Day of Mourning Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

Gabrielle Peters: We are entering a dangerous time to be a disabled person in Canada

March 1, 2021

Speech by Gabrielle Peters at today’s Virtual Vigil for the Disability Day of Mourning: We are entering a dangerous time to be a disabled person in Canada. But I repeat this history to remind us it’s always been dangerous to be a disabled person in Canada. The specific threat we face from Bill C-7 is new to us but Canadian culture, laws, and society being a threat to our safety and well-being is not.

News release: Local disability community commemorates lives of disabled filicide victims

February 28, 2019

News release: As part of a nation-wide Day of Mourning in Canada and the United States, disability rights advocates in the Halifax area will be holding a vigil on Friday, March 1, 2019 to honor the lives of disabled people murdered by their families and caretakers.

Weekend Video: Day of Mourning – Kyle’s story.

April 23, 2016

“Everyone that goes to work should come home at the end of the day.” On March 13, 2008, an explosion and fire in an autobody shop burned Kyle Hickey all over his body. He died the next day. His family and friends remember him.