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Citizens With Disabilities -
Ontario
Members' Update
June 24, 2009
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| Citizens With
Disabilities - Ontario (CWDO) actively promotes the
rights, freedoms and responsibilities of persons with
disabilities through community development, social action, and
member support and referral. Our primary activity is
public education and awareness about the social and physical
barriers that prevent the full inclusion of persons with
disabilities in Ontario.
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Remember Friday's
Webinar
June 26 at 7:30 pm EDT, IDEAL Auditorium
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the IDEAL Conference Centre.
Cell Phone Applications - June 26th,
7:30 pm EDT.
Presenter: Jeff Stark
What
is a "smart phone" and can I use it? What applications of a
cell phone best suit my needs? If my service provider does not
have the phone I need, can I purchase it and use it anyway? Do
cell phones work with my disability? Can I use "video relay"
with any cell phone and any service provider? Presenter Jeff
Stark will answer these questions, and many more. For more
details, go to the Technology Resource
Committee website, and click on update on
our activities.
Click here to
register for the Cell Phone
webinar.
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MEET CWDO'S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
2009-2010
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At the 3rd
Annual General Meeting held June 11, 2009, the following new
board members were elected:
- Sara Jarvis
(Ottawa)
- Bill
Goursky (Region of Peel/GTA)
- Ann
Martindale (Hamilton)
- Marlene
Thomas-Osbourne (Hamilton)
- Susan
Zaribaf (Toronto)
Below is
a list of all our board members. Biographies of all our
board members are posted on-line as information is made
available. Click here for board
member bios.
Executive
- Terrance Green (Ottawa)
- Pat Seed (Thunder Bay)
- Tracy Odell (Toronto)
- Melissa Graham (London)
- Christine Kelly (Ottawa)
- Terrie Meehan (Ottawa)
- Marlene Thomas-Osbourne
(Hamilton)
Directors
- Lisa Demacio (Richmond Hill)
- Jerry Ford (Eastern Ontario)
- Cindy Gorlewski (GTA)
-
Bill Goursky (Region of
Peel/GTA)
-
Sara Jarvis (Ottawa)
- Sean Major
(Toronto)
- Stefanie Marinich-Lee
(Toronto)
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Ann Martindale (Hamilton)
- Doug Millman (Burk's Falls)
- Sandra Salamon (Thunder Bay)
- Dale Stevenson (Ottawa)
-
Marlene Thomas-Osbourne (Hamilton)
-
Susan Zaribaf
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WINNER OF CWDO'S MEMBER
SURVEY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Entrant #38 wins $100!!
CWDO will be
mailing out a cheque for $100 to DAVID
GLOBE of Belleville, Ontario.
CONGRATULATIONS,
DAVID!!!
Thank you to all
our members who submitted surveys. This information will
assist us in describing our membership to potential funders
and others interested in CWDO.
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RECIPIENT OF CWDO'S 2009
PARTNERSHIP
AWARD
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Citizens
With Disabilities - Ontario is pleased to present
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP with
our 2009 Partnership Award.
The Partnership
Award is presented to an individual, business or organization
that has most sustained the work of CWDO through working in
partnership with us over the course of the year.
BMO Financial Group was a
proud sponsor of our very first webinar - Registered Disability
Savings Plans. Their generous contribution has
enabled us to build on our success and continue to plan,
deliver, and archive webinars on topics of interest to our
members.
Thank you BMO
Financial Group! We hope this will be the
beginning of a long-term, mutually beneficial
partnership!
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ABILITIES ARTS
FESTIVAL
A Celebration of Disability Arts and
Culture
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announced...
Events
include:
NUIT BLANCHE
October 3rd,
Urban Space Gallery, Toronto
"PROJECTIONS" FILM
FORUM
October 8th & 10th, Innis Town Hall,
Toronto
IN CELEBRATION
OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
October 14th & 15th,
Columbus Centre, Toronto
Call For
Submissions
2009 "Projections" Film
Forum
The Abilities Arts Festival is
seeking works by filmmakers with disabilities that exemplify
excellence, innovation and creativity in film.
Submission Deadline: July 1,
2009
The Children's and Youth
Photography and Film
Exhibit
Children and youth with
disabilities are invited to create and send Abilities Arts
their creative masterpieces for inclusion in the photography
and film exhibit that will be on display both during and after
the Children's celebration.
Submission Deadline: September 18,
2009
Check out the
CALL FOR ENTRIES on the Abilities Arts Festival website
for details and submission forms at www.abilitiesartsfestival.org.
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| Upcoming
Webinars
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Getting to Know the Disability
Movement
7:30 pm, Thursday, July 16, 2009 -
corrected
date!
Presenter: Christine
Kelly
What is the political disability movement?
This Webinar will overview some of the key features of the
disability movement, including important historical events in
Canada, the United States and abroad as well as review the
underlying philosophies of Independent Living and the social
model of disability. Click here to
register for the Disability Movement.
MORE
WEBINARS BEING PLANNED
Check our website for updated
information at www.cwdo.org.
July - The UN
Convention
Presenters: Dr. Marcia
Rioux and colleagues from York University's
Critical Disability Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
A webinar about the United Nations Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities. What is good, bad and
unfortunate about the UN Convention? Will it make a difference
in my life? Why is it important to ratify the Convention?
July - Healthy
Eating
Presenter: Christine Malone
A webinar on healthy eating, based on the Canadian
food guide. Come and explore adaptive cooking on a
tight budget.
August - DRPI
Presenters: Dr. Marcia Rioux
and colleagues from York University's
Critical Disability Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)
is a collaborative project working to establish a monitoring
system to address disability discrimination globally. D.R.P.I.
has adopted a holistic approach to disability rights
monitoring, with three focus areas: individual experiences
monitoring, systemic monitoring and media monitoring.
Find out more about this work and how you can get
involved.
August - What First Time Students
with Disabilities going to University or College Should
Know.
Presenter: Melissa Graham,
CWDO Board Member and Advocate
What First Time Students
with Disabilities going to University or College Should Know:
The do's. The don'ts. The tricks discovered and
developed by students with disabilities currently attending
Ontario universities. Learn how to make the best of university
from students who have been there and done that.
September
- Re-Framing Service Issues as Human Rights
Issues
Presenters: Dr. Marcia
Rioux and colleagues from York University's
Critical Disability Studies Master's and Doctoral programs
This webinar will explain the importance of using
human rights as a framework for promoting change. All
too often, our concerns get treated as mere "service" issues,
vulnerable to being dismissed. A human rights
perspective can strengthen arguments for action and lead to
sweeping, systemic change.
Check our website for updated
information at www.cwdo.org.
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Tutorials
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Want
to join in? Not sure what to do?
Pat Seed offers tutorials every
Monday evening from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Come Pat's Tutorial and learn
how easy it is to connect over our on-line conferencing
system. Pat Seed is our technical support person.
She will lead you step-by-step through everything you need to
know to get started.
Through the IDEAL conferencing
system, you can participate in live Webinars attend our Annual
General Meeting, and get involved with CWDO
committees.
It's
easy! And there is no cost to you for using our
system. All you need is your own computer, keyboard and
speakers. With a microphone headset, you can chat
on-line, too.
Click to go to the
Members' Lounge. Download the plug-in and join Pat
in the Member's Lounge at one of the times below. As you
enter the room, type in your
name, city or town and the password
"members".
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Follow
these easy steps:
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Register for the Webinars you want to
attend by clicking on the registration link
provided.
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At the day/time of the event, go to the
Ideal Conference
Centre at <http://ideal-group.org/cwdo/> (We
will send you a reminder if you
registered.)
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Download the plug in following one of the
options provided.
Scroll down to Auditorium
1
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Enter the room by typing in your name and
city or town
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Click "Log-in". No password
required.
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