With generous funding from the Alberta Law Foundation, CNIB has developed Know Your Rights – Alberta, a project that is designed to empower Albertans who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision to better understand their rights, navigate the Alberta legal system and self-advocate to challenge discrimination.
Know Your Rights – Alberta is based upon an Ontario pilot project developed in 2019 and funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario. While based upon the Ontario pilot, great care has been taken (through focus groups and consultations) to ensure that Know Your Rights – Alberta is specific to the barriers that Albertans who are blind, partially-sighted and Deafblind face on a day-to-day basis.
Acknowledgements
Know Your Rights – Alberta was made possible by the Alberta Law Foundation, who graciously funded the project. CNIB is incredibly grateful to the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) for its partnership, dedication to the project, and providing the legal research necessary to complete this legal information handbooks.
The Know Your Rights – Alberta project was also made possible by a team of dedicated volunteers and institutional collaborators, particularly the Focus Group and Working Group participants, who generously contributed their time and expertise, offering valuable input, suggestions, and recommendations to develop the legal information handbook.