December 2021 & March 2022
Deborah Stienstra, co-lead of the Canada country study, along with other Canadian EDID-GHDI members was invited to participate in a newly created Working Group on Disability Inclusion led by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). Deborah was a key speaker at several internal GAC meetings, raising the profile of both EDID-GHDI and disability inclusion in policy.
In particular, Deborah was part of a panel that included civil society organizations at GAC’s commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2021. She also presented at GAC’s Global Gossip Innovation Discussions in March 2022, focusing on the ways disability inclusion can influence policy and programs.