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Partnerships in Action Promoting Accessibility

Enable Ottawa is a unique event that brings together the many organizations active in the development of innovative solutions to accessibility and inclusion for persons with varying abilities. It’s about connectivity, forming stronger bonds and having a greater voice. Organizations include non – profits, industry, academic institutions and professional engineering bodies.

Enable Ottawa 2018 is hosted by Carleton University’s Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) initiative, the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) in cooperation with the Tetra Society of North America, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility Program, and the Neil Squire Society .

Enable Ottawa 2018 will include prestigious keynote speakers, continuous professional development seminars (Design, Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Advances and Law/AODA), Carleton University an Enabling Technology plenary talk on accessibility and inclusion initiatives, an exhibition hall and several networking forums to establish working relationships.

Enable Ottawa 2018 will showcase how engineering advances, industrial design and technology can address and overcome the challenges persons with varying abilities face; a sector where Ottawa is emerging as a leader. All individuals interested in advancing accessibility and inclusion are welcome!

Lunch and Refreshments will be Served

Confirmed Speakers:

• Alfred Spencer, Director of Outreach and Compliance, Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
• Geoff Fernie, Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilition Institute (TRI), University Health Network (UHN), Department of Surgery, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (UoT)
• Victoria Lennox, CEO of StartUp Canada
• Dean Mellway, Director of Research, Education, Accessibility and Design (READ) Initiative, Carleton University
• Ruby Ng, Executive Director of the Disability Foundation
• Heidi Sveistrup, Interim CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of the Bruyère Research Institute
• Adrian Chan, Assistant Vice President (Academic), Carleton University
• Eric Molendyk, National Director of the Tetra Society of North America
• Elaine Darling, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility® Coordinator
• Karen Byvelds, March of Dimes Canada DesignAbility® Program Ottawa Chapter Chair
• Lois Frankel, Associate Professor and Past Director of Carleton University’s School of Industrial Design
• Tony Bailetti, Director of Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Master’s Program
• Tapan Das, Director of the Entrepreneur Committee of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Ottawa Chapter
• Mojtaba Ahmadi, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Carleton University
• Bocar Ndiaye, Assistive Technologist, Bruyère Continuing Care
• Steve Crane, Job Coach/Facilitator, ComputerWise
• Scott Pemberton, Head of Technology Department, Earl of March High School
• John McKinlay-Key, Professor, Cabinet Making Department, Algonquin College
• Stewart Russell, Central Region Organizer for Neil Squire Society's Makers Making Change initiative
• Louis Goudreau, Rehabilitation Engineer, The Ottawa Hospital
• Lynn Hunt, Senior Occupational Therapist, The Ottawa Hospital
• + More!!

Supported by the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

Agenda:

9:00 to 10:00 AM – Refreshments/ Registration/Networking

10:00 to 11:00 AM – Keynote Address: Technology to Increase Safe Mobility

11:00 to 12:00 PM – Carleton University: Culture of Accessibility. Catalyst for Inclusion

12:00 to 1:00 PM – Lunch/Networking

1:00 to 2:00 PM – Concurrent Sessions:

• Real Life Projects: Overcoming Barriers Through Volunteer Generated Solutions
• Accessible and Inclusive Design Perspectives
• Biomedical Advances

2:00 to 2:30 PM – Networking Break

2:30 to 3:30 PM – Concurrent Sessions:

• City Municipal Requirements for Disability
• Entrepreneurship
• Organization Projects: Creative Devices Meeting Needs

3:30 to 4:00 PM – Closing Talk – Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

4:00 to 5:00 PM – Networking

 

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Spiking for Dimes London 2018

Help raise money for March of Dimes!

Get your corporate team or a team of friends together for this fast and fun charity tournament on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at SPIKE'S Indoor Beach Volleyball Courts Inc in London, Ontario - and help raise money for children and adults with physical disabilities through March of Dimes Canada.

 

Empowering Young Adults with Disabilities!

Donate to the March of Dime's L.I.F.E. campaign today.

The Learning Independence for Future Empowerment (L.I.F.E.) Program addresses some of the challenges young adults with disabilities face when leaving high school.

All donations will be matched until Tuesday, November 28

 

Assistive Mobile Technology Initiative Tablet Giveaway

Giveaway! March of Dimes Canada will help residents in Halifax, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver with physical disabilities to enhance their community access and participation through the Assistive Mobile Technology Initiative by providing customized tablet packages (a tablet, a stylus and a cover/case), for up to 8 residents in each city.

Applications must be received by the following dates:

• Edmonton - September 6, 2017
• Halifax - September 7, 2017
• Montreal - November 3, 2017
• Calgary - January 22, 2018
• Vancouver - February 9, 2018

 

Sessions include / Au programme :

• Inspirational speaker, extraordinary humanitarian volunteer, disability advocate & award-winning athlete, Tracy Schmitt 
• Jane Parsons from Peers Fostering Hope program
• Presentation by ADAPT Home Health Care
• and much more!

** Event will include lunch and networking opportunities. 

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