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Copyright © CILT 2011

     an image of a consumer and others sitting at a table Board of Directors
Nothing exemplifies the Independent Living principle of “consumer control” more than the Board of Directors of the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT), Inc.
 
Consumer control means that CILT is controlled by consumers with a disability. Those who are members elect the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting according to the directions set out in the By Laws. For example, CILT’s By Laws state:
 
ARTICLE 19: NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
 
  1. A “disabled consumer” is defined as a person having a disability such that, as a result of their disability, the person experiences attitudinal, structural and/or systemic barriers to full integration into society.
  2. The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a board of twelve (12) directors until changed by special resolution. The majority of the board shall be made up of disabled consumers and the positions of President and Vice-President shall at all times be a disabled consumer.
CILT is one of a very few disability organizations in Toronto that is controlled completely by persons with a disability.
 
Our current Board of Directors is 83% disabled consumers.

Meenu Sikand, President
Mary Louise Dickson, Vice President
Ken Conners, Treasurer
Nancy Christie, Secretary
Heather Willis, Member at Large
Harvinder Bajwa
Beverley Elliott
Melissa Graham
Stacey Lintern
Cathy Samuelson
Charles Silverman
Christine Stapleford
 
 CILT is a consumer-controlled, non-profit, community-based Registered Charity.