GTA Disability Coalition

09/02/2026

Have Your Say in Toronto’s 2026 Election Voice your Vote through Mail-in Voting!

Registration for Mail-In Voting began Tuesday September 1st and closes on Thursday September 24th.

The City of Toronto is holding an election on Monday, October 26, 2026. This is an opportunity to vote for our Mayor, your local Councillor, and School Board Trustee. For many disabled Torontonians, mail-in voting can provide an accessible option to voice our vote to ensure our community’s priority issues are represented: accessible and deeply affordable housing, disability poverty reduction, accessible and affordable transit, to name a few.

If you’d like to vote by mail, you must register first. Registration for mail-in voting runs from Tuesday September 1st until Thursday September 24th and mail in ballots must be received by October 14 at noon.

Please visit the City of Toronto’s mail in voting site to learn more: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/voter-information/mail-in-voting/

If you require assistance, you can email [email protected], call 311 or 711 on your relay service device.

To find your ward, please visit the City’s ward profiles page to search by address: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/neighbourhoods-communities/ward-profiles/

For a list of nominated candidates, please visit Toronto's list of certified candidates. You can filter by ward and some candidates have provided their own contact info or website where you can learn about their platforms. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/

08/18/2026

On October 26, Toronto will elect a new City Council, and the decisions made over the next four years will shape the future of the TTC for years to come.

TTCriders.ca has created a survey to hear directly from the people who use transit about what is working, what isn't, and what changes should be prioritized.

Your responses will help TTCriders identify the issues that matter most to riders, strengthen their advocacy, and hold candidates accountable during the municipal election campaign.

Fill out the survey here:

08/13/2026

One week away! Register now!

Centre for Independent Living in Toronto - CILT Inc. and GTA Disability Coalition Present

Have Your Say: Shape Disability Inclusion in City of Toronto’s 2026 Election

When: Thursday August 20, 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Where: Online (Zoom)

Featuring presentations by:
Social Planning Toronto, TTCriders, and Toronto Elections

By bringing together partners who are engaged in the City of Toronto’s 2026 election, our event will provide a non-partisan platform for disability community members, allies, and organizations to participate in the City of Toronto 2026 election through an intersectional disability and accessibility lens.

This event will review the city election process including accessible voting options, how to find local candidates, and issues that matter most to cross-disability communities during this election cycle. Attendees will engage in discussions about speaking points and questions for candidates as well as share ideas about how to utilize the City for All platform.

This is a registered event and spaces are limited. Please sign up using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ao2xB-OhR725o7yKq_LMww

Access: ASL-English interpretation, CART and a live notetaker will be available. There will be designated support during the event and follow up resources will be provided in accessible formats.

If you require assistance signing up, please contact Robin Simmons at [email protected]

For more info about our work, please visit GTADC.ca and CILT.ca.

08/04/2026

Centre for Independent Living in Toronto - CILT Inc. and GTA Disability Coalition Present

Have Your Say: Shape Disability Inclusion in City of Toronto’s 2026 Election

When: Thursday August 20, 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST
Where: Online (Zoom)

Featuring presentations by:
Social Planning Toronto, TTCriders, and Toronto Elections

By bringing together partners who are engaged in the City of Toronto’s 2026 election, our event will provide a non-partisan platform for disability community members, allies, and organizations to participate in the City of Toronto 2026 election through an intersectional disability and accessibility lens.

This event will review the city election process including accessible voting options, how to find local candidates, and issues that matter most to cross-disability communities during this election cycle. Attendees will engage in discussions about speaking points and questions for candidates as well as share ideas about how to utilize the City for All platform.

This is a registered event and spaces are limited. Please sign up using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ao2xB-OhR725o7yKq_LMww

Access: ASL-English interpretation, CART and a live notetaker will be available. There will be designated support during the event and follow up resources will be provided in accessible formats.

If you require assistance signing up, please contact Robin Simmons at [email protected]

For more info about our work, please visit GTADC.ca and CILT.ca.

05/12/2026

In case you missed it, CILT is looking for a Deaf/disabled artist that can create a visual piece demonstrating our values.

The deadline to apply was extended to Friday, May 15th!

All the details on how to apply: https://cilt.ca/artist-commission-for-cilts-canvas-envisioning-our-values/

05/12/2026

Save the date!

It’s clear from our poll that September will be a better, safer month for us to gather and march. We are officially moving the date of our march to September 12th, 2026!

Mark your calendars for the 15th anniversary of toronto’s disability pride march– stay tuned for more information!

Image Description: On a cream coloured, paper-textured background are three layered, large light-brown background shapes. Overlaid atop of them is the header, which reads in a dark brown font that imitates messy handwriting, “Save The Date!!”. Beneath it, in the centre of the document, is a graphic tilted calendar strip that highlights Saturday, September 12th. Towards the bottom reads, “Mark your calendars for the 15th anniversary of toronto’s disability pride march”. There are four hand-drawn golden pointed stars in the corners, and the website tdpm.org concludes the page at the bottom.

05/12/2026

Do you want to get connected to the GTADC and the ongoing work we do? As part of the launch of our new website, we have started a newsletter!

If you’re interested in engaging or staying up to date with our work to advance the equity, rights, and full inclusion of disabled people and Deaf folks across the GTA, please check out our website and join us as a subscriber! https://gtadc.ca/newsletter/

04/27/2026

Artist Commission for “CILT’s Canvas: Envisioning Our Values” Published: April 22, 2026Calling all artists!In anticipation of the unveiling of CILT’s new 2026–2031 strategic plan, we are pleased to introduce a new initiative, “CILT’s Canvas: Envisioning Our Values.” This initiative w...

04/08/2026

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) has released a report that draws on the lived experience of OW and ODSP recipients to provide a data analysis of inflationary increases to social assistance, access to services and employment opportunities, and the intersection of disability and employment, along with first-hand accounts of what it’s like to try to live on social assistance in Ontario.

Learn more and read the full report here:

Nearly one million Ontarians rely on social assistance programs like Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for survival. These are programs of last resort, a lifeline for those with nowhere else to turn. So how well are they actually working? According to ISAC’s new ...

04/07/2026

Book and poetry lovers! We have some exciting news!

We are pleased to share that our CILT colleague Rebecca Wood's first book, Multimorbid, is available for pre-order and will be out on May 28th!

Multimorbid is about the overwhelm of navigating multiple diagnoses, multiple doctors, multiple medications while immunocompromised and isolated.

Pre-order here: www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/multimorbid

Image descriptions:

IMAGE 1:

Multimorbid
by Rebecca Wood

The book's cover is a photograph of an embroidered wreath of flowers surrounding the title. The piece is held in a wooden hoop set on a background of aida cloth embroidered directly with text reading 'by Rebecca Wood'. This cover image is set in a frame and overlayed over two framed wreath sections breaking the corners.

IMAGE 2:

The following text appears on a background of aida cloth scattered with embroidery floss bobbins wrapped in the the colours of the front cover piece

"Rich in metaphor, with a beautiful
sense of rhythm, Multimorbid promises
to be a relatable read for some and
illuminating for others. A deeply moving
poetic expression of embodied experience."
Audrey T. Carroll, author of The Gaia Hypothesis
and In My Next Q***r Life, I Want to Be

“I am trying to cultivate desire for my own body. I’m curious if it might be a lifeline to feeling well.” In this multi form, mixed genre collection, Rebecca Wood wrestles the body—both fact and idea—in an attempt to fold illness and expectation into one sense of self. Honest at times to the point of discomfort, Wood takes us into the headspace and heartspace of the chronically ill. What does it take to seek care in a pathologised body. What does it take to receive it when you’ve been stripped of your worth. Steeped in the medical, the merciful, the harsh light of grief, Woods words offer grace for the knowing and truth for the rest.”