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Seat at the Table Outreach Program-Recruitment of Candidates

Are you looking for a unique leadership opportunity? Have you been yearning to put your talent in strategic thinking, financial forecasting, organization.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3 2020 is Internal Day of Persons with Disabilities. Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan observes this important day of recognition.

The Love Abilities Festival

The Love Abilities festival will change the belief that people with disabilities have no desire for love, sex, and intimacy. Everyone deserves pleasurable and fulfilling lives. This festival will empower the people with disabilities with the skills, knowledge and resources to lead the fullest lives possible, and for their caregivers, lovers and allies to help support or be part of their life.

Day of Giving Regina and Area Thursday August 27, 2020

In partnership with Jack 94.5 FM SCI Sask presents the Annual Day of Giving Regina and Area, ensuring individuals and their families of SCI Sask receive emotional and service support during these uncertain times. “To assist individuals living with spinal cord injuries & other physical disabilities to ensure safety, physical and mental wellbeing, and access…

Help the CHRC monitor the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Canada.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission is Canada’s human rights watchdog, with a responsibility to both promote and protect human rights. As a part of that role, the Commission was recently given a new responsibility to monitor the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Canada. In order to do…

Seniors Across Southern Saskatchewan Supported Though the United Way of Regina Seniors Response Fund

SCI Saskatchewan recently received funding through the United Way Regina Seniors Response Fund funded by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. The following video highlights our organization as well as a few of the other 20 non-profit recipients from across Southern Saskatchewan that benefited from the fund. View the full video here:…

Listen To Dis Produces New Web-Series with the Assistance of Creative Saskatchewan

Check out the latest project by Listen to Dis, a web series, produced with an investment from Creative Saskatchewan’s Web Series Grant. This project is the cornerstone project to increase professional opportunities for its members. Read all about this new initiative here. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=722167665221485

Saskatchewan allows motorized wheelchairs for disabled hunters

New regulatory changes will allow hunters with disabilities and mobility issues to apply for a permit to use a motorized wheelchair, which comes equipped with thick, all-terrain treaded tracks that can handle the province’s rugged, rolling landscapes.

Carla Qualtrough Speaks about creating the Accessible Canada Act

“I was a human rights lawyer before I got into politics and became really frustrated by having to wait until people were discriminated against before we could help them…”The Honourable Carla Qualtrough See the whole interview [less than 5 mins], plus insights on the Accessible Canada Act from The Honourable Senator Jim Munson, Frank Folino…

Cerebral Palsy Canada Network Survey

Cerebral Palsy affects over 80, 000 individual Canadians and their families.

We have developed this survey with the goal of collecting information to address the complex health needs, social issues and barriers to inclusion that individuals with cerebral palsy face.