{"id":18628,"date":"2026-02-17T08:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/?page_id=18628"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:06:10","slug":"annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/annual-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invitation: 2026 AGM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>26 Years of combined Advocacy | Join Us \u2013 AGM 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>March 20, 2026 |<\/strong>\ud83d\udd50 <strong>1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM EST<\/strong> |\ud83d\udccd <strong>Virtual \u2013 Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/CsteYJObS66jspjFvcGHLQ\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/CsteYJObS66jspjFvcGHLQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Members, Partners, and Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are very pleased to invite you to two important milestones in our shared journey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 4th Annual General Meeting of the Environmental Health Association of Canada (EHAC-ASEC)<\/strong><br><strong>The 22nd Annual General Meeting of the Environmental Health Association of Qu\u00e9bec (ASEQ-EHAQ)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s gathering marks more than our annual governance meetings. It comes at a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has explicitly named multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in its Concluding Observations to Canada \u2014 recognizing the discrimination, barriers, and lack of protection experienced by people living with MCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite you to join us for a special <strong>Pre-AGM Public Event<\/strong>, followed by our formal Annual General Meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Simultaneous translation (French to English and English to French) available for the pre-event and AGM<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcddPRE-AGM PUBLIC EVENT<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>1:00 PM \u2013 2:30 PM<\/strong><br>(Open to all)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f<strong>Opening Address<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Building Recognition: 22 Years of Advocacy for MCS\u201d<\/strong><br>Reflecting on the growth of ASEQ-EHAQ and the national expansion through EHAC-ASEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f<strong>ASEQ-EHAQ Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Where We Are Now \u2014 and Where We Need to Go\u201d<\/strong><br>A 26-year of combined perspective on progress, research, rights, and the road ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f<strong>The UN Concluding Observations on MCS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Claude B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Executive Director, COPHAN<\/strong><br><strong>\u201cThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and MCS: Implications for Canada and Qu\u00e9bec\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This session will explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What the UN recognition of MCS means<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How it shifts government obligations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How individuals and organizations can use this recognition in advocacy and accommodation efforts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f<strong>Advocacy Activation Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>From Recognition to Action\u201d<\/strong><br>A guided tour of ASEQ-EHAQ\u2019s new UN CRPD advocacy tools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Template letters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Messaging guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social media actions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to engage decision-makers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introducing project : Invisible No More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <strong>Break: 2:30 \u2013 2:45 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc <strong>AGM from 2:45 to 4 PM, for members only.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation: 2026 AGM 26 Years of combined Advocacy | Join Us \u2013 AGM 2026 \ud83d\udcc5 March 20, 2026 |\ud83d\udd50 1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM EST |\ud83d\udccd Virtual \u2013 Zoom Registration: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/CsteYJObS66jspjFvcGHLQ Dear Members, Partners, and Friends, We are very pleased to invite you to two important milestones in our shared journey: The 4th Annual General Meeting of the Environmental Health [&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-18628","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18628","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=18628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aseq-ehaq.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}