Advocacy
Promoting accessibility, community action, and social justice.
Throughout her life, Anne Camozzi has remained actively engaged in advocacy, social justice projects, and public engagement. From serving on regional advisory panels to contributing monthly educational content, her work focuses on senior care, disability rights, accessibility, and how these critical issues intersect with the climate emergency.
Recent Advocacy & Articles
Accessibility Activist Anne Camozzi Receives another Provincial Award for her Advocacy
James McGregor Stewart Award 2024
Activist Anne Camozzi honoured at National Access Awareness Week Event in Antigonish
Raising awareness of disability issues: StFX celebrating Access Awareness Week
Now with Dave Brown - Creating Accessible Spaces
Toronto Star - Comment on Halifax VVPR
CITY NEWS - Advocates Laud Halifax Registry but want it Expanded
NOW with Dave Brown-Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
CBC News: Halifax creating emergency registry for vulnerable residents
After Popular Attention Washes Away: Check‑in Post‑Fiona (YouTube)
Presentation to Nova Scotia Law Amendments Committee Proceedings
N.S. disability advocate calls for vulnerable-persons registry after Fiona
Landlines Weren’t Usable for Nova Scotians
CBC News : Restrictions create 'most heartbreaking situation' for long-term care residents, says N.S. woman
CA Isolation and Aging in Place: First-Person Narratives for an Accessible Built Environment
Pandemic worsens 'already broken' home care system in Nova Scotia - SaltWire.com
Fear of COVID-19 mounts among home-care clients, as province tries to reassure - CBC.ca
The Great Caribou by Anne Camozzi -CBC Longlist
Presentation to the NS legislature on BILL 59 DISABILITY LEGISLATION
Recent Advocacy Roles
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Accessibility Committee
Active Member advising on regional library services, ensuring spaces and collections are accessible to all community members.
Dave Brown Show, AMI TV
Monthly video contributor presenting on visual impairment, accessibility, art, and independence topics for Accessible Media Inc. TV.
Review NS Accessibility Directorate
Expert Advisor contributing insights and lived-experience perspectives to the Nova Scotia Accessibility Directorate's ongoing reviews and policy updates.
Climate Change Risk Assessment
Community advisor for the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, highlighting the impacts of the climate emergency on vulnerable groups, seniors, and disabled populations.
Selected Advocacy Tweets
A curated collection of thoughts and updates on accessibility and arts advocacy.
Scroll horizontally to view tweetsPandemic worsens 'already broken' home care system in Nova Scotia #covid19ns
— The Chronicle Herald (@chronicleherald) April 22, 2020
https://t.co/Th7PJADdJ3 pic.twitter.com/hGtokmjP3L
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." —Albert Einstein
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) January 5, 2020
My six foot long painting is called “Community Spirits” #annecamozziart #SundayThoughts #SundayMorning #Peace pic.twitter.com/qhnQZdTq6c
We have to fight for housing, care, transit, dignity, respect. Your words can help. Hang on. 💙 pic.twitter.com/7KvyCoGA7G
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) May 2, 2022
Channeling Maud Lewis: Art for the Heart https://t.co/lk7QSjjEpB via @YouTube
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) April 30, 2022
For those who haven’t see my ideas on how to fight isolation.Ironically this was done pre pandemic.
Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist.
PAINTING TULIPS WITH MAUD is in a private collection pic.twitter.com/C6mzzU6g1R
For #WorldEnvironmentDay please enjoy my painted prayer
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) June 5, 2022
for water called ONE BLUE WORLD in a private collection.
We only have this one home, our 🌎 🌍🌏our rivers, lakes and oceans deserve our attention #water #waterislife #SaveOurOcean #painting #TwitterNatureCommunity pic.twitter.com/YdYSkJAKcJ
You are never alone even though you may feel you are
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) September 10, 2019
Feel the love that is there for you if you search for it#TuesdayThoughts #TuesdayMotivation #annecamozziart pic.twitter.com/Qs3IputJIH
Everytime I see a bee 🐝 I rejoice #savethebees Please enjoy my painting
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) June 15, 2019
‘Honeybees in the #Rhododendron ‘#annecamozziart #SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/1sRJJDyHVZ
A few years ago this painting ‘Ocean Reflections ‘was used by the CBC (the Canadian broadcasting Corporation) in a calendar to raise money for #NovaScotia #FoodBank #annecamozziart pic.twitter.com/rtJyhZnqi0
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) August 5, 2019
A #painting done for small girl with cancer who hung it on her hospital curtain and said the angel climbed out of the painting and held her.Some mysteries we can’t explain but healing spaces need art and colour! #annecamozziart #TuesdayMorning #TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/OoUxOEIJa0
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) July 16, 2019
“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.”
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) July 28, 2019
Rumi
Please enjoy my painting “Rainbow Earth Spirit”#annecamozziart pic.twitter.com/WOFfpoNURL
🌟We are all one connected family, brothers and sisters all with every living creature. 🌟Find the serenity in the chaos this weekend and please enjoy my painting “Forest Dance” 🌟#FridayFeeIing #FridayMotivation #artistsontwitter #annecamozziart pic.twitter.com/Rj0Yo2gcrG
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) March 15, 2019
🌟Please enjoy my #painting ‘Life Emerging’ showing evolution and how little time humans have been on this Earth🌟There we are on the far right but so much happened before we arrived🌟Respect water and all creatures and🌟#ThursdayMotivation #ThursdayThoughts #annecamozziart pic.twitter.com/TvjNsLcb4E
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) April 4, 2019
Feeling blessed &honoured to have my art and quote in this USA 2022 calendar published by Ministry of the Arts, Catholic sisters who believe in art as ministry. While not Catholic (I believe there are many pathways to God), I love to license my art for spiritual purposes pic.twitter.com/6cUUdwuepP
— Anne Camozzi ©️ (@anne_camozzi) November 20, 2021