NEADS Events: October 2016
Organizer: Carleton University
Title: Thrive Week – Carleton University
Category: Education
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Date: October 3, 2016 – October 7, 2016
Web site: https://carleton.ca/thrive/
Description: Thrive Week – Carleton University
Thrive is a week-long, October 3-7, is a series of events focused on building positive mental health for Carleton University students, faculty and staff
Thrive is also a mindset. We all have mental health, and we can each strengthen our mental health by learning about it, thinking about it, talking about it, and discovering new skills and resources to help us Thrive all year long.
Join us for Thrive Week 2016: October 3 – 7!
Organizer: Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
Title: WESP Workshop
Category: Employment
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: October 3, 2016 – October 21, 2016
Telephone: 416-260-3060 ext. 232
E-mail: cmacdiarmid@ccrw.org
Web site: http://www.ccrw.org/wesp
Description: CCRW’s WESP workshops are specifically for job seekers with disabilities and teach skills that will make job seekers more effective in their job search.
Organizer: Students for Barrier Free Access (SBA) Uniiversity of Toronto
Title: Disabled Students’ Orientation – University of Toronto
Category: Education
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: October 6, 2016
Web site: http://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1619
Description: Disabled Students Orientation, University of Toronto – SAVE THE DATE
Join Students for Barrier-free Access (SBA) for a student-run orientation for disabled students and allies. Whether you are full-time or part-time, new or returning, an international or transfer student, this orientation is for you!
Date: Wednesday October 5, 2016
Time: 4:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
Location: 246 Bloor Street West, room 720, 7th floor (Factor-Interwash a Faculty of Social Work), Toronto, Ontario.
Organizer: Canadian Education Association
Title: First Nations Schools First!
Category: Education
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: October 6, 2016 – October 7, 2016
Telephone: 14165916300237
E-mail: glatour@cea-ace.ca
Web site: http://www.cea-ace.ca/events/first-nations-schools-first
Description: With educators across Canada currently challenged to embed Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and Worldview learning into their classrooms, First Nations Schools First! is a timely event that will convene both on-reserve and off-reserve educators committed to integrating effective First Nations’ teaching practices into Canadian K-12 classrooms.
Organizer: Government of Canada
Title: Consulting With Canadians With Disabilities on Planned Accessibility Legislation: Thunder Bay
Category: Accessibility
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario
Date: October 11, 2016
Web site: http://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1613
Description: Government of Canada consulting with Canadians on planned accessibility legislation
Consultation objective: Canadians, communities and workplaces benefit when everyone can participate equally in everyday life. There has been much progress in making our society more inclusive, but we can do better.
For more information click on this link: http://neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1613
Organizer: Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health
Title: CARWH 2016: Advancing Research to Improve Work and Health – Toronto
Category: Employment
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: October 16, 2016 – October 18, 2016
Description: Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) 2016: Advancing Research to Improve Work and Health
Sunday, October 16, 2016 to Tuesday, October 18, 2016
CARWH 2016, the 9th Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health Conference, is taking place on October 16-19, 2015 in Toronto, Canada
Co-hosted by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) and the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), CARWH 2016 will offer a stimulating and diverse program of keynote presentations, parallel and poster sessions, and symposia. With the theme, Advancing Research to Improve Work and Health, the program will reflect the excellence of work and health research across the country.
For more info click on this link: http://neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1626
Organizer: Third Annual srADDegies for Success Expo
Title: Third Annual srADDegies for Success Expo – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Category: Education
Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Date: October 19, 2016
Web site: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/straddegies-for-success-expo-tickets-27198634849
Description: Third Annual srADDegies for Success Expo – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
October recognizes a lot of great causes: ADHD Awareness Month, Mental Health Awareness Week and Small Business Awareness Week, just to name a few!
Join us for the Third Annual strADDegies for Success Expo (previously called the Nova Scotia ADHD Awareness Expo) on Wednesday, October 19th from 1-7pm at Alderney Landing!
You can expect to find all kinds of resources that will help youth and adults with cross-disABILITIES lead a successful life both, in and out of school.
Organizer: Students For Barrier-Free Access – University of Toronto
Title: Disabled Students Orientation: Students For Barrier-Free Access – University of Toronto
Category: Education
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: October 21, 2016
Web site: http://www.neads.ca/en/about/events/index.php?id=1629
Description: Disabled Students Orientation: Students For Barrier-Free Access – University of Toronto
Join Students for Barrier-free Access (SBA) for a student-run orientation for disabled students and student advocates. Whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student, full-time or part-time, new or returning, an international or transfer student, this orientation is for you!
Topics covered at the orientation will include:
– Know Your Rights as a disabled student
– self-advocacy and navigating academic accommodations
– available campus resources and services
– an introduction to Students for Barrier-Free Access resources and services.
Come meet other disabled students, as well as SBA board members, staff and volunteers.
Date: Friday October 21, 2016
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Location: 252 Bloor Street West (OISE) room 5240, 5th floor
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