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Psychology grad student wins grant for advocacy and research

91亚色 PhD clinical psychology student Kaley Roosen聽(BSc Spec. Hons.聽鈥�07, MA 鈥�09) 聽is one of four winners of a Soroptimist Foundation of Canada grant for Canadian women graduate students worth $7,500 for her research and advocacy work. 聽 The grant is designed to assist women with university studies, which will lead to careers helping to improve […]

Disability advocate talks about the power of kindness

For Barbara Turnbull, experiencing the challenges and possibilities of the medical system has been a reality for the past 29 years, since age 18, when she was left a high-level quadriplegic after she was shot during a robbery attempt at the convenience store where she worked. Despite the devastation of her injury, the experiences and […]

Wanted: Innovative 'IDeAs' for making Ontario more accessible

91亚色 students,聽along with聽students from other Ontario universities, are being challenged to put their creative minds to work to develop solutions that will make the world more accessible for people with disabilities, including new聽ideas for devices, software, architectural design, awareness campaigns or policies. The Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) competition聽is an initiative organized聽by the Council […]