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Overview

Expanding Knowledge

Research Program

Appendix C: List of Acronyms

ADA:Americans with Disabilities Act
DDA:Disability Discrimination Act, Australia
CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission
EEOC:Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EMF:Electromagnetic Field
EMS:Electromagnetic Sensitivities
MCS:Multiple Chemical Sensitivities or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Appendix D: List of Organizations and Individuals Consulted

The following are individuals and organizations consulted by the authors. Contacts that were made with other individuals and organizations did not lead to a consultation.

Human Rights Commissions and Government Organizations:

Individual(s) ConsultedOrganization Represented

1. Sylvia Bell and Denny Anker

New Zealand Human Rights Commission

2. Rod Robb

Disability Rights Commission, Great Britain

3. Michael Small and Graeme Innes

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Australia

4. Audrey Dean and Cassie Palamar

Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission

5. Cherie Robertson

Ontario Human Rights Commission

7. John Dwyer

Formally of Canadian Human Rights Commission

8. Karen Izzard

Canadian Human Rights Commission

9. George Thomson

Formally of Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Hypersensitivity Disorder

10. Alec Farquahar

Ontario Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety

11. James Raggio

Access Board, United States

12. Christopher Kuczynski and Danielle Hayot

Americans with Disabilities Act, Policy Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States

13. Janie Hickok Siess and Paul Ramsey

Department of Fair Employment and Housing, California

Non-Governmental Organizations:

Individual(s) ConsultedOrganization Represented
1.Kirk Spencer and Seema LambaPublic Service Alliance of Canada
2. Fred SadoriCanadian Employment and Immigration Union
3. Matthew WilsonDirector of Labour Relations and Compensation, Durham Region, Ontario
4. Virginia SalaresCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
5. Jennifer AgnolinCanadian Environmental Law Association
6. Shirlie DelayInvisible Disabilities Association of Canada
7. Claudette GuibordAdvocacy Group for the Environmentally Sensitive, Canada
8. Linda Nolan-LeemingAllergy and Environmental Health Association, Canada
9. Virginia LoescherScarborough Legal Clinic
10. Jay KassirerHealthy Indoors Partnership, Canada
11. Nancy BradshawEnvironmental Health Clinic, Women’s College Hospital, Canada
14. Alfred DonnayMultiple Chemical Sensitivities Referral & Resources and John Hopkins University, United States
15. Tracie DeFreitas SaabJob Accommodation Network, United States
16. Dr. Colin LittleAllergy and Environmental Sensitivity Support and Research Association, Australia
17. Dorothy BowesAllergy, Sensitivity and Environmental Health Association of Queensland, Australia
18. Dr. Kartar BadshaEnvironmental Law Centre, United Kingdom
19. Bonita PoulinGlobal Recognition Campaign for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Chemical Injury

 

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