Kerri Joffe 







Kerri Joffe is a human rights lawyer at ARCH Disability Law Centre. Kerri has been involved in disability rights litigation at various tribunals and courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Kerri has presented law reform and policy submissions about disability law issues to legislative committees, governments, administrative bodies and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She has authored law reform reports for the Law Commission of Ontario, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Government of Canada. Kerri has delivered extensive public legal education to diverse disability communities, and has guest lectured on disability rights issues. Before joining ARCH, Kerri worked on housing rights, social assistance programs, immigration and refugee issues, human trafficking, and as a law clerk to Superior Court judges. Kerri holds degrees in law and social work from McGill University.

     Krista Carr




 

Krista Carr is a long-time advocate in the inclusion movement.  Krista is the Executive Vice President (CEO) of Inclusion Canada, one of Canada’s 10 largest charitable organizations. Inclusion Canada is a national federation of 300 local and 13 Provincial/Territorial Associations working on behalf of approximately 1 million Canadians with a developmental disability and their families.

Krista has over 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector as a champion of inclusion. Before joining Inclusion Canada, she was the Executive Director of the New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL), a leading provincial non-profit organization that works with people with an intellectual disability and their families to accomplish the mission of full inclusion across the lifespan.

In her current role, Krista is responsible for leading the Inclusion Canada National organization, the Inclusion Canada Foundation, Inclusive Education Canada (IEC).

In addition to her extensive work portfolio, Krista sits on a number of provincial and national disability-related boards and committees. This includes being co-Chair of the Minister's Disability Advisory Group (MDAG), with the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment and Disability Inclusion.  

Krista is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick (UNB) where she earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and several diplomas in Human Resources and Management from UNB’s College of Extended Learning. 

The British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) now largely operating as Indigenous Disability Canada  (IDC) is an internationally recognized, award-winning, not-for-profit Indigenous disability organization. IDC / BCANDS provides disability related programs and services across Canada and holds Special Consultative Status with the United Nations since 2018.

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Mission

Advancing the unique disability and health priorities of Indigenous persons through collaboration, consultation, and the delivery of comprehensive client services.

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Vision

An inclusive and accessible Canada for all Indigenous persons and families living with disabilities where their disability and health priorities / needs are identified, planned for and addressed through relevant, responsive and holistic programs, services and policies.

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Programs & Services

IDC / BCANDS engages in a variety of services and initiatives to assist Indigenous individuals and families living with disabilities. Some of these include:

• Indigenous Disability Case Management

• Indigenous Registered Disability Savings Plan Navigation Program

• Secretariat Organization - Convention on the Rights of Persons living with Disabilities (CRPD)

• First Nation Persons with Disabilities / Monthly Nutritional Supplement Benefit Program

• First Nation Research / Engagement / Awareness - Accessible Canada Act / Accessible Standards Canada

• Indigenous Disability Employment Initiative 

• Support for Indigenous Student Learning Program

• Jordan's Principle Provincial Program

• Indigenous Disability Awareness Month Activities (IDAM) 

• National Indigenous AccessAbility Week promotion 

• Government liaison, consultation and collaboration

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For more information: www.bcands.bc.ca