a community member for Emily Carr’s Research Ethics Board.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NOtAy2gARUOQw2ko8dA1fA?utm_source=Accessibility+Initiative+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=a7451a30e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_01_08_12_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d0f39bcee3-1432970657 #/registration

09/23/2025

Today, September 23 is International Day of Sign Languages! A day to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. All people have an inherent right to human rights from birth. For deaf people, sign language rights are fundamental for the full enjoyment of their human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As we mark the Day we recognize the progress made and the challenges that remain in ensuring equality for all. The achievements are leading towards the goal of a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere.

To read more visit: https://www.un.org/en/observances/sign-languages-day

09/18/2025

Boulevard access for Winnipeggers with disabilities!

The City of Winnipeg offers boulevard snow clearing services to eligible residents with accessibility needs through the Accessibility Access to Private Property Program.

Through this service, the City clears a 1.5 meter path on the boulevard between the curb and the sidewalk after a major snowfall. This provides a pathway from the resident's sidewalk to a pick-up and drop-off location.

Eligibility criteria
❄ The property for which the service is requested must not have a front driveway
❄ The resident must be physically incapable of shoveling snow, as certified by a doctor
❄ The resident must not live with any other able-bodied person capable of shoveling snow
❄ The resident must be financially unable to privately hire someone to do the work

Application recommended before October 1 to allow for processing time and approval.

Apply at: winnipeg.ca/publicworks/snow/boulevard-access.stm

09/17/2025

Check out this important initiative by Community Living - Manitoba!

Community Living Manitoba is pleased to share that families and caregivers in Manitoba can now report instances of exclusion in schools or daycares through the new National Exclusion Tracker.

By collecting this important data, we aim to strengthen our advocacy efforts for a truly inclusive education system—one where every child has the right to attend school.

Please note: this survey is intended to gather national data and is not a tool for accessing individual advocacy support.

To learn more about the "Exclusion Tracker" here is a link to some frequently asked questions.
https://exclusiontracker.com/report/faq/

Here is the link to report exclusions.
https://exclusiontracker.com/report/

09/12/2025

Need a helping hand? Are you experiencing accessibility concerns with access to income supports, navigating access to accommodation supports, access to housing, navigating utility bills, access to transportation supports, or parenting with a disability? We are here to provide a listening ear, helping hand, referrals, and systemic advocacy.

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Call: 204-943-6099
Email: contact@mlpd.mb.ca

09/11/2025

Sharing on behalf of the Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba

Call for Writing: Disability Gain ie. the good that can come from disability

Seeking essays, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir or work that defies genre, from writers who self-identify as having a disability, to be published in an anthology edited by Diane Driedger and Sara Arenson

Up to 1,000 words or three poems

Deadline October 15, 2025

For more information, visit https://aanm.ca/call-for-writing-disability-gain/

09/10/2025

Applications for the Canada Disability Benefit are now open!

Disability Alliance BC and Plan Institute are teaming up for a webinar on the Disability Tax Credit. This webinar will explain what the Disability Tax Credit is and how to make the best use of it, and also includes information about eligibility criteria, application tips, and what happens after you apply. At the end of the webinar, there is a 45 minute question and answer period with a specialist.

Two dates remaining:
- Thursday, October 2, 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM Central (10:00 AM – 11:45 AM PT)
- Tuesday, November 25, 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM Central (4:00 PM – 5:45 PM PT)

To learn more and to register visit: https://planinstitute.ca/disability-tax-credit/

To apply for the Disability Tax Benefit visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/disability/canada-disability-benefit/apply.html