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Overview
The United Nations recognizes International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) each year on December 3. This day increases awareness of diverse abilities and promotes inclusion for Albertans with disabilities. Funding is available to help community groups hold IDPD events.
IDPD 2025 events
Abilities Sports Event
Organization: Muhsen
Date and Time: November 29, 2 pm to 4 pm
City: Calgary
Location: Akram Jomaa Islamic Centre
Neurodiversity Celebration Talent Show
Organization: Spectrum Promising Association
Date and Time: November 30, 6 pm to 9:30 pm
City: Calgary
Location: Dalhouise Community Center
International Day for Persons with Disabilities Celebration
Organization: Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Office of the Speaker
Date and Time: December 3, 12 pm to 1 pm
City: Edmonton
Location: Alberta Legislature Rotunda
International Day for Persons with Disabilities Pancake Celebration
Organization: Horizons Center
Date and Time: December 6, 9 am to 12 pm
City: Wetaskiwin
Location: Wetaskiwin Senior Centre
Barrhead IDPD Pancake Breakfast
Organization: Barrhead Accessibility Coalition
Date and Time: December 3, 9 am to 11:30 am
City: Barrhead
Location: Barrhead Senior Drop In Centre
Inclusion in Action: Empowering Youth and Adults of all Abilities
Organization: Edmonton Down Syndrome Society
Date and Time: December 3, 10 am to 6 pm
City: Edmonton
Location: Zoom / in person
Stronger Together: Celebrating Disability Advocacy in Alberta
Organization: Cerebral Palsy Association
Date and Time: December 3, 11:30 am to 1 pm
City: Provincial
Location: Zoom
Access for All: Designing Without Barriers
Organization: Keyano College and Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Date and Time: December 3, 11 am to 2 pm
City: Fort McMurray
Location: Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre
IDPD Community Showcase
Organization: City of Grande Prairie
Date and Time: December 3, 11 am to 2 pm
City: Grande Prairie
Location: Teresa Sargent Hall - Montrose Cultural Center
Light Up For Inclusion
Organization: Leduc LINX Connect Centre
Date and Time: December 3, 6 pm to 8 pm
City: Leduc
Location: Leduc Grain Elevator
FIS Para Cross-Country World Cup Opening ceremony and resource fair
Organization: Town of Canmore FCSS
Date and Time: December 3, 4 pm to 6:30 pm
City: Canmore
Location: Canmore Civic Centre
Voices of Resilience: Celebrating Diversity and Lived Experience with FASD
Organization: Healthy Generations Lab and Calgary John Howard Society
Date and Time: December 4, 1 pm to 3:30 pm
City: Calgary
Location: Calgary John Howard Society
Food Dignity & Disability - Film Screening & Discussion
Organization: John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC)
Date and Time: December 4, 2 pm to 4 pm
City: Edmonton
Location: 9722 102 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5K 0X4
IDPD "1 foot Squared Show" (Micro-Showcase for artists, entrepreneurs who self-identify with disabilities and disability organizations)
Organization: Disability Action Hall, Italiano Please!
Date and Time: December 5, 12 pm to 2 pm
City: Calgary
Location: Amec Place 810, 6 Avenue SW +15 2nd floor, Calgary, Alberta
Celebrating Albinism, Fostering Inclusion for All
Organization: Albinism With No Limits International (AWNLI)
Date and Time: December 7, 3 pm to 8 pm
City: Edmonton
Location: Belmead Community League, 9109 182 St NW, T5T 2Y9
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Organization: Vecova
Date and Time: December 10, 11 am to 5 pm
City: Edmonton
Location: Alberta Legislature Rotunda
Vecova's 2nd Annual (dis)ABLED Art Show & Sale
Organization: Vecova
Date and Time: December 10, 11 am to 5 pm
City: Calgary
Location: Kahanoff Centre & DJD
Grants
Groups can apply for funding to hold in-person, virtual or hybrid International Day of Persons with Disabilities events in their communities.
Groups can apply for funding to hold a collaborative, Alberta-wide virtual International Day of Persons with Disabilities event.
Contact
Connect with the Premier’s Council Secretariat:
Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-422-1095
Toll free: dial 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
TTY: 711 for the message relay service
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 780-415-0097
Address:
Suite 1110, 10055 106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2Y2