Kent Basset-Spiers Award
The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF), after 23 years of making a difference in the lives of those living with spinal cord and acquired brain injuries, closed its doors on March 31, 2021. Started by the neurotrauma community in 1998, helmed by the trail-blazing work of Kent Bassett-Spiers, ONF’s founding and only CEO, ONF helped grow […]
Spinal Cord Injury Ontario Raises more than $50k Through Rolling Through Barriers Campaign
After a 3-month campaign, hundreds of posts on social media and a celebratory tribute event, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario is proud to announce the organization has raised more than $50K through the Rolling Through Barriers campaign, which aimed to recognize the real barriers people with disabilities face on a daily basis, all the while dispelling […]
Press Release: Spinal Cord Injury Ontario is Rolling Through Barriers to Build a More Accessible Future
[TORONTO] – The time to build a more accessible future is now. That’s the message from Spinal Cord Injury Ontario as it embarks on the 2nd annual Rolling Through Barriers campaign set to launch September 1, 2021. The registered Canadian charity, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, is committed to working to increase the health, […]
Postsecondary Education Standards Development Committee
Development of proposed postsecondary education standards – 2021 initial recommendations report The Ontario government established two Standards Development Committees in 2017, to make recommendations for new accessibility standards for education, in both the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) and postsecondary education sectors. The Postsecondary Education Standards Development Committee is responsible for making recommendations to remove […]
Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide for People with Disabilities
For people with an SCI getting vaccinated will not be an easy task.
