SCI Sask is hosting an accessibility challenge on January 21, from 1:00-4:00pm at their location in the SRA Building (1705 McKercher Dr.)

To enhance the understanding and community knowledge, SCI Sask is excited to host the SCI Sask Accessibility Challenge 2023.

This is an opportunity to  network with like-minded people, members of  the community, and individuals living with physical disabilities.  The Challenge will provide activities to heighten your awareness and understanding of how accessibility impacts everyday lives and how everyone can participate in the improvement in our environment!

Please follow the YouTube link below to just one story of an individual who has endeavored  to improve upon his life circumstances and remain in his vocational field. We invite you to visit the www.scisask.ca website (click on the you-tube symbol on the top or search Resources-Impact Stories-Videos to view the life of other individuals who face barriers every day.

https://youtu.be/7L19j3BBNkI

The SCI Sask Accessibility Challenge 2023 Information Poster is attached for your convenience, viewing and anticipated response. Working together collaboratively for an inclusive community!

Grosvenor Park United Church in Saskatoon, in partnership with several funding bodies, is hosting a three-day public conference, from January 27-29, on disabilities, justice and living well.

For those living with disabilities and those who wish to learn about the experience of diverse people living with disabilities, this weekend event is an opportunity to deeply explore how disabilities affect our understandings of personhood, and how ableism diminishes it. You’re invited to an arts event on Friday, panel discussions on Saturday, and a special Worship Service on Sunday. Over 20 presenters in all.

Mask-wearing encouraged. Lunch is provided.

Connecting Communities is a project of Grosvenor Park United Church (GPUC) in partnership with several funding bodies. This is a public conference where all are welcome.

Advanced Registration by Jan. 10 – $50

Final Registration by Jan. 17 – $75; students/underemployed $25;

Livestreaming Only – $0

All participants must be registered through Eventbrite. Register here.

On Thursday August 18th, 2022 from 6pm until 8pm CST Saskatchewan time, Listen to Dis’ Community Arts Organization will be hosting as part of our Visiting Artist Series an online poetry workshop.

“The Collaborative Poetry Project 2.0” with Danielle Richardson.

Join Danielle Richardson for another FREE ONLINE collaborative writing workshop where we will work together to create something new. Using different writing/creating techniques, we will explore poetry: The craft of describing emotions. Bring an open mind and any tools you find helpful when playing with words (written or spoken).

Want to prepare ahead of time? Bring 1 or 2 lines of poetry to contribute to our collective poem. This workshop’s poem prompt is: “Lessons for my younger self”. (No preparation is required to participate).

**ASL Interpretation Provided by the Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (SDHHS).**

Thank you to our funders, Community Initiatives Fund, The City of Saskatoon, and Sask Lotteries. Without you, there is no us!

To register:

https://forms.gle/eKaZFFUGQbJLev4V7

or email shelby.lowe@listentodis.com.

Zoom links will be sent out in the morning on the day of the workshop.

*Listen to Dis Community Arts Organization Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization that equips and enables people with disabilities to create and participate in art, for the betterment of their health, for recreation, and for the development of themselves as emerging and professional artists.

Through the “Yes 2 Me” Scholarship Program, the Otsuka-Lundbeck Alliance and
Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan are celebrating the efforts of young people
living with mental illness by rewarding them with an incentive to pursue their
educational goals and confidently build a better self for their bright future ahead.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:
• be a resident of Saskatchewan
• be diagnosed with Schizophrenia
• complete a Scholarship Application package

1 scholarship in the amount of $1000 will be awarded.

Application deadline is July 30/21.

For more details, please view the attachment.

Yes2Me Scholarship 2021-22

The Government of Canada is engaging Canadians on how to improve the lives of Canadians with disabilities. Your feedback will support the development of the Disability Inclusion Action Plan, which will focus on:

• reducing poverty among persons with disabilities in Canada;
• getting more persons with disabilities into good quality jobs;
• helping meet the Accessible Canada Act goal of a barrier-free Canada by 2040;
• making it easier for persons with disabilities to access federal programs and services; and
• fostering a culture of inclusion.

We invite you to participate by completing the online survey here by August 31, 2021. You can also print and complete the attached survey by hand and mail it to the following address:

Disability Inclusion Action Plan
Employment and Social Development Canada
140 Promenade du Portage, Phase IV
Gatineau, QC
K1A 0J9

Or by email: accessible-canada@hrsdc.gc.ca

This group of supporters helps Canadian students who have rheumatic diseases reach above and beyond the boundaries of their disease and fulfill their educational ambitions.

• 8 students selected each year
• Up to $5,000 in financial aid per winner
• Apply between January and May 2021

Apply by June 18, 2021 at this link: https://www.ucbeyond.ca/en/about

NEADS Accepting Applications for National Student Awards/Holly Bartlett Memorial Award/AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship/Christine Nieder Memorial Award/ Canada Post Award/ Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians – Winnipeg Chapter Memorial Award

Deadline May 31st, 2021 (Ottawa, February 25th, 2021)

The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) is now accepting applications for the NEADS National Student Awards Program, the NEADS Holly Bartlett Memorial Award, the NEADS Christine Nieder Memorial Award, the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship, Canada Post Award, and Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians – Winnipeg Chapter (AEBC) Memorial Award. These awards are offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities enrolled in undergraduate, graduate or professional degree programs at recognized Canadian universities, or in certified diploma programs at Canadian colleges. One outstanding applicant who meets the eligibility criteria will be awarded $10,000 from Canada Post. Two outstanding applicants (one English, one French) who meet eligibility criteria will be eligible for $5,000 each available from the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship.

A to be determined number of students who meet the criteria of the NEADS Student Awards Program, will be receiving an award in the amount of $3,000 to support the costs of their tuition and student fees. One or more eligible and outstanding applicant(s) will receive the Holly Bartlett and Christine Nieder Memorial Awards, in the amount of $1,000. Finally, one student who meets the eligibility criteria will be awarded $1,000 from AEBC – Winnipeg Chapter. The exact number of scholarships awarded will be subject to the amount of funding received.

“We are very proud of the NEADS Student Awards Program, entering our 14th year of the program with over 110 recipients,” said Lauren Gravis, Director of the NEADS Student Awards Program. “These programs are the first of their kind in that they are pan-Canadian and cross-disability, and were created to recognize overall excellence among students with disabilities in all aspects of post-secondary education. Past recipients demonstrate excellence in their academics, extra-curriculars, and self-advocacy efforts in a way that is incredibly transformative for themselves and others. We celebrate the program’s ongoing success, and we look forward to this year’s crop of outstanding applicants.”

Formerly known as the AMI Scholarship, the award has been renamed the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship in honour of the organization’s Accessibility Officer, who passed away in December 2015. Robert Pearson was a long-time employee of AMI and fervent supporter of accessibility in Canada and around the world. “Renaming the AMI Scholarship in Robert’s memory ensures that his hard work lives on and forever reminds us of his commitment to accessibility and creating a more inclusive society,” explains Peter Burke, AMI Vice-President of Marketing and Communications. “The scholarship program was created to further strengthen the organization’s commitment to making accessible media for all Canadians, a role that Robert embraced with great passion and enthusiasm. He was an inspiration to all of us.” Entering its 9th year, the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship program offers much needed financial assistance to students with a disability. In 2021, AMI will once again collaborate with the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) to administer the program and engage students with disabilities from across the country. Two $5,000 bursaries will be awarded to deserving students with a permanent disability; one from the English community and one from the French.

The Canada Post Student Award supports outstanding scholarship in higher education for persons with disabilities. The award recognizes contributions made to Canadian society through community development and knowledge sharing, and will be given to a student who demonstrates leadership, innovation, respect and integrity in their research, studies and community involvement.

The AEBC – Winnipeg Chapter Memorial Awards are offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons with a visual disability who often have greater barriers to participation in higher education and extra costs because of their disability established to support outstanding scholarship in higher education for persons with disabilities. Each year the award will be dedicated to commemorate past members from the AEBC – Winnipeg Chapter. This year’s award is the Campbell Mackinder Memorial Scholarship.

Apply for all programs through the NEADS website until May 31st, 2021: http://www.neads.ca/en/about/projects/ete2/scholarship/

For more information:

Frank Smith
National Coordinator
National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
Rm. 514 Unicentre, Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6
www.neads.ca
https://www.disabilityawards.ca/
http://breakingitdown.neads.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/myNEADS/
https://www.canadahelps.org/dn/344