BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251014T111014EDT-7078lNJXvd@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251014T151014Z DESCRIPTION:The Disability and the Law Portfolio of the Human Rights Workin g Group (HRWG) will be hosting an event commemorating the survivors of the Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia\, Ontario. Huronia was the oldest and largest institution for people with intellectual disabilities in Canada.\n \nOriginally known as the 'Orillia Asylum for Idiots'\, Huronia was operat ed by the Government of Ontario from 1876 to 2009. In 2009\, Huronia survi vors filed a class action lawsuit against the government for systemic abus e and neglect. The parties reached an out-of-court settlement in 2013.\n\n Les demandeurs principaux\, Marie Slark et Pat Seth\, accompagnés de leur tuteur à l’instance\, Marilyn Dolmage\, discuteront de leur expérience au centre Huronia. Ils aborderont aussi les défis qu'ils ont rencontrés en in tentant une action juridique contre le gouvernement d’Ontario. Roberto Lat tanzio\, avocat pour les droits des personnes handicapées et directeur exé cutif du ARCH Disability Law Center à Toronto\, ainsi que Mélanie Bénard\, co-fondatrice de Québec Accessible\, présenteront et animeront la discuss ion. La conférence sera suivie d’une courte réception.\n\nThis event was m ade possible thanks to the generous financial support of the Rathlyn Found ation Student Activities Endowment Fund\, ARCH Disability Law Centre and t he SSMU Equity Fund.\n\nLa salle est accessible pour les personnes en chai se roulante.\n DTSTART:20160321T213000Z DTEND:20160321T230000Z LOCATION:Salle du Tribunal-école Maxwell-Cohen (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Surviving Huronia: Action against the institutionalization of peopl e with disabilities URL:/law/fr/channels/event/surviving-huronia-action-ag ainst-institutionalization-people-disabilities-259710 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR