Ableism shows up in systems, culture, daily interactions, and self-talk. Dr. Neff explores four types, common microaggressions, and how to be a better ally.

Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government

Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment

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The guardrails restraining state-assisted death have flown off, despite the Supreme Court of Canada's promises otherwise

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Ill-advised local ordinances that favor tidiness over ecology can make a native garden a target for fines and prosecution.

In Canada, it is easier to access physician-assisted suicide than it is to secure accessible housing. What sense are we to make of the fact that the Canadian

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The gimmicky cheques & tax cuts rely on borrowing money so it can be sent to many people who don’t need it. They also violate Canada’s human rights obligations.

Canada has one of the highest rates in the world of patients choosing medical assistance in dying (MAID). How many of those seriously ill patients are opting to end their lives because social determin

Canada and its Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency see industry and its trade secrets as more worthy of protection than the health of Canadians.

Ottawa will offer financial compensation to Inuit in Nunavik for the devastation caused by the mass slaughter of their sled dogs, the Crown-Indigenous relations minister tells CBC News.

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Language has long been used to dehumanize or marginalize people with disabilities. Ableist language shows up in different ways: as metaphors, jokes, or euphemisms. While ableism exists beyond the word...

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