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Ph: 403.717.7630 https://linktr.ee/actionhall Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-59334742383737815472024-03-07T12:17:00.000-07:002024-03-07T12:17:09.199-07:00Recap of "Let's Talk Healthcare and Dignity" through a disability lens<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Members of the Disability Action Hall shared healthcare and dignity through the disability lens perspective at Bow Valley College on January 29th, 2024. We were pleased to be met with a welcoming in-person and online audience. Please watch the video link below if you cannot join us live. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Thanks again to the IT and Community Services at Bow Valley College for hosting the event. We are also thankful to the Centre for Sexuality for emceeing with the work and speeches from Amber Cutter, Angie Brown, and Michael Wing, and pleased to workshop read Alex Jack's skit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Many thanks to Michael Wing, who took the time to add correct captions to the recording, and the organizers' dedicated efforts. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5RskbeMwprk" target="_blank">Healthcare and Dignity</a> (57.04 minute) on Youtube.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5RskbeMwprk" width="320" youtube-src-id="5RskbeMwprk"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-41485623531122939402024-02-08T13:59:00.004-07:002024-02-08T13:59:37.076-07:0010 Kind Acts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Did you know 87% of the world lives in the Northern Hemisphere? In celebration of February, when we are craving sunshine, connection, solitude, and warmer weather, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Here are '10 kind Acts' you can give a loved one, a friend, and yourself! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(And may not cost a thing!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> This list is brought to you by members of the Disability Action Hall! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBYsh47sjgRT0rL5wYgbM9Ekn3mRxuXN1TpRfcCIIoobx5xHTqn37A-UHDcS0ygGyqM-bdTal7JKeKSILZUEfj5EJLb0Jf50G-b2XIfyyJs2JF2CGUIpIU0oTG8li1GyZ1IDKvomDqNhMoI770lUMiE3PAh-2rB4uWg-q_pUWJrSXqap8z_Zb4dYg2hVr/s1280/10%20Kind%20Acts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="10 kind acts in a box of heart shaped chocolates." border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBYsh47sjgRT0rL5wYgbM9Ekn3mRxuXN1TpRfcCIIoobx5xHTqn37A-UHDcS0ygGyqM-bdTal7JKeKSILZUEfj5EJLb0Jf50G-b2XIfyyJs2JF2CGUIpIU0oTG8li1GyZ1IDKvomDqNhMoI770lUMiE3PAh-2rB4uWg-q_pUWJrSXqap8z_Zb4dYg2hVr/w640-h640/10%20Kind%20Acts.png" title="10 Kind Acts, plain text below" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Take time
for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>I meditated and had a quiet space, not wanting
to talk to as many people.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Hug an animal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>Guinea pigs, talking/playing with the dogs, the
dogs and another dog who likes to go out for walks, our beagle dog</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Explore, Learn, Escape.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I keep busy, stay in and watch movies, read, watch movies, paint, study the weather, try to do a lot of things, and go </i></span></span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">bird
watching.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Laugh, breathe</span></b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Humor is helpful. </span><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>Take deep breaths</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Move, be with nature. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face="Aptos Display, sans-serif"><i>Go for a walk when it's not freezing outside, do regular walks when I can, do dog walks, exercise, stretch, and look after the plants.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Enjoy a treat.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>Eating chocolate and cheese</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Clean, Sort, Organize.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face="Aptos Display, sans-serif"><i>People are helping me out and decluttering, knowing what to get rid of and what to keep, and being happy with it, doing laundry, dusting, vacuuming, and splashing water on my face and neck.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Be with trusted ones.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Being with my friends and my husband helps me
with my well-being. I</span><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> talk with
my Mom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>I try to talk to people when I can as I value
mutual communication where people are both comfortable talking and listening to
each other, </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Take action and help others.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Action-based things to help deal with intangibles
when I hear things in the news, classes to help process what I am learning and
hearing about, advocating for others, and volunteering.</span><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><b><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Talk to professional help,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">Counseling: Meet with my counselor and talk with someone who works on-site at my apartment building; talk to someone if getting triggered,</span><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>Sky Point (rehabilitation center for mental health) has helped with my mental health; take your time to get better. There are lots of resources here.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>PDD Persons with developmental disabilities is a service to help with day-to-day life, employment, and support at home. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;">I take antidepressants.</span><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: arial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span face=""Aptos Display", sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0cm;"><i>Call or text the Distress Centre 24 hours: 403.266.4357.</i></span></p></span></div><p><br /></p><h2 class="Heading_heading___FMVm Heading_is-color-lightest__JlWKg Heading_level-2__eyIM9" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: graphie, sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size-h2-desktop); font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; order: 1; width: 383px;">Darren Aronofsky</h2>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-55960298228084923902024-01-26T09:53:00.007-07:002024-01-26T17:06:06.688-07:00Date Saved! New schedule payment dates for social assistance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=89652C06E2387-091F-A4AC-B48DE96BBC235830" target="_blank">Alberta Government</a> (news release) is a welcomed change; Payment dates for the social assistance payments are back to the fourth business day of the month beginning March 2024.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><i>More to come. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.actionhall.ca/2020/02/our-concerns-about-change-of-date-for.html" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(File photo from the "Save the Date" campaign, February 2020).</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBej4HH2Mr4AurNG1tYoDTOoWKAADVsHpTCXDbmQlivlfQgkL0ovN1HqrhtB2XHoaMuEEuHpbjh0tGzuHy4fRAF2mT1TMUNB3IOwPwfPaPME5IYXtL22WouoXIhOhWh34uUxQgMOcaUDlERzEJHC1fYYx4_fBHKpMM-vDxLddIgaC4W5bLCbAbCLEHWhKb/s2245/Date%20Saved!.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="1587" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBej4HH2Mr4AurNG1tYoDTOoWKAADVsHpTCXDbmQlivlfQgkL0ovN1HqrhtB2XHoaMuEEuHpbjh0tGzuHy4fRAF2mT1TMUNB3IOwPwfPaPME5IYXtL22WouoXIhOhWh34uUxQgMOcaUDlERzEJHC1fYYx4_fBHKpMM-vDxLddIgaC4W5bLCbAbCLEHWhKb/w452-h640/Date%20Saved!.png" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To learn of the new dates for payments, <a href="https://www.alberta.ca/aish-and-income-support-payment-date-change#jumplinks-0">please follow this link</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7icgPfddhaEyuPJrw7R2Jq7ybrY9d95yjDw64eIjSlY0XZ8-LpEERI28VvggOo_zTfPgKXGrwQIFWR15B-i-kJRM-mHzARx5Ew7OIJZV0iyFGuup0U0Fk_2bPNYtxdes7-t9KfQ6BtUx6rSP1UFwqp3fkEjIaDUX6oa_7TqtH9LRcNfoB7RNWQ3UOD7PC/s790/AISH%20payment%20dates%202024.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="571" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7icgPfddhaEyuPJrw7R2Jq7ybrY9d95yjDw64eIjSlY0XZ8-LpEERI28VvggOo_zTfPgKXGrwQIFWR15B-i-kJRM-mHzARx5Ew7OIJZV0iyFGuup0U0Fk_2bPNYtxdes7-t9KfQ6BtUx6rSP1UFwqp3fkEjIaDUX6oa_7TqtH9LRcNfoB7RNWQ3UOD7PC/w462-h640/AISH%20payment%20dates%202024.png" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-87096903225202021122024-01-26T09:16:00.000-07:002024-01-26T09:16:19.255-07:00Health Care and Dignity Virtual Session, Monday, January 29th, 11 am to 12 pm MST<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Join us for personal stories of "Healthcare and Dignity" through a disability lens. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Co-hosted by Bow Valley, College, Centre for Sexuality, and the Disability Action Hall. A </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">live stream event from the Bow Valley College Campus located in downtown Calgary. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Monday, January 29th, 2024, from 11 am to 12 pm (MST time)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mIaWu_Brzj5J0uzXQsJ134LFxt3aSmzj/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Link to PDF poster. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We will be using MS Teams. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CART and ASL will be available. </span></p><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252424; margin-bottom: 20px;"><a class="me-email-headline" href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzJiZmJhZTAtYzJkZC00NTYzLTk3NjQtYmMyOGRkNTg0ZWQz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%228f11c6f4-648e-4c0c-bb99-96e8408a8e2a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22044b9c43-37e4-46f3-9da0-69a006469a37%22%7d" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6264a7;" target="_blank" title="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_yzjizmjhztatyzjkzc00ntyzltk3njqtymmyogrkntg0zwqz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22tid%22%3a%228f11c6f4-648e-4c0c-bb99-96e8408a8e2a%22%2c%22oid%22%3a%22044b9c43-37e4-46f3-9da0-69a006469a37%22%7d"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Click here to join the meeting</span></a>.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252424; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 4px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Meeting ID: <span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">292 310 962 633</span></span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Passcode: </span><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">Lnu6vX</span></span><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a class="me-email-link" href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6264a7;" target="_blank" title="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app">Download Teams</a> | <a class="me-email-link" href="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6264a7;" target="_blank" title="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting">Join on the web</a></span></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9v1qiXmFCPkfPvzoxBSav9z9_OsQb0h6f-cx8Tg1fdkNqMmiOpHXgTXKER0YS4KoMiWzHsEOf66LSuZzprWS1ZBE5D2wZ9LI4iyBOfoPiHQoICUER6xb3SXlUh-vd0VhkefuElTqb5sSP911AhMW-HEYAVo29XUOKOswc0HNPwqa0FsED1U514_8ei7C/s2245/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Let's talk Dignity and Healthcare through a disability lens" border="0" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="1587" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9v1qiXmFCPkfPvzoxBSav9z9_OsQb0h6f-cx8Tg1fdkNqMmiOpHXgTXKER0YS4KoMiWzHsEOf66LSuZzprWS1ZBE5D2wZ9LI4iyBOfoPiHQoICUER6xb3SXlUh-vd0VhkefuElTqb5sSP911AhMW-HEYAVo29XUOKOswc0HNPwqa0FsED1U514_8ei7C/w283-h400/1.png" title="Dignity and Healthcare through a disability lens" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-57236841506485994872023-12-21T17:00:00.002-07:002023-12-21T17:00:00.341-07:00Happy Holidays! <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <b>Wishing you 'Happy Holidays' from the Disability Action Hall. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We will be taking a well deserved break from </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Friday, December 22nd, 2023 to January 15th, 2024. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We will be back soon. Happy New Year! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKET3cD6QPdIx6ZYdCUyc68mxHzwnWX8V7Ifttg04qFB67UK2tmThDHB0-f0u4F_z94OsZcklhQ7ZS1Wm8adsu6cPzkH6DnI2f55OaPt9OdCser8c3NMPssceBWuKR-qXZaAA_HGyOqVXQ3h_daEBai_tGqNkKBzvmIiZnOFIAP8b4j4LOGqac0N4x3WCs/s1920/Blue%20White%20Winter%20Cute%20illustration%20group%20Project%20Presentation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Group of Hall members wearing outdoor winter clothing" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKET3cD6QPdIx6ZYdCUyc68mxHzwnWX8V7Ifttg04qFB67UK2tmThDHB0-f0u4F_z94OsZcklhQ7ZS1Wm8adsu6cPzkH6DnI2f55OaPt9OdCser8c3NMPssceBWuKR-qXZaAA_HGyOqVXQ3h_daEBai_tGqNkKBzvmIiZnOFIAP8b4j4LOGqac0N4x3WCs/w400-h225/Blue%20White%20Winter%20Cute%20illustration%20group%20Project%20Presentation.jpg" title="We will be back soon. Happy Holidays!" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-32971270124482534382023-12-20T13:13:00.012-07:002023-12-20T13:59:35.742-07:00Albertans react to the 2024 indexing of social assistance rates<div style="border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: rgba(63, 69, 81, 0.16) 0px 2px 8px 0px; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.9em; margin-top: 1.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 141.429%; position: relative; width: 100%; will-change: transform;">
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</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAF3ijAOsN8/kD7NYCmA91C9C3Cnz5DXbA/view?utm_content=DAF3ijAOsN8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank">View the larger text version here. </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Plain text below. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"></h4><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Albertans react to the 2024 indexing of social assistance rates </span></b></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“At least we are not getting cut back;
however, everything is going up.” <br /></span></b><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">- Angie Brown</span></b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We asked for Disability Action Hall members' thoughts on the recent December
15<sup>th</sup> announcement of the Alberta Government fulfilling the 2023 campaign
promise to continue to index social assistance every year. For 2024, there will
be a 4.25%$ increase in Alberta’s social assistance programs like Assured
Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH), Alberta Income Supports, and Special
Needs Assistance for Seniors, which will help with the cost of living. Most of our</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
members said that the AISH increase to $ 1863 a month (an increase of 76
dollars more from $1787) is a step in the right direction, and they see it as one
step closer to living out of poverty. Many Albertans are falling further and further
behind since benefits were paused back in 2020. More</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">o</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ver, in the past year, many more Albertans
have struggled with rising costs for food, rent, and utilities. Statistics
Canada just released the market basket measures update last month, and now </span><a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/tbl/csv/11100066-eng.zip"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Calgary</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> is the most expensive city to live in
among the ten provinces in Canada. </span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Reggie
states, “The indexing increase is something, but it could be more. Since the reindexing
of benefits in January 2023, I still had to move back home to live with my
parents as social assistance has not kept pace with rising costs.” </span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Typically, social assistance rates are
slow to respond to make life affordable. </span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Despite the 4.24% increase. Reggie
continues, “Living alone is not an option due to high increases in rent.”</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Liv. Rent <a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/Hall%20Notes/2023/December%2014th,%202023/Response%20to%20the%20AISH%20increase%20December%202023%20Draft%201.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>reports
the one-bedroom unit increased 13.9% since November 2022 to $1678 for an
unfurnished apartment.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">With a 5.5 billion surplus, Hall members are now challenged on how
Albertans will try to make every dollar count for 2024. Eliza suggests, “I
agree every little bit helps. Regardless, I don't think the rent should've been
inflated anyway. Even though we are grateful for the increase, we should not
have to fight for increments. Why does it have to be inches? We want a little bit
more. Twelve months is a long time to wait to index the benefits. Maybe it
could increase by $ 75 every three months vs every year; that way, it would be
a more significant jump to address living costs.</span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In November
2023, the Stats Canada 2017-2022 survey reported, <a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/Hall%20Notes/2023/December%2014th,%202023/Response%20to%20the%20AISH%20increase%20December%202023%20Draft%201.docx#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>“</span><i><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">People with
disabilities are at a far greater risk of living in poverty than people without
disabilities. Nearly 30% of those with more severe disabilities lived in
poverty in 2017. Those who had severe disabilities and lived alone were the
most likely to live in poverty at over 60%. Before the pandemic, over one
million Canadians with a disability lived in poverty.”</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> “W</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e don’t deserve to be kept in
poverty because we are disabled; it’s not our fault we are disabled; nobody
chooses to live in poverty and live in a system that does not allow them to
make a livelihood for themselves. And at the same time, we are also concerned
about the many Albertans who rely on the Alberta Works Income Supports program
and how Albertans are getting by.” Says Alex.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Many are
thankful for the provincial program and the health benefits provided. However, 2024
will be another year of trying to pay for food, heat, and other essentials for
many across Canada. Mother Debbie and daughter Amber used to live in Ontario,
where the program for people with disabilities, known as ODSP, is $ 1000 a
month; Debbie, who is Amber’s Mom, says, “If you are lucky, you will get an
extra $300 for diapers. That’s a huge difference; in Ontario, the diaper and
passport funding help if you want to work and swim, but you don’t get it
directly; you can sign up for it.” Amber says “I am very grateful for what I
get in Alberta. I had to pay for an extension for bags and tubes in Ontario, which
was free in Alberta. We are all feeling very blessed.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">At the same
time, not all Albertans in the AISH program understand or are overwhelmed with navigating
the benefits between their doctor and AISH worker to assist with medical needs.
“It’s frustrating to hear how one person is eligible for medical assistance.
Meanwhile, I struggle to pay for my medical needs. It’s not easy for me to go
and visit a doctor and go through all the eligibility processes. It can be
frustrating as I cannot afford a medical device and groceries.” Says Alex.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hall members also challenge the public notion of being grateful for
what we get. Mike says, “I guess it’s just the word "gratitude.” I get
very emotional about the things I'm grateful for: my friends, my wife, my
family, and other things. I'm not grateful that the government let me buy an
extra bottle of dish soap. I'm not okay with letting them pat themselves on the
back for doing the bare minimum.” Jennifer provides a solution and adds, “While
we welcome the increase, social assistance rates based on a measurement of what
it costs to live in Calgary would be a genuine change in policy to improve
affordability for Albertans.”</span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.edmontonexaminer.com/news/politics/alberta-government-again-raising-aish-income-support-and-seniors-benefits-jan-1">December 15th, 2023 announcement</a></span></span></p>
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2023 Calgary & Edmonton Rent Report | liv.rent blog</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/Hall%20Notes/2023/December%2014th,%202023/Response%20to%20the%20AISH%20increase%20December%202023%20Draft%201.docx#_ednref2" name="_edn2" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[ii]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/231201/dq231201b-eng.htm">The
Daily — Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017 to 2022 (statcan.gc.ca)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div></div><div><br /></div>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-28531000459787083442023-12-01T03:08:00.005-07:002023-12-01T03:13:25.111-07:00Celebrate International Day for Persons With Disabilities in 3 ways! <p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Join us as we celebrate International Day for Persons with Disabilities in 3 ways!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1. Tell us what you are proud of. 🙋</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>We want to know what you are proud of. We answered this question to recognize the United Nations, the official day to recognize Persons with Disabilities worldwide. </span><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAF1N6jjWwE/RUjK-xmJOxY0VE5ZRkD6nA/watch?utm_content=DAF1N6jjWwE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank">Watch our 4-minute video here.</a><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzj282swxsIGitSVU5s9kogFVYdrKAKCWcWQV7yOK2ALpJfg1R-vMZSxpD3arH7ABjxWKWsPoOAJHU_BMDB8A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2. Help make rules for the Canada Disability Benefit. 🍁</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Send a l</span>etter, photo, poem, or video by Thursday, December 21st, 2023, about what a Canada Disability Benefit needs to include. Learn more <b><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/disabilities-benefits/consultation-canada-disability-benefit-regulations.html" target="_blank">here</a><span>. </span></b><span>The <a href="mailto:CDB@hrsdc.gc.ca">direct email address</a> is </span><a href="mailto:CDB@hrsdc.gc.ca" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; outline-offset: -2px; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px;">CDB@hrsdc.gc.ca</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">*Don't know what to say? Try our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y1h0HMOAIkV6oiejoy_W6-CwUfbxaxBSR5xRR52KSoc/edit" target="_blank">worksheet</a> to get you started.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3. Help all Calgarians have warm, heated homes. 💡</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span>Did you know the City of Calgary wants to help everyone have warm, safe, heated homes? </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">It is called Energy Equity. This group wants to hear from you. There is a focus group on December 11th and a survey, too; visit </span><a __is_owner="true" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Calgary.ca/climateequity&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw15i-mD6gv-RxpzUBjB7z3b" id="ow855" style="background-color: #f1f3f4; cursor: auto;">Calgary.ca/climateequity</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0Calgary, AB, Canada51.044733099999988 -114.071883120.698110561507285 -149.22813309999998 81.391355638492684 -78.9156331tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-11960869278693292802023-11-27T13:01:00.010-07:002023-11-27T13:17:50.184-07:00Join us for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3rd, 2023 at Calgary's City Hall<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's time to celebrate! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>When:</b> Join us at City Hall on Friday, December 1st, 2023, 11 am to 2 pm</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Why:</b> To recognize the United Nations <b>"International Day of Persons with Disabilities"</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Where</b>: The address of City Hall is 800 McLeod Trail SE. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We will be part of the resource fair near the escalators. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What:</b> It should be a lot of fun! There will be a photo booth, puzzle wall, sensory space, art gallery, celebrations, and of course, come by and say 'Hi!' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We can't wait to meet you. In the celebration portion, t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">here will be closed captioning and ASL.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Reminder of LRT Service changes:</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A reminder: the red line from the north runs to City Hall only. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Redline LRT coming from the South will be shuttle buses. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.calgarytransit.com/content/transit/en/home/service-updates.html" target="_blank">Learn more about the switch on the Calgary Transit website to plan your visit!</a></u> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5BuWMYDICORRRitq_9l9FA86bzBupIVtCLUSADjUsnvT_UoIzFm8pk_HHqO4jpH8M6-5SekGxNUjeDxyexH3aZWMDrYGK91AzmvhCYQFeNnV_A4uZgOSc8riqlxIKOQsXiWdSGHTBFoNNpPqfhslzAYNo3IZEr7aP9qbo4iVGZMWh0q1CB8HE4dS6xY1/s2245/IDPD%202023%20Dec%201st,%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="International Day of Persons with Disabilities Poster" border="0" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="1588" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5BuWMYDICORRRitq_9l9FA86bzBupIVtCLUSADjUsnvT_UoIzFm8pk_HHqO4jpH8M6-5SekGxNUjeDxyexH3aZWMDrYGK91AzmvhCYQFeNnV_A4uZgOSc8riqlxIKOQsXiWdSGHTBFoNNpPqfhslzAYNo3IZEr7aP9qbo4iVGZMWh0q1CB8HE4dS6xY1/w283-h400/IDPD%202023%20Dec%201st,%202023.png" title="International Day of Persons with Disabilities Calgary City Hall December 1st" width="283" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: left;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What you can look forward to: </span></b></span></p><p></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Resource fair featuring organizations from across Calgary (vendor applications are still open!)</span></span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Art gallery by local artists </span></span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Photobooth</span></span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Presentation on how to make your websites more accessible </span></span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Musical contributions by Taylor Nile and JB Music</span></span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; color: #242424; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><li style="color: black;"><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And a sensory space!</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #242424; direction: ltr; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: start;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-34796546800421324942023-11-13T10:50:00.002-07:002024-02-01T17:18:56.607-07:00Thank you for attending "Let's Grow Together" Nov 9th, 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you again to all who attended "Let's Grow Together" on November 9th, 2023. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKTjhLKfWWjkiAHqqw2EtX6uRxuLebFakpVuSOrYtn_O8NQnFhEiAB4ZfjvMHsEALHZqvHbNjOKK4y3gcAOVsTxgjP8KYWwkjGmWhKJHlyo3GG-Sn00XGsrpy2W0dWASmEFJqvBIvy9hy5y9UElHqfJgKikVqx5HhlpsspydljvHIckP-k2sT_ZORxTti/s1080/Let's%20grow%20together,%20strengthening%20community%20roots.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKTjhLKfWWjkiAHqqw2EtX6uRxuLebFakpVuSOrYtn_O8NQnFhEiAB4ZfjvMHsEALHZqvHbNjOKK4y3gcAOVsTxgjP8KYWwkjGmWhKJHlyo3GG-Sn00XGsrpy2W0dWASmEFJqvBIvy9hy5y9UElHqfJgKikVqx5HhlpsspydljvHIckP-k2sT_ZORxTti/s320/Let's%20grow%20together,%20strengthening%20community%20roots.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A list of resources related to food dignity is linked here<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dv9uUnkpHhArUk25A0xFxdIdKMrLbIhE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> (PDF) </a> (November 8, 2023)</span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-58017918378130460972023-10-24T15:18:00.000-06:002023-10-24T15:18:19.246-06:00Let's Grow Together- Strengthen our Community Roots, Thursday, November 9th, 2023 online<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Join us for <b><a href="https://calgaryscope.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOmuqj4vHd3oUvOdGpqEMb-BxS0E4Q_V" target="_blank">"Let's Grow Together, Strengthen Our Community Roots</a></b>". A 1-hour talk for community connectors, builders, community hubs, and activists on Thursday, November 9th, 2023. Everyone is welcome.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Members of the Disability Action Hall are working with <a href="https://thealexcfc.ca/" target="_blank">"The Alex Community Food Centre</a> and '<a href="https://distresscentre.com/" target="_blank">The Calgary Distress Centre's 'Community Information Exchange</a>' (CIE) to learn how to end poverty and live with dignity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>We hope to begin to look at more ways we can:</u> </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Strengthen our connections to work smarter instead of harder, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">How to help people tell their story once to get what we need, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Learn about the benefits of peer advocates,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Talk about ways to create more sustainable spaces to welcome all.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can <a href="https://calgaryscope.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOmuqj4vHd3oUvOdGpqEMb-BxS0E4Q_V" target="_blank"><b>register on Zoom</b></a> for Thursday, November 9th, 2023, from 1 pm to 2 pm (MST). Help us spread the word. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A2Dox9ibFmRBeoKn8db6ejh5GNqQXL3i/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download the poster</a></b> or use the QR code to share with friends. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="hhttps://calgaryscope.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOmuqj4vHd3oUvOdGpqEMb-BxS0E4Q_V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wzokcPBzS2MhnvaL96v-2MK00U6gSohI02PX1N1vLCumL8HD_huwa_WkwGGm7pwC93yNzVHixCEnbO8O6yZzVwRicdz1xHqOJ54xvGz5mFtioMtwT81gQbOODzq9o5_YUP2TjbKKqkWyEtK6bhe326zKmELq3kd9MV02SWee9JjU8xpNGVtr7KOoPG3y/w640-h640/Let's%20grow%20together,%20strengthening%20community%20roots%20final.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-69242130320894394772023-10-13T18:56:00.007-06:002024-01-16T17:59:08.811-07:00Let's Do Food Dignity! October 17th is the International Day to Eradicate Poverty<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Let's do food dignity (Plain text below image, click here for <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxLp1DjIg/u8RyFEYhrRcI8sm1W4T6uQ/view?utm_content=DAFxLp1DjIg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank">PDF</a>) </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxLp1DjIg/u8RyFEYhrRcI8sm1W4T6uQ/view?utm_content=DAFxLp1DjIg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank"><img alt="Image of a white plate with fork, knife and spoon in peace pattern with the words Learn, Talk and Suppport" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBx6biuTUg0ggnazc1FrtXXRMoMyxzsvq7-7XPsaTl3MLZdXqUJm6KtBc83Kq9NH9ZZsNXv2EbG-YoJ3ipDyJfs4L9-kF1zAwOVX46et2eP6qBWEEJ0PydC6Ycu5w8y0pg7NDJGaiQ41mGlinUx-FuEZea3umEwA4LiG8ClXCFhx5ZA083NxP1SjAG2vTm/w640-h360/Lets%20do%20food%20dignity%20(Presentation).png" title="Let's do food dignity, 3 actions you can do for October 17th, 2023" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxLp1DjIg/u8RyFEYhrRcI8sm1W4T6uQ/view?utm_content=DAFxLp1DjIg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor" target="_blank">Let's do food dignity, Three actions you can do for October 17th, 2023,</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Plain text</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;">This year for the 'International Day to Eradicate Poverty', Hall members recorded short videos highlighting food dignity (Either on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL76WJyMER4MI7o31RkTYIOZ3ahoQqmQQu" target="_blank">YouTube channel </a>or Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the people's names). We want to help promote food dignity, such as growing our own culturally appropriate food, grocery cards,
mobile food sources, and places that are welcoming and treat people with
dignity. You can do three actions anytime: <b>"Talk, learn, and support food dignity."</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TALK</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Share good ideas across the food cycle from
farm to table!</span></p><div class="WordSection2">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You are already on your way just by watching today's short films (listed below) on “What is dignity.’ It is crucial to co-create with experience living in
poverty to access food with dignity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Visit
and learn about welcoming food-secure places and volunteer with the </span><a href="https://thealexcfc.ca/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Alex Food Centre</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Learn about </span><a href="https://freshroutes.ca/schedule-calgary/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fresh Routes</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, a mobile food resource in communities of
Calgary<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk148099464"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Support
grocery card campaigns like </span></a><a href="https://icanforkids.ca/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“I Can for Kids”</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> that empower families to feed
themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Encourage
programs like the 2020 National </span><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2020/07/government-of-canada-supports-initiative-to-help-canadians-with-low-incomes-access-fresh-produce.html"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Market
Greens Program</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">,</span></span><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> providing
discounts at the till to ensure we all have choice and dignity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Help
reduce food waste such as the “</span><a href="https://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Too
Good to Go Food” app</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> as featured in the Global News article titled “</span><a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/-%09https:/globalnews.ca/news/9980282/tim-hortons-too-good-to-go-food-waste-app/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tim
Hortons joins app that reduces restaurant food waste, saves money</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">”
Global News, October 4<sup>th</sup> are another excellent way to ensure less
healthy food gets thrown out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 28pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Learn <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Did you know?</span></b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Alberta's report card on ending poverty is a 'D,' and one of the
recommendations is a Provincial Poverty Reduction Plan; check out the
interactive Canadian Report Card from </span><a href="https://foodbankscanada.ca/poverty-index/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Food Banks of Canada Report Card.</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Check
out Alberta Health Services </span><a href="https://albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/nutrition/if-nfs-household-food-insecurity-in-alberta-infographic.pdf"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“What is Food Insecurity” infographic, August
2023</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span color="windowtext" face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Did you know? </span></b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> The
United Nations, “Food and Agricultural Organization”, has an e-learning course </span><a href="https://www.fao.org/right-to-food/resources/e-learning"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">on the right to food policy legislation.</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Grocers will try to stabilize food costs. </span><a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/Hall%20Notes/2023/October%205,%202023/1.6987787#:~:text=In%20August%2C%20food%20prices%20increased,rate%20hit%204%20per%20cent&text=Cole%20Burston%2FCBC)-,The%20five%20largest%20grocery%20chains%20have%20delivered%20plans%20to%20stabilize,Fran%C3%A7ois%2DPhilippe%20Champagne%20said%20Thursday."><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Grocery chains promising more discounts, price
freezes to stabilize food costs, minister says</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">” October 5, CBC News</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Did you know?</span></b><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> In the most recent Alberta government </span><a href="https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/bf7f9a42-a807-49b3-8ba3-451ae3bc2d2f/resource/d7da998d-8d22-4264-914d-6f9d0075dae2/download/scss-mandate-letter-seniors-community-and-social-services-2023.pdf" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">mandate letter</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> for the Minister of Seniors, Community, and
Social Services, there are commitments to ensure social protection, including
affordable housing, seamless support to disability services from birth to
adulthood, indexing social assistance, and ongoing funding to food banks and
affordable transit.</span></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Did
you know? </span></b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="background: repeat white; color: #4c4e52; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">More than
one in five working-age single adults is living in poverty. Yet they receive
the lowest amount of government support? Read more in the Community Food Centres
of Canada report </span><a href="https://cfccanada.ca/en/News/Publications/Reports/Sounding-the-Alarm-The-Need-to-Invest-in-Working"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="background: repeat white; font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“Sounding the Alarm: The Need to Invest
in working-age Adults.”</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<h3 style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 26pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Support</span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Support affordable food by encouraging
grocers to keep costs within reach;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">· </span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Support
lived-experience initiatives like the </span><a href="https://m.facebook.com/groups/504643467628805/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Facebook
Group “Last Chance Produce</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">,” a private group promoting food
dignity</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;">· </span><a href="https://icanforkids.ca/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“I
Can for Kids”</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> empowers families to feed themselves with grocery cards</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Support the </span><a href="https://www.openmarketcalgary.ca/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“Open market YYC,”</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> a pay-what-you-can pricing model in Meadowlark</span></span></div><div class="WordSection2"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Where to access food in Alberta?
Call 211. In Calgary, visit the </span><a href="https://calgaryscopesociety-my.sharepoint.com/personal/colleen_calgaryscope_org/Documents/Hall%20Notes/2023/October%2012th,%202023/ASK%20Group%20Poster%202023.pdf"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Calgary food map</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;"> to find the nearest affordable food source
near you.</span><br /><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;">It costs more to live with a disability; remind
Canadian MP #</span><a href="https://www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/ask-your-mp/" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">budgetthebenefit</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> by sending in a postcard.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;">·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">Many food organizations recommend access to
good food; people need more income. Support Basic Income by sending a letter of
support to your local senator and MP from </span><a href="https://basicincomealberta.ca/were-rallying-support-for-bill-s-233/"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Basic Income Alberta</span></a><span face=""Calibri Light", sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">.</span></span><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
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Of Food Dignity</a> By Kavin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFxGhEQrSU/V0VQsSX1PqPh7eVpH3kUQg/watch?utm_content=DAFxGhEQrSU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor">The
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You Fancy</a> By Angie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFwZ1YjHuI/wzgHlqG2PFWyOMr-S-iVpA/watch?utm_content=DAFwZ1YjHuI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink">Fed
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Place As Everybody Else</a> By Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFv3BD8fAg/nCnIvpniQhk8G9J43g4xZw/watch?utm_content=DAFv3BD8fAg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink">Brown
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By Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFv3BD8fAg/nCnIvpniQhk8G9J43g4xZw/watch?utm_content=DAFv3BD8fAg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink">Bananas</a>
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Grocery Of Your Choice</a> by Colleen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Calibri Light",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFw6XO-1wI/deJHBjbsBUxSYafSLPOrvw/watch?utm_content=DAFw6XO-1wI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor">Shopping
In Dignity</a> by Lloyd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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As A Need, Not A Value</a> by Heath<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p>
</p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-28365730167078804612023-08-18T07:46:00.000-06:002023-08-18T07:46:15.496-06:00Celebrating Pride, Disability and the Right to Love, September 1st, 2023 <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We are proud to be part of a community collaboration present "Queerly Disabled" featuring 2SLGTBQIA+ Rainbow Panel, short films and drag performance. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>FREE entry plus</b> great <b>Italian Street food</b> and ice cream from our sponsors, <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/VillageIceCream?__cft__[0]=AZUdtrjPDVvg9MpM5xelDLUKkPDnCGllFez7od2vs7Cm5KNYD2XgJW198cp5bcf4gW97fb6fuj_QZkb5Gs3Oqpkb-sJKoNqBj7-lrC9y3PsjCBVBjZk93_Qn7oX2UV3S91oFDGT1WQDz43k6ipumsAsetdxGqtkiWnVgdbVi6OacIVCrfR-4PBZoY_IbAXdymIg7umM-ZSou3EHrBMyWBKR9&__tn__=-]K-y-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; transition-property: none !important;">Village Ice Cream</span></a></span> and <span style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/italianopleaseyyc?__cft__[0]=AZUdtrjPDVvg9MpM5xelDLUKkPDnCGllFez7od2vs7Cm5KNYD2XgJW198cp5bcf4gW97fb6fuj_QZkb5Gs3Oqpkb-sJKoNqBj7-lrC9y3PsjCBVBjZk93_Qn7oX2UV3S91oFDGT1WQDz43k6ipumsAsetdxGqtkiWnVgdbVi6OacIVCrfR-4PBZoY_IbAXdymIg7umM-ZSou3EHrBMyWBKR9&__tn__=-]K-y-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none !important; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none !important;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="animation-name: none !important; display: inline; transition-property: none !important;">Italiano Please YYC</span></a></span> . We have <b>door prizes</b> from Mud Urban Potters and more! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spaces are limited so get your <b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4077901243306315561/2836573016707880461#" target="_blank">tickets</a></b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4077901243306315561/2836573016707880461#" target="_blank"> on <b>Eventbrite. </b></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/queerly-disabled-with-queers-questions-and-queens-tickets-699948553967?aff=oddtdtcreator" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Queerly Disabled, Friday, September 1st, 2023 A group of gender diverse individuals with a variety of disabilities in rainbow colours and dressed in celebration of pride, smiles, featuring pride flag and disability pride flag. Logos for Village ice cream, Mud Urban Pottery, Italiano please and the Alex Community Food Centre. The event is from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Friday September 1st located at 4920, 17 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta" border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="6912" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-s9oiNvhplxkGD7Hbo6ObMJNyVQEA5IMId6TV5-kbgj6Q-3yu0S1LXJBWSWmdPAM_SkTxhVBvPiviQVwg_K6aQF2lsHTeGXZN_T2mw_3Xx-MgL71c6Ac6d5c--KD-n1gWJjuQq_MwCh5WZF5CIBTDms9vDjSincuz9bvDPMiR5Wla5Xdi9iK7l5InGSG/w320-h160/Queerly%20Disabled%20Poster.png" title="Queerly Disabled, Friday, September 1st, 2023" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>Accessible accommodations include: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ASL provided by FLIC Inc, a low-sensory dedicated area, masks to ensure our esteemed panelists and performers stay as healthy as we can be to share our message, and art in celebration of pride. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is an all-ages event with mature content. It is a masked event and masks will be at the door. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">More details to come about our featured panelists and drag performance! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">With our community partners <a href="https://thealexcfc.ca/" target="_blank">The Alex Community Food Centre</a>, <a href="https://www.centreforsexuality.ca" target="_blank">Centre for Sexuality</a> and <a href="https://www.vantageltd.ca" target="_blank">Vantage Enterprises Ltd</a> we are featuring panelists on a lively conversation about the 'Right to Love' during Pride Fest. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-I_eG5IysVsWVCX8NmWrSs2ixbDZmMOcX8tBWO0jnUgILV4Rhi1Q-SmQRB4g8AEuo1XMGPjsr8iayyg3ypMT3HOKs0H67w5LvbXniAnSgCOpaXEp4pvVwcRuHseiP3PD6Xq_g5VonOXIVXQKW2qDQiTyFw27yFLWU41fCeRWH5bDTH2EDtFU0S5tzui4/s6912/Sponsored%20By.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sponsored by Italiano Please, The Alex, Mud Urban Potters and Village Ice Creamx" border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="6912" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-I_eG5IysVsWVCX8NmWrSs2ixbDZmMOcX8tBWO0jnUgILV4Rhi1Q-SmQRB4g8AEuo1XMGPjsr8iayyg3ypMT3HOKs0H67w5LvbXniAnSgCOpaXEp4pvVwcRuHseiP3PD6Xq_g5VonOXIVXQKW2qDQiTyFw27yFLWU41fCeRWH5bDTH2EDtFU0S5tzui4/w320-h160/Sponsored%20By.png" title="Our sponsors" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-26535492434116893812023-07-31T13:21:00.002-06:002023-07-31T13:22:55.205-06:00Out and About Picnic at Bowness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Groups that play together, stay together for a much needed relaxing time.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Good times has by all at this years picnic in Bowness Park. The weather was not too hot nor was it too cold; it was just right for a day of scavenger hunting, photography, strolling, food and fun at Bowness Park. We soaked in the flowers, scenery and history of Bowness Park. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For folks who may have missed it, and or plan on going to Bowness soon, feel free to <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFpR904V0g/6CX-oCKDfEJFuGuU6CkNYQ/view?utm_content=DAFpR904V0g&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink" target="_blank">download our scavenger hunt</a>. You will need a camera and some reading skills to stroll around the park. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We were really happy to meet Fede and Barbara and hope they are able to join more meetings in the near future. We are also glad Aleem from the University of Calgary stopped by to say hello. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you everyone for a great day; pretty sure the lagoon ducks may miss us most! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To learn what is in the picture collage below, <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFqOj387tU/RJhMpbABsggSnywruTBlfA/view?utm_content=DAFqOj387tU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink" target="_blank">follow the link for a description of each photo.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFqOj387tU/RJhMpbABsggSnywruTBlfA/view?utm_content=DAFqOj387tU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZBcFhEheyYBtPqelaA1Rbn6OJAIOWiFvXAXOip0k1aw39V-VwCeGt8brQWy1atcu5SDXvUlke-RNqomrL1W3zPOqQY558jVrBwMdu8YgBEhs6y04rbXMo0GbMAz0SjaGy8prVgh__qDG-DWZmnegaVO39Pubtp5ts3k2gGDgVEbXqYGPr_tJ41uy4DYTJ/w640-h512/Untitled%20design.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-39484266554654241242023-07-25T10:14:00.002-06:002023-07-25T10:15:22.565-06:00Our top 6 ideas for better housing solutions through a 2LGTBQSIA+ lens<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We put together our
top concerns about the gaps and barriers to housing in Calgary, Alberta using a "Disability and 2LGBTQIA+" lens (persons with disabilities, families, and people who identify as transgendered). Our plan is to then share our experiences, ideas, and solutions with the federal housing advocate in August. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We also summarized our ideas and more details are </span><span style="font-family: arial;">below the </span><a href="https://share.pixton.com/qswx4yh" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">comic</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://share.pixton.com/qswx4yh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="9 panel cartoon highlighting six solutions for housing in Calgary" border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="3504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBfc7MaP06zc_LaDZhRtpfdtJDbBEiAixkG4hu0wlFRFVu47ML_KjMcT_hta9XGaGdmKEoA2nLxT7o-egeGkVbJljRxrXamyOnKZBIhBlEl-KkTm8wzOvnUF9u1eSGqESogOQAUImE1Tcrl0ozhlj0cKV4ptk3cJ9lt1CwjKp2gisHzVRvjzwRfwxUfzi/w640-h640/housing_solutions%20(1).png" title="6 solutions using a disability 2LGTBQIA+ lens" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype
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<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></h3><h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Top 6 ideas
for better housing in Calgary through a </span></b></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2LGTBQSIA+ lens"</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: medium;"> </b><b style="font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by Disability Action Hall, July 2023</span></b></h3><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q_Ipx-e9hObYO-PvzHBvc3JwpE5QMZQ-/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Link to download PDF</a></b></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span><h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Housing in all areas of Calgary</span></span></span></h3><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Affordable housing zoned in all areas of the city, (not just in limited places). </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To prevent alienating people; help people to live in a community of their choice; Allow
people to make their own decisions. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Useful design is near frequent transit with disabled parking spaces near the home.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p> <br /></o:p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2. Housing accepts all animals</span></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">People should be able to have animals if they can care for them. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Housing that accepts all animals as we like living with animals to help us with our emotional and mental well-being to help us get out of bed. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p> <br /></o:p><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">3. The need
to understand and accept all diversity </span></span></h3><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Folks who are trans need safe spaces that are safe to live, <i>“In my experience, they told me they could not have me as I was going through a transition instead of saying ‘Why don’t we move
you into men’s housing?’ Please don’t alienate people based on their identity and culture.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Housing options that are not gender segregated <i>(As that is binary in terms of the way people think)”. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Allow people to live where they want to live in the place, they want to live in… <i>“As a trans man right now in a time, I would not be comfortable moving into a space with a bunch of guys”. Trust is critical and surrounding neighbours who understand what I am going through helps me feel safe and on common ground. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>There needs to be a lot more flexibility in housing eligibility and options; “<i>I’ve seen senior couples get separated”</i> and have limited options, or when a family is looking for housing are then split apart. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>“Living at a treatment center with women as a transman felt weird, as I felt like a guy living among a bunch of women. Having a sense of community and more opportunity for community support and natural support instead of just slapping labels on us”.</i></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Accessible, safe, affordable designed homes</span></span></span></h3><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>“Some of the low-income housing doesn’t look like houses, it looks like square boxes;
When building homes, they should look nice for people to live in, not a square box. People should have the right to live in a nice house or a nice apartment building, not just square cracker boxes”.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Accessibility and housing<i>, “I need a shower that I can roll a shower into, otherwise I have no shower. It sucks I can’t shower. We really hope to find a house cause my foster sis moved to Calgary and our needs are for a family, not just me”.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>We need more accessible, and affordable for low-income folks and queer folks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Affordable housing also needs to be safe<i><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">. “Just because it's ‘low-income folks’ it does
not mean we don't deserve to live in a clean, safe, comfortable environment”.</span></i><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: arial;">•<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Social housing needs enough funds to help to support the housing
to keep it safe and in safe neighborhoods. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. Housing Supports that build community co-created with people with a variety of disabilities </span></span></span></h3><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“Living in supportive housing with trustworthy staff who don’t steal things from you”. </span></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When you have support workers coming into the space, design more available housing on how people live, versus around housing providers. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is always nice when the housing provider supports the building of community in the housing.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">People with disabilities should be involved in creating housing so it can be accessible to everyone. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. All levels of Government work together to help coordinate housing gaps and barriers across the housing spectrum </span></span></span></h3><div><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">PDD does not help people get housing for people with disabilities; The Government needs to help buy their own houses.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Be able to stay in the housing until we no longer wish to live there. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Government to raise people’s incomes so everyone can live where they want. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">All three levels of Government need to coordinate together for housing strategies.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When governments don’t coordinate, then it’s left up to the agencies, yet every agency has different criteria and rules for social housing; it is confusing and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a lot of work trying to understand, and people fall through the cracks.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We need a provincial housing minister to work with the city and the federal government. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">•<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The ‘Owen Hart Home Ownership Program’ and ‘Habitat for Humanity' help people buy their home; however people on social aid (like Assured Income for the Severely
Handicapped AISH) aren't always eligible to be in the program as our income is
too low. Help ensure people who wish to be homeowners on social aid programs
qualify for home ownership and mortgages. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Housing is broken. Housing is a basic human right.</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="http://www.actionhall.ca">www.actionhall.ca</a> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-16904144422040456212023-06-16T08:12:00.005-06:002023-06-16T09:52:28.228-06:00A federal disability benefit is important! <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Canada Disability Benefit (Bill C-22) is on its way back to the Senate on Tuesday, June 20th, and hopefully for royal assent. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As we cross our fingers for the bill to pass its final stage before the end of June. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">To learn about what step the bill is before it becomes law, visit </span><a href="https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/c-22" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">!) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Once the bill passes, then the regulation talks begin. We will need to speak to our MLAs about no clawback on the benefit and for it not to interfere with provincial/territorial benefits. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alex </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">created this comic to help people learn about why the bill is so important for the Disability Community.<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To make the cartoon bigger click on the picture <a href="https://share.pixton.com/qopt1sf">or link. </a></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://share.pixton.com/qopt1sf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="A federal disability benefit is important, different scenarios spoken by Hall members why the benefit matters" border="0" data-original-height="2352" data-original-width="3504" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EPY-a6s-iz2cHmdAe86b_6alW-SiowcWlRb3ooYVxBpBHhr3G4euhy3M5OGx-dBv1A1_DSyKebm9xtw4JatTwnKjBarJfJUBApZArIR7RUFzgfUYTGnuAwQ1ueAAmYV1EcehhDsiW7Xpw9XbAjTmlaqRmMbze5os4K2v6ahdfCErfVJfxRF4yd21yw/w640-h430/final_version_of_a_federal_disability_benefit_is_important_.png" title="A federal disability benefit is important" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><b>Alt Text in images: <br /></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Frame 1 Group on stage singing</b></span></h4><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"We deserve enough to live"<br />"The Federal government needs to give."<br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Frame 2 - Two people talk in a home</b></span></h4><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Elderly male "The federal disability benefit needs to include seniors with disabilities.<br />Mid-Age female "Yes, disability does not disappear when you turn 65."<br /></span><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Frame 3 Two people in front of a home in the winter</b></span></h4></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A female in winter clothing stands shivering "I live in a rural area and everything costs so much more out here." <br />A female in winter clothing says "My provincial disability benefits just aren't enough to cover my basic needs." <br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Frame 4 Two people in a medical office talk to each other</b></span></h4><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A male approximately in his 30s in a wheelchair says "Sometimes I have to go hungry because I spend so much on medical supplies." <br />A female approximately 30 years old and also in a wheelchair says "I need a special diet which is very expensive and not covered by provincial benefits."<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Fame 5 Two people in art studio talk, one before an easel</b><br />Female artist mid-40s says "I love making art but I often can't because the supplies and classes are too expensive." <br />A male in his late 20s says "You deserve to follow your dreams and passions and to have a good quality of life." <br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Frame 6 Two people in the kitchen cooking and wearing chef coats and chef hats</b></span></h4><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A female in her 40s says "People with disabilities don't deserve to live in poverty."<br />A female in her late 60s says "Let's cook up a benefit that leaves no one behind."</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-44597554444394658572023-06-13T17:12:00.005-06:002023-06-13T17:12:44.560-06:00Congratulations to Premier Danielle Smith and Minister Jason Nixon of Seniors, Community and Social Services<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">Members of the Disability Action Hall wanted to share our letter of congratulations to Premier Danielle Smith and Minister Jason Nixon</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;"><i>Plain text to read our letter is below. </i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnnjOruB_hO-gLY78m7WVACD-KQFRrWCCA_G09Icmyziaicm-f-UgHZZw5L-afMXhKKtz9pD8-Kn4efV2fyu4LJqiQZeznNBs_TnhwtWhmw_HW8YADwfYFtWecArQr_kuyX1EWB6QInGIeh_D_efIBz1RRgAUwRzjmE-p23snIEjUnfLZAJKP_GLkEA/s874/Congratulations%20Letter%20for%20Premier%20and%20Minister%20Nixon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Congratualtions letter to Premier and Minister" border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="702" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnnjOruB_hO-gLY78m7WVACD-KQFRrWCCA_G09Icmyziaicm-f-UgHZZw5L-afMXhKKtz9pD8-Kn4efV2fyu4LJqiQZeznNBs_TnhwtWhmw_HW8YADwfYFtWecArQr_kuyX1EWB6QInGIeh_D_efIBz1RRgAUwRzjmE-p23snIEjUnfLZAJKP_GLkEA/w321-h400/Congratulations%20Letter%20for%20Premier%20and%20Minister%20Nixon.jpg" title="Our congratulations to Premier Smith and Minister Nixon" width="321" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">June 13th, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dear Premier Danielle Smith and the United
Conservative Party (Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services, Jason
Nixon,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations on your re-election as
Premier of Alberta and as Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services. Members
of the Disability Action Hall, based in Calgary, have been active in Alberta
for over 20 years. We are a group of proud people with disabilities and allies
who share stories, take action and change lives. We look forward to working
with you and your government on many issues that are important to us including
affordability. We appreciated the indexing of social assistance to help us with
inflated costs of groceries, rent and utilities. We are doing our best to
stretch our dollar, however many of us are having to make many hard choices. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Other areas which we feel are important to
collaborate with you on are: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• Affordable,
accessible, safe housing, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• Affordable
public healthcare and mental health services, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• Affordability
through social assistance programs to be permanently indexed to inflation on an
annual basis, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• Create a barrier-free
accessibility act,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• Continued
funding the affordable transit passes across the province, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">• And
a continued commitment to help people access community, services and supports
we need. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again, congratulations and looking forward
to working with you and your government. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sincerely <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 22.7pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;">Members of the Disability Action Hall</span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> </span></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-35835428721126339882023-06-02T12:27:00.000-06:002023-06-02T12:27:05.627-06:00Happy National AccessAbility Week! May 28 to June 3rd, 2023<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Be on the lookout for the "Our and About" summer events in honor of Speak Out 2023 coming up in the summer. June is celebrated as pride month, where the voices and pride of all our communities are honored and celebrated.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKurQhfJJnrqOFN8mhtpJmHDIdylfeqJ17X0Q5c-2zMYKMRfmPjxb18X8zRhO2QkspvPLvg9yuTOV1JvPlKDRnzjwLZLti-Td9cir9gaJcDrGn8JtygSiZvrQIeHz16ZUQiZrekcPVJ7cQR76ccriZRvIZuIESDBBANX1VhH4fCjqxBtsrq8i-0D5pw/s600/NationalAccessAbilityWeek.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LGBTQIA+? circles surrounding a mountain landscape on a red background with National AccessAbility and Hall logos" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKurQhfJJnrqOFN8mhtpJmHDIdylfeqJ17X0Q5c-2zMYKMRfmPjxb18X8zRhO2QkspvPLvg9yuTOV1JvPlKDRnzjwLZLti-Td9cir9gaJcDrGn8JtygSiZvrQIeHz16ZUQiZrekcPVJ7cQR76ccriZRvIZuIESDBBANX1VhH4fCjqxBtsrq8i-0D5pw/w400-h400/NationalAccessAbilityWeek.png" title="Out And About Speak Out 2023" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-25276127420788625132023-05-29T08:12:00.008-06:002023-05-29T11:57:39.067-06:00Happy Vote Day! <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">It's here! Vote Day!</span></h1><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;">Did you know 22% of Alberta's population has a disability! That's the population of Edmonton! </span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><b>Our voice matters! </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;">Wishing all good luck at the voter polls today... and don't forget to take your photo outside the polling station and share it with the #lickthevote<b> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrwXHAjPr_F/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">Village Ice Cream</a> </b>folks today if you want a special ice cream treat! Read the<b> </b></span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://curiocity.com/lick-the-vote-village-ice-cream-calgary/" target="_blank"><b>Curiosity Article</b></a></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"> for more details! </span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;">Still undecided, that's ok, you got this. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;">Check our graphic below for how to get vote ready and good luck!
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial;">#DisabilityVote #BarrierFree23 #MyVoiceCountsAB #VoteHousing #ElectionsAB</span></div><div style="border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: rgba(63, 69, 81, 0.16) 0px 2px 8px 0px; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.9em; margin-top: 1.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%; will-change: transform;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjwXRefmo/watch?utm_content=DAFjwXRefmo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=embeds&utm_source=link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Is Alberta calling</a>? by Disability Action Hall</span>
</b></span></h1><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #073763; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">For the Alberta May 2023 Election, members of the Disability Action Hall created </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iig3BZSIk5jnVCX8dXBmNbvTvpatUYMV/view?usp=drivesdk" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>"Is Alberta calling?</b>"</span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </strong></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #073763; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> to identify election issues in response to the provincial government's ad campaign </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4077901243306315561/347357789345110204#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">"Alberta is Calling." </strong></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">The original campaign’s purpose is to help </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #073763; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">attract people to Alberta. For people considering moving to Alberta, voters, and candidates we have matched the images with a recent set of events, news stories, and research compiled since October 2022 portraying the day-to-day reality. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iig3BZSIk5jnVCX8dXBmNbvTvpatUYMV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>(Link to PDF)</b></a></span></div><div><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #073763; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b>For the undecided voter, what’s the difference?</b> </span></span></h3><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Albertans are now making tougher choices between heat, food, medications, and rent. Since the </span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">pandemic, the affordability gap between purchasing power and poverty over the last three years has widened for many middle and lower-income Albertans now struggling to pay for basic needs.</span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">" Privilege is invisible to those who have it."</span></em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> - Michael Kimmel</span></span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></span></strong></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/4077901243306315561/347357789345110204#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;" target="_blank"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Alberta economic review states</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> there are over 4.6 million people who now call Alberta home, the highest growth rate in the country. Due to the strong growth rate, we are now reminding candidates to strike a better balance for Alberta's future by investing in our social safety net. This move will then aid in all Albertan's recovery and be in a better position to thrive: By improving affordable access to health and mental health care, food security, building and retaining more affordable, safe, accessible housing, increasing timely access to social services, having enough money to live, and good governance.</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">Here is to hoping after this election we can continue to help rebuild a province where all Albertans are proud to say, "This is our home."</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">For the undecided voters, we encourage you to visit the <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFd4O6KtQY/l6EH-hppgXCFbVicbjR8dA/view?utm_content=DAFd4O6KtQY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu" target="_blank">Alberta Parties at a glance using a poverty reduction lens “tool.” </a> Good luck with the vote Alberta. </span></span></p>
Disability Action Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855426094578986405noreply@blogger.com0HRH6+MV Rimbey, AB, Canada52.5791557 -114.187814940.743454323217293 -131.7659399 64.41485707678271 -96.6096899tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077901243306315561.post-10292896314701286372023-05-19T12:16:00.009-06:002023-05-19T12:16:53.920-06:00Alberta Election 2023 Advanced Voting (Week 4 Update)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Only 1 week left in the Alberta Election. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out 5 more things you can do, and it includes all 4 newsletters from 18 community groups from across Alberta. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Good luck with advanced voting! </span></p><p><br /></p>
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