{"id":15614,"date":"2025-04-21T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/?page_id=15614"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:08:40","slug":"freda-uwa-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/freda-uwa-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Freda Uwa MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Freda-Uwa-EN-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Freda-Uwa-EN-1.png 720w, https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Freda-Uwa-EN-1-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Freda Uwa is a nationally recognized leader in accessibility, mental health, and disability rights, informed by both lived experience and extensive professional expertise. As a senior leader within the Independent Living Canada (IL Canada) network, she brings a strong, unified voice for Canadians with disabilities. IL Canada is a coast-to-coast network of 24 member centres, and under Freda\u2019s leadership, it carries out critical oversight functions, including leading a national research project for Accessibility Standards Canada focused on accessibility in festivals and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freda\u2019s leadership is marked by integrity, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to dignity, equity, and inclusion. She holds academic credentials in Nursing Leadership, Community Mental Health, and Management, and her career spans healthcare, policy development, program implementation, and advocacy. Freda facilitated Communities of Practice among disability organization leaders as part of the IDEA Project at Race and Disability Canada. A Human Rights Consultant with the Washington Institute of Diplomacy and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership UK, Freda is also a newly published author of&nbsp;<em>Jollof Life<\/em>, reflecting her passion for culture, storytelling, and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freda Uwa is a nationally recognized leader in accessibility, mental health, and disability rights, informed by both lived experience and extensive professional expertise. As a senior leader within the Independent Living Canada (IL Canada) network, she brings a strong, unified voice for Canadians with disabilities. IL Canada is a coast-to-coast network of 24 member centres, and under Freda\u2019s leadership, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15614","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19230,"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15614\/revisions\/19230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}