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Our Community

Highlighting the people, places, organizations or things that have made life more enjoyable for Canadians with a disability.

Our Community

Highlighting the people, places, organizations or things that have made life more enjoyable for Canadians with a disability.

  • We Belong

    We Belong

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Follow Margaux Wosk—a Vancouver-based non-binary, self-taught artist, disability advocate, and activist who is on the Autism Spectrum—in their day-to-day life. Margaux creates art and craft pieces designed to help people on the Autism Spectrum communicate with others.

  • Vecova

    Vecova

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Calgary's Vecova has been providing support services to persons with disabilities for over 50 years. Take a closer look at their housing, employment and health and fitness initiatives, and what the future holds for the facility.

  • Hockey is Life

    Hockey is Life

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Take a deep dive into the history of The Capital City Condors, a hockey team for all abilities, and meet the man who started it all, Jim Perkins.

  • Team Jigger

    Team Jigger

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Learn more about the Team Jigger Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that aims to provide rehabilitation tools for individuals who have suffered spinal cord injuries or associated neurological disorders.

  • Taking the Stage

    Taking the Stage

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Follow writer/director Paul Power and three of his newest recruits, all members of the disability community, through acting workshops and, eventually, to the stage.

  • Hope's Home

    Hope's Home

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Visit Hope’s Home, Canada’s first medical daycare for children. Founded by Jacqueline Tisher, this remarkable concept was inspired by frustration, heartbreak and a mother’s love.

  • Y Penguins

    Y Penguins

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    In this episode of Our Community: Started by marathon swimmer Vicki Keith and the former YMCA of Eastern Ontario, learn more about the Y Penguins, a swim team for children with physical disabilities and their siblings.

  • H'art Centre

    H'art Centre

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Learn more about H’art Centre, a community arts hub that provides artists with disabilities and those facing barriers with opportunities to create, study and produce works in the arts and collaborate with qualified, trained community artists.

  • Mindful Mouthful

    Mindful Mouthful

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Learn more about The Mindful Mouthful, a transition program to assist people living with developmental disabilities to move into the workforce and become more independent that has evolved into a social enterprise.

  • ElderDog Canada

    ElderDog Canada

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Discover ElderDog Canada Inc., a national, community-based, non-profit and registered charity which assists and supports older adults in the care and well-being of their canine companions.

  • Limitless Beauty

    Limitless Beauty

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Follow nine youth and young adults, who are blind or partially sighted, through a training camp in order to take part in “Limitless Beauty,” a fashion show coinciding with Vancouver Fashion Week.

  • Your Eyes My Vision

    Your Eyes My Vision

    Duration: minutes and seconds

    Your Eyes My Vision follows a unique opportunity for blind adults in British Columbia. Held by The Victoria Society for Blind Arts and Culture, “visual” art is created by persons who are blind through partnerships with sighted facilitators.