Last year, at Inclusion International’s World Congress, Inclusion Canada hosted a session about medical assistance in dying (MAID). 

MAID is when a health professional helps a person to put an end to their life because the person asked for it. 

The session at the World Congress got a lot of interest and attention from members and those who missed it asked to have an online session about it.

On Thursday October 1st at 9am EDT/2pm BST (UK time) , Inclusion International and Inclusion Canada are co-hosting a meeting about MAID. 

The webinar is for Inclusion International members and it aims to:

  • Explain MAID to the Inclusion International network.
  • Talk about the risks of assisted dying based on disability and hear members’ experiences and concerns from other countries.
  • Find ways to support Inclusion Canada’s advocacy and ways to oppose assisted dying based on disability in other countries.
  • Start a conversation in our network that could lead to developing a position paper on this issue.

We encourage you to find out whether any laws about assisted dying exist in your country so you can share about it at the meeting.

If you’re interested in attending, please email Manel at manel@inclusion-international.org