Access Awareness Week in the Town of Bridgewater

OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION
>>> Access Awareness Week in the Town of Bridgewater

WHEREAS, the week of May 25 to May 31, 2025, is recognized as Access Awareness Week; and 

Access Awareness Week aims to celebrate achievements made both by and for persons with disabilities in the areas of accessibility, transportation, housing, employment, recreation, education, and communication; and 

This is the 39th year that this public awareness initiative has taken place in Nova Scotia; and 

The theme for 2025 Access Awareness Week is Our Voices, Our Votes: Disability Rights in Action; and

Accessibility barriers are many and interconnected, removing and preventing them is challenging and complex; and 

The foundation of Nova Scotia's Accessibility Act is to provide, support, and protect the rights of persons with disabilities to full inclusion and accessibility by the identification, prevention, and removal of accessibility barriers; and 

Access Awareness Week promotes the inclusion of all Nova Scotians with disabilities as full citizens within our communities; and 

Through public awareness, community partnerships and education, this campaign aims to foster an environment of equal participation for persons with disabilities within the Town of Bridgewater;

THEREFORE, be it resolved that Town Council for the Town of Bridgewater does hereby proclaim May 25 - May 31, 2025, as "Access Awareness Week" in the Town of Bridgewater.

Signed this 12th day of May, 2025, at Bridgewater, in the County of Lunenburg, in the Province of Nova Scotia.

For more information on Access Awareness Week and events associated with it, please visit https://accessible.novascotia.ca/awareness-events.