About the organization
Our difference is your strength
Welcome to the National Institute for Equity, Equality, and Inclusion of People with Disabilities
The National Institute for Equity, Equality, and Inclusion of People with Disabilities is a national non-profit organization that adheres to the representation of disability as defined by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), in perfect harmony with the approach of The Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP).
For purely social, charitable purposes and with the aim of promoting and supporting people living with different abilities, multiple disabilities, limitations or impairments, INÉÉI-PSH incorporated as a non-profit organization in November 2018.
It is also an institute that is part of a movement structuring itself around equitable and egalitarian action enabling the social participation and economic inclusion of people with disabilities. Its vision revolves around actions ensuring the realization of a just, inclusive, safe and egalitarian society where the participation of people with disabilities of all ages, genders and ethno-cultural backgrounds is full and complete.
Using an approach based on Gender-based analysis (GBA, GBA+) considering multiple disabilities, INÉÉI-PSH is first and foremost a collective social innovation project that intends to become a leader in developing a unique offering for people with disabilities and their families, structured as follows around 3 main themes:
Brief history
Created in November 2018, INÉÉI-PSH focuses on promoting positive spaces, i.e. egalitarian, inclusive, and safe, where everyone can express themselves and participate fully. It is distinguished by its structure, which ensures the participation and inclusion of all, relying on the strengths and different abilities of each person.
The organization is governed by a Board of Directors that advocates parity, inclusive and intersectional governance, with member-persons drawn from various academic, community, private, public, associative and parapublic research backgrounds. Activities are implemented by a team of multidisciplinary, competent and committed collaborators, supported by consultants and volunteers. Most of the members of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee are people with disabilities (PWD). Thanks to the synergy of action between volunteers, collaborators, Board members and financial partners, the organization has been able to expand its scope of action and consolidate its reputation in the Greater Montreal area and the province of Quebec.
In 2023, the organization will have some fifty members, the majority of whom will be people with disabilities or their family members allied individual members, member associations or organizations.
INÉÉI-PSH has taken the lead, seizing opportunities to respond effectively to the needs of PSH, especially during the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020-2021. Through its InterAidance service, INÉÉI-PSH continues to offer active listening, orientation and referral to emergency aid resources, training for volunteers and aid resources, psychosocial support for women survivors of violence, and personalized accompaniment.
Why a new structure?
Based on this premise, INÉÉI - PSH is a movement structured around equitable and egalitarian action to ensure the social participation and economic inclusion of people with disabilities.
For purely social, charitable purposes, and with respect for different competencies, the Institut National pour l'Équité, l'Égalité et l'Inclusion (INÉÉI-PSH) works alongside existing structures to promote and support people living with different abilities and multiple disabilities, limitations or impairments, often in situations of disability. An institute that aims to be an inclusive structure for the advancement of people with disabilities.
In addition to promoting the social participation and economic inclusion of people with disabilities, we offer complementary services to meet unmet needs in the current public, community and private service offer. From an approach based on gender-based analysis plus (Intersectional) (GBA, GBA+) and multi-disability, the INÉÉI-PSH is above all a project of social and collective innovation that aims to become a leader in developing a unique offering for people with disabilities and their families.
Our vision is an inclusive, safe, fair and egalitarian society where people with disabilities of all ages, genders and ethno-cultural backgrounds can participate fully.
Preamble and some definitions
With an approach based on the gender plus (Intersectional) analysis framework (GBA, GBA+) as well as that of multi-disability, the INÉÉI-PSH is first and foremost a project of social and collective innovation that aims to become a leader in developing a unique offering for people with disabilities and their families.
Our vision is an inclusive, safe, fair and egalitarian society where people with disabilities of all ages, genders and ethno-cultural backgrounds can participate fully.
INÉÉI-PSH refers to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN 2006), which defines persons with disabilities as "persons who have permanent or temporary physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments, the interaction of which with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others".
Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and vice versa, and words importing natural persons shall include legal persons, including corporations and all other unincorporated groups.
The terms "handicap" or "handicapped person" have the meaning assigned to them by the Act to secure the exercise of the rights of handicapped persons with a view to their educational, social and occupational integration (L.R.Q c. E-20.1).
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Any person with impairments, disabilities or functional limitations. These disabilities may be physical, sensory, intellectual or mental, the interaction of which with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
The Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP) is a social and situational approach to disability.
Disability is not a characteristic of a person, but the result of the interaction between a person with disabilities and the obstacles or facilitators encountered in his or her living environment to achieve social participation. INEEI-PSH subscribes to this rights-based frame of reference, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Refers to a transdisciplinary theory that aims to understand the complexity of identities and social inequalities through a holistic integrated approach .It refutes the compartmentalization and hierarchization of the major axes of social differentiation - sex/gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. The intersectional approach goes beyond a simple recognition of the multiplicity of systems of oppression operating on the basis of these categories, and postulates their interaction in the production and reproduction of social inequalities (Crenshaw 1989; Collins 2000; Brah & Phoenix 2004). It proposes to apprehend "the social reality of women and men, and the social, cultural, economic and political dynamics associated with it, as being multiples and determined simultaneously and interactively by several of social organization" (Stasiulis 1999: 345).
Gender-Based Analysis
An analytical process adopted by the Quebec government to promote equality between women and men through the orientations and actions of society's decision-making bodies at local, regional and national levels.
Gender-based analysis
An approach, inspired by intersectional analysis, adopted by the federal government to assess the potential impact of policies, programs or initiatives on various groups of people - women, men or others. Individual identity is determined by a multitude of factors in addition to gender, such as race, ethnic origin, religion, age or living with a physical or intellectual disability. Hence the addition of the word "plus", meaning that the analysis is not limited to sex (biological differences) or gender (the social construction of sex), but also considers other factors that intersect with them.
Any person with impairments, disabilities or functional limitations. These disabilities may be physical, sensory, intellectual or mental, the interaction of which with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
The Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process (HDM-DCP) is a social and situational approach to disability.
Disability is not a characteristic of a person, but the result of the interaction between a person with disabilities and the obstacles or facilitators encountered in his or her living environment to achieve social participation. INEEI-PSH subscribes to this rights-based frame of reference, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Refers to a transdisciplinary theory that aims to understand the complexity of identities and social inequalities through a holistic integrated approach .It refutes the compartmentalization and hierarchization of the major axes of social differentiation - sex/gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, disability and sexual orientation. The intersectional approach goes beyond a simple recognition of the multiplicity of systems of oppression operating on the basis of these categories, and postulates their interaction in the production and reproduction of social inequalities (Crenshaw 1989; Collins 2000; Brah & Phoenix 2004). It proposes to apprehend "the social reality of women and men, and the social, cultural, economic and political dynamics associated with it, as being multiples and determined simultaneously and interactively by several of social organization" (Stasiulis 1999: 345).
Gender-based analysis
An approach, inspired by intersectional analysis, adopted by the federal government to assess the potential impact of policies, programs or initiatives on various groups of people - women, men or others. Individual identity is determined by a multitude of factors in addition to gender, such as race, ethnic origin, religion, age or living with a physical or intellectual disability. Hence the addition of the word "plus", meaning that the analysis is not limited to sex (biological differences) or gender (the social construction of sex), but also considers other factors that intersect with them.
Gender-Based Analysis
An analytical process adopted by the Quebec government to promote equality between women and men through the orientations and actions of society's decision-making bodies at local, regional and national levels.