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Measuring Up: Accessible Public Event Guidelines

010 Legacies Now’s Measuring Up

Part of making your event successful is considering how you can make it as accessible and inclusive as possible, so that a range of citizens in your community, including persons with disabilities, feel both comfortable and welcome.  This guide includes suggestions and techniques you can use to make

Planning Accessible Events So Everyone Feels Welcome

Accessibility Directorate of Ontario

This booklet will show you many low-cost and no-cost things you can do to make your event more inclusive. It also includes a checklist so you can be sure that everyone can participate. Whether you’re planning your first or 21st small community event, this guide is for you. Accessibility Directora

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) is a national Aboriginal organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through know

The Generation Games

Generation Games

FUN & WITH A PURPOSE The Generation Games is a sport for all event, for people of all ages. Organized by and for the local community, as a do-it-yourself event. Organizing an edition is quite easy: clear guidelines and ready-to-use designs will help you. EVERYONE TAKES PART Mixed teams of var

FAQ – Strengthening Older Peoples’ Rights Worldwide

The Global Alliance For the Rights of Older People

We are all born equal and this does not change as we grow older. Even so, under the existing national, regional and international mechanisms, older persons are suffering from inequality and invisibility. As the proportion of older persons in the population increases, greater numbers of people will b

IN OUR OWN WORDS - WHAT OLDER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN OLDER AGE: A consultation by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People

The Global Alliance For the Rights of Older People

In our own words: What older people say about discrimination and human rights in older age: a consultation by the global alliance for the rights of older people (2015) The global alliance for the rights of older people (GAROP) is a network of over 115 civil society organizations from around the wor

Promoting Seniors' Well Being: The Seniors Mental Health Policy Lens Toolkit

Dr. Penny MacCourt for the BC Psychogeriatric Association

An evidence based practical instrument for developing policy, legislation, programs and services that promote and support the well-being and mental health of all older adults. (2008)

Guideline for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada

Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2018

In these pages readers will find recommendations for a model for a comprehensive mental health service system for seniors, informed by current evidence and considered within the context of guiding values and principles important to Canadian seniors (e.g.,respect and dignity, self determination, inde

United Way of the Lower Mainland's Family & Friend Caregivers Information and Resource Handbook 2016

​United Way of the Lower Mainland and SPARC BC

Metro Vancouver Family and Friend Caregivers Information and Resource Handbook –Second Edition is United Way’s response to repeated calls for an accessible, up-to-date guide in print form to all the information that family and friend caregivers of the elderly need in their caregiving journeys. D

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