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**The Royal Commission on Education in Ontario
A report established in 1945, and issued in 1950, addressing various areas of education, including special education for the first time in Ontario. This is the beginning of Special Education; the beginning of an inevitable evolution! -
The Canadian Association for Retarded Children (CARC)
The Canadian Association for Retarded Children (CARC) was established by parents who had concerns about the access to education. Prior to the beginning of this movement, children with intellectual disabilities were banned from schools. -
The Ontario Human Rights Code
The first human rights code, prohibiting discrimination and establishing the right to access of education. -
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities was founded in 1963 by parents who wanted to provide awareness and services for people with learning disabilities. -
**The Hall-Dennis Report
This report was released and reinforced that every student has the right to access education in a way that suits his/her needs. School boards were required to accept responsibility for all students with special needs, except severe cases. This report reinforced the right to education for all, and started to pave the path that leads to the inclusive education that we have today. Prior to this report, schools didn’t have to accept responsibilities of students with hearing loss. -
**One Million Children by Denis Lazure and C.A. Roberts
Includes details about various mental health facts and recommendations, including the recommendation of integration in the community, and education. After the Hall-Dennis Report, this report continues to get the momentum going for educational integration of all students. As we know, our DHH students are very capable of learning. Their hearing loss doesn’t affect their ability to learn, but rather it’s about addressing the issue of the ability to obtain the information to learn! -
Standards for Education of Exceptional Children in Canada
Standards for Education of Exceptional Children in Canada by Hardy et al. was published. This report motivated Canadian university programs for teaching exceptional children. -
**Bill 82
Bill 82 was passed in Ontario: the Education Act. This act sparked the law that school boards must provide special education programs and services for exceptional children. It was also the boards’ responsibilities to initiate early and ongoing identification of learning abilities and needs of students. This act would have held a great impact on the unification of the provincial schools for the Deaf. -
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that all individuals, including any with physical or mental disabilities, are to be considered equal. -
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Inclusion in mainstream classes
Exceptional students were to start their education included in regular classrooms, making this the dominant policy. -
For the Love of Learning
The first publication of “For the Love of Learning” by the Ontario Ministry of Education. -
Special Education: A Resource Guide
An Ontario curriculum for Special Education was created: Special Education: A Resource Guide -
**Education for all.
Education for All: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students With Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6. This document was the first to outline educational approaches for exceptional students, including approaches for Universal Design Learning and Differentiated Instruction. -
Learning for All, K – 12
Learning for All, K – 12: an updated version of Education for All -
Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Resource Guide
Special Education in Ontario, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Resource Guide. An updated version of Special Education: A Resource Guide and also includes other policy and resource documents, such as those regarding IEPs.