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Council of Canadians with Disabilities Award
Each year ACCD presents the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
award to an Alberta citizen for his or her "dedication and
integrity in the continuing pursuit of full participation in society
by people with disabilities in Alberta."
The deadline for nominations is December 31 each year.
The award winner will be congratulated in ACCD’s newsletter,
Action News, and on the ACCD web site.
2008 Recipient
 Donna Martyn – the 2008 recipient of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities Award
Everyone who has had the good fortune to meet Donna Martyn admires her for her fire and tenacity. She is a teacher, mentor, and great friend to many. Donna pursues her views with incredible determination and backs them with personal resources. These views have broad and positive implications for many individuals which makes her accomplishments even more important.
Donna has a passion for doing what is right even where there are insurmountable odds against her. She has proven that focus and concentrated effort can extend the boundaries of human endeavour and that “the impossible just takes a little longer.”
Donna advocated for the rights of persons with disabilities beginning with her volunteer position as a board member on the City of Edmonton’s Advisory Board on Services for Persons with Disabilities in 1993. She was nominated as the chair of the advisory board where she was re-elected every year as chair, until her six-year maximum term concluded in 1999.
Donna Martyn is well known for her work with the accessible taxi issue which she brought before the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, and which she saw through to a successful conclusion. The implications of this hard-won decision cannot be minimized, specifically, that persons with disabilities will be able to participate in employment, cultural and recreational advantages of society only when they have reliable means of transportation, including that which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Congratulations to Donna Martyn for being the 2008 recipient of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities Award!
Council of Canadians with Disabilities Award Criteria
These individuals are recognized for their dedication and integrity
in the continuing pursuit of full participation in society by people
with disabilities in Alberta.
Nomination Criteria
- The award is open to anyone who currently lives in Alberta
and has been a resident of the province for at least one year.
- Nominees must show outstanding commitment to improving the lives
of persons with disabilities by promoting the three guiding principles
of the Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities: full participation,
accessibility, and equity.
Selection Process
- To nominate an individual, complete a nomination form and submit
it along with a minimum of one and a maximum of three letters
of support (400 words or less).
- The ACCD board of directors will select the individual it finds
to be the most deserving of the award.
- Current ACCD board members are not eligible for this award.
Board members can be nominated after they have been off the ACCD
board for one year.
- ACCD will promote the award through its newsletters (Action
News, Action Notes) and other appropriate communication materials.
- Information about the award will be placed on the ACCD web site
along with a list of the names of past recipients.
CCD Award Nomination Form
Submit a nomination form: web version or Word version.
Fax or e-mail your nomination form and supporting documents to us
and we will contact you.
Contact Information
Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities
106, 10423 178 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5
Tel: (780) 488-9088 / Fax: (780) 488-3757
TTY: (780) 488-9090 / Toll Free: 1-800-387-2514
E-mail: accd@accd.net
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Alberta's Grassroots, Cross-Disability Organization
