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Nourishing Ideas
Belonging and Inclusion
Belonging. It’s a powerful word. Maybe one of the most powerful
words there is. It taps into something very deep within us – the
yearning to be part of something larger than ourselves, to be accepted
and loved by others with all of our gifts and limitations. The desire to
belong is universal. Yet despite what we know about the importance of
belonging, too many people experience its opposite: loneliness and
isolation.
This
can be changed...
Slow down, you move too fast...
The Slow Food movement
was a pioneer in the movement to slow down the frantic pace
of our
lives. Since then, other individuals and organizations have taken up the
call. One of the more recent additions to the trend is
Slow
London, “an invitation to start reclaiming
time as a friend” and to build the community of “Slow”.
Enter
their website slowly...
Good Conversation
The Ties That Bind
National Tour
To give families the tools they need to secure the well-being of their
children with disabilities,
PLAN Institute recently launched
The Ties That Bind
National Tour.
Each stop in the tour
includes a public screening of The Ties That Bind, an award-winning
National Film Board documentary about one family's struggle to
create a secure future for their son. Families can also attend a
workshop to learn practical steps that they can take.
Learn more...
A conversation about fostering
belonging and inclusion
On September 14, the
Tamarack
Institute hosted a tele-learning conference with Zoël
Breau,
National Coordinator of
L’Arche Canada.
In this conversation, Zoël shared how L’Arche’s
movement for change fosters inclusion, understanding and belonging. Read
a summary of the conference
here, and
click here
to
listen to the audio.
Inspiring
Action
Online Learning and Virtual
Community Program
The
University of Victoria
Assistive Technology Team (UVATT), in collaboration with
the
Garth Homer
Society, has embarked on an
ambitious program to build an online learning and
community-building resource and support network for the disability
community. The program’s overall goal is to increase the
opportunities for people with disabilities to be engaged in the
community, and to have their contributions to society recognized and
appreciated. We couldn’t have said it better!
Check
it out...
"Measuring Up" Pilots
Ten communities in B.C. have been targeted and approved by
2010 Legacies
Now for field-testing the
Measuring Up guide and
process. McMaster
University in Hamilton, Ontario is also starting to pilot Measuring Up
in that area. Measuring Up is a starting point for engaging
communities about the participation and contributions of citizens with
disabilities. The pilots are in the introductory stage of
development and are looking for people who want to participate in making
their community more accessible and inclusive. Interested?
Contact
cmcewan@2010legaciesnow.com
UN finalizes Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities
After five years of negotiations, hundreds of disability advocates and
government, delegates at the United Nations finalized the text of an
international treaty to protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
While the convention does not create new rights, it specifically
prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas
of life.
The Council
of Canadians with Disabilities monitored the progress of the negotiations and provided input to the
Canadian government's delegation.
Learn more...
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't
happen at once.”
– Albert Einstein
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Vol. 5, Issue
8, October 2006
Screening of Bonnie Sherr Klein’s film
Shameless:
The ART of Disability: October 27, Toronto.
Ticket info...
Getting to Maybe: A Tamarck tele-learning
seminar with Frances Westley, October 10, 12:00-1:30pm EDT
The Reaching Out tour: In 18 communities across Canada,
Oct.-Dec.
2006.
Family Focus Conference 2006 –
The Voyage Together: Oct.
20-22, Richmond, BC
Building an Inclusive and Accessible Canada: A
Celebration and National
Forum. Nov. 2, Ottawa.
TASH is an international membership association leading the way to
inclusive communities
through research, education and advocacy. TASH members work together to
create change and build capacity so that all people, no
matter their perceived level of disability, are included in all aspects
of society.
REDF’s book, New Social Entrepreneurs: The Success, Challenge, and Lessons of
Non-Profit Enterprise
Creation, provides a “report from the trenches” to people interested in
nonprofit business development.
Download the book from REDF’s website.
Attuning ourselves to
mystery, to resonance, to inspiration, requires that we surrender to
another kind of timing, the timing of Kairos. Kairos is nature's time.
It is the realm of time that informs the right action at the right
moment...
Read
The Gift of Time, by Vickie Cammack.
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