Nova Scotia

Association for
Community Living
Diversity Includes

October 1, 2010
9:30 ~ 5:00
Ramada Plaza –Park Place Hotel
240 Brownlow Avenue Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia

PROVINCIAL FORUM on
DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION
“How to Make the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities Reality in Nova Scotia – Moving Toward
No Citizen of Nova Scotia with an Intellectual Disability
Living in Institutions”

Members of the Joint People First of Canada and the Canadian Association
for Community Living National Task Force on Deinstitutionalization will be
present to share their experience with building inclusive options and their
guide to closing institutions and reclaiming a life in the community for
people with intellectual disabilities, The Right Way. Please join us to
explore strategies to ensure full inclusion for all citizens in Nova Scotia.
Self-advocates, family members, concerned community members, and
professionals are welcome and will contribute to a meaningful discussion.

There is no registration fee for this forum but registration is mandatory in

order to provide lunch and capacity will be limited to 100. We have
received funding from HRDC, Social Development Partnerships Program to
provide a number of subsidies to provide travel, meal and accommodation
funding for support assistants to accompany self-advocates to attend.
Please email Kim Aker at communityinclusionnsacl@gmail.com or call
902-798-3232 if you are planning to attend or would like more information
on funding for support assistants.

This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Social Development

Partnerships Program, Human Resources and Skills Developments Canada. The opinions
and interpretations in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect those of the Government of Canada.