Canadian Disability News

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National IDEAL WAY Poetry Competition 2009 
Robert Pio Hajjar, Founder of IDEAL WAY
is pleased to announce a

National IDEAL WAY Poetry Competition 2009

exclusively for persons with ...

Ontario Government announces review of Disabilities Act  Not rated yet
Charles Beer has been appointed by the province to conduct this independent review, which will take approximately six months to complete. The purpose of ...

FREE Special Needs Summer Camp in British Columbia for children (ages 7-17)   Not rated yet
The Zajac Ranch for Children is a ranch in British Columbia that runs summer programs for children (ages 7-17) that live with disabilities and chronic ...

Give your view! - Neurological Conditions in Canada  Not rated yet
In Canada, there is a lack of information about the extent and impact of neurological conditions (brain and nervous system diseases, disorders, conditions ...

Lecture: "Our Bodies in Social Space: Developing the Conversation between Disability Studies and Feminism"  Not rated yet
Lecture by Tanya Titchkosky

February 5, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Room 12-199, placeOISE

Doing Disability Studies research and teaching in the Department ...

Call for Papers - York Critical Disability Studies Conference 2009  Not rated yet
Critical Disability Studies Graduate Student Conference
Call for Papers

York University’s Critical Disability Studies Student Association (CDSSA)
will ...

RDSP Pressure is OFF  Not rated yet
Today Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced that the deadline for opening an RDSP, making contributions and applying for the matching Grant and ...

Celebration of People Awards Presented to 13 Individuals and Organizations on International Day of Persons with Disabilities   Not rated yet
Ottawa, December 4, 2008 – The 8th annual Celebration of People Awards were presented Wednesday evening to 13 individuals and organizations that have made ...

Survey on Supports for Families  Not rated yet
If your family has someone with an intellectual disability, and you receive residential, employment and other services funded through provincial/territorial ...

Please complete national survey on Inclusive Education  Not rated yet
You can participate in the second annual on-line survey on inclusive education, run by the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL).

The short ...

How to help keep ODSP calculations
separate from RDSP assets  Not rated yet
The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) announced in the March 2007 Budget by the Federal Government, would provide up to $90,000 - in the form of ...

Free music downloads - Justin Hines supports Variety Village  Not rated yet
Performer Justin Hines has come up with an ingenious way of paying it forward...

Justin is offering you the gift of his two top iTunes songs - both ...

Spots available for special needs summer camp age 7-10  Not rated yet
I just received this request from Bloorview concerning their Out and About Summer Camp . They have immediate spaces available for July and August.


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