There have been some major changes to the Canadian Health Network (CHN) website since our last newsletter and readers can expect to see more changes in the future. Over the past six months, the CHN introduced a new database system for the main CHN website. The new system will make it easier for us to add new resources and make changes or corrections to current resources.
New searching and sorting functions have been added to the CHN site. When using the Guided Search method of searching, it is now possible to filter search results across population groups, so for example, when you are browsing the Collection using the Guided Search in the People with Disabilities section, you can select "Women" from the menu down the left side in order to show only results which relate to Women AND People with Disabilities. Also, you can now choose to sort your search results by Relevance, by Organization, or Alphabetically.
As a result of the new database system, many of the pages inside the website changed their addresses, so you may need to correct some of your old bookmarks or links to pages within the site. The base web address for the main site remains the same: www.canadian-health-network.ca, and the basic address for the People with Disabilities section still works: www.canadian-health-network.ca/1peoplewithdisabilities.htm. Most other URLs have changed. Please contact us if you need a complete list of the changes to URLs.
The Living with Disabilities Affiliate welcomed a new Project Manager in the fall: Bev Fyfe. Bev works on the CHN project out of her office in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the SMD Alliance. Bev replaces Dave Dessens, who moved on to a new job in Manitoba Housing. And this month, the Affiliate bids a fond farewell to William Land, who has worked as our full-time Information Specialist over the past three years. Bill is moving on to work at the Library at the Sudbury Regional Hospital in Ontario. We will all miss Bill, and wish him well in his future endeavours. Contact information for all current staff appears in the Contact Us section of the People with Disabilities Affiliate website.
The Canadian Health Network now has over 800 network contributors encompassing a vast array of health topics, and over 70 of these provide information and services specificially relating to people with disabilities in Canada. To view the list of organizations who contribute to the People with Disabilities section of the Canadian Health Network (CHN), consult our Network Contributors page. Here are details about the two latest additions to our network:
Provides support and service to people with chronic aphasia living in British Columbia. Offers speech-language pathology services, workshops and support groups. Provides access to resources with information about aphasia.
Provides resources for people with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and their families, friends, and medical professionals. Discusses early diagnosis and treatment of this condition, which is also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Web site includes information about publications, resources, conferences, and therapies.
To view the list of organizations who contribute to the People with Disabilities section of the Canadian Health Network (CHN), consult our separate Network Contributors page. Below is a list of recent updates or additions to the websites of CHN Network Contributors which relate to people with disabilities. Links which do not also appear on the French version of CHN Newslink are identified by the phrase "(English only)".
The ATRC has released a new version ATutor, their Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System.
In April, as part of their ongoing campaign to provide information about changes to the disability supports system in BC, the BCCPD released a series of new Help Sheets on the changes to Disability Benefits in BC.
The CAILC has launched a completely redesigned CAILC website. The new site offers a choice between a full graphics version or a text only version.
The CCSA has created a new database of resources on fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE). The new National Database of FAS and Substance Use During Pregnancy Resources now joins CCSA's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) resource pages in offering information about FAS/FASD to Canadians in both English and French.
Over the past months, the CCSD released four new issues of their Disability Research Information Pages.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has added a new page to their site where you can find Quick links to publications on accommodation of persons with disabilities.
In November, the CNIB Library launched the new CNIB Digital Library, a fully accessible, online collection including full access to more than 10,000 audio, text, and braille titles as well as access to the CNIB catalogue describing over 60,000 items available for ordering. The CNIB Digital Library also contains The Children's Discovery Portal, the world's first portal of its kind for children who are blind.
At the end of March, the CPRN posted a presentation on the results of a survey conducted jointly by the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Canadian Policy Research Networks. The AFP/CPRN Survey of Fundraisers (Link requires PDF reader) was presented at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising in Toronto on March 25.
The CCD have changed the base address of their website and are putting the finishing touches on a newly revised CCD website. Their new base URL is www.ccdonline.ca.
As usual, DAWN Ontario has been busy addding new links and new documents to their site since our last newsletter. One major addition is a series of Online Workshops for Women with DisAbilities and Deaf Women. The Workshops include a variety of topics related to security and legal issues: Covering Your Tracks...if you're concerned about someone knowing you've visited here, Disclosure of Records Workshop, Family Law Issues - Custody & Access and Child Protection, How to Find a Lawyer, and Restraining Orders, Peace Bonds and Terms of Release.
The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has released a number of significant documents since our last newsletter. This month they posted Disability in Canada: A 2001 Profile, a major document which compiles and summarizes the statistics gathered through the 2001 PALS post-census survey. They also published Defining Disability: A Complex Issue, a review of, and framework for understanding, disability definitions in key Government of Canada initiatives. Prior to this month, the ODI published an updated version of A Way with Words and Images. The new version includes General Guidelines, advice for Media Coverage of Persons with Disabilities, and an updated Terminology Guide Concerning Persons with Disabilities. And all the way back last March, ODI posted a major Government of Canada Report on disability issues: Advancing the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (December 2002).
Every month, the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities (SMD) posts a new edition of Disability Research Digest (DRD), a monthly electronic resource for consumers, professionals and the public interested in remaining current in disability related issues. The December 2003 issue is the most recent addition.
Since our last newsletter, Statistics Canada has released the rest of the data from the 2001 Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS). The data is effectively made available in Disability in Canada: A 2001 Profile, a publication released this month through the Office for Disability Issues.
Links which do not also appear on the French version of CHN Newslink are identified by the phrase "(English only)".
In October, ARCH held a grand opening of their Library and Resource Centre now open to the public. The complete catalogue for the ARCH Library is now available for searching online. The Library pages appear on the newly redesigned and expanded ARCH website. They have also changed their base URL address, so the new site is located at a new URL: www.archlegalclinic.ca. Among other things, the new site includes an extensive list of frequently asked Questions and Answers compiled through ARCH's Summary Advice and Referral service.
At the end of October, the Canadian Transportation Agency handed down a ruling which ordered VIA Rail to remove 14 undue obstacles to the mobility of persons with disabilities on its new Renaissance cars following a complaint filed by the Council of Canadians with Disabilities that raised 46 different concerns about the accessibility of certain features of the cars, primarily as they relate to persons who use wheelchairs.
The Greater Toronto Hotel Association has developed a Hospitality Accessibility Checklist for its members and posted it online. The Checklist is also available in PDF format or in Microsoft Word format.
The Living with Disabilities Affiliate has a separate Conference Listings page to list upcoming conferences in Canada which relate to, or may be of interest to, people with disabilities. If you know of a newly announced conference, or one which does not appear on our full conference listing, please email the Editor with any information you have about it. Below is a list of conferences which have been announced since last issue.
Colloque
sur l'emplois (French Only)
Contact: Regroupement des aveugles et
amblyopes du Québec
3740 rue Berri, bureau 240
Montreal, QC H2L 4G9
Email: avincent@raaq.qc.ca
Healthy
Living with a Disability - Conceptualization and
Demonstration Symposium (Link requires PDF
Reader)
Contact: Leigh Vance, Healthy Living Project
Coordinator
Muscular Dystrophy Canada
900 - 2345 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4P 2E5
Phone: (416) 488-0030 ext 155
Email: lvance@mdac.ca
Disability Resource Network of BC 2004 Conference -
Putting the Art Back in pARTnership
Contact: DRN Forum 2004
c/o 886 Nicolum Court
North Vancouver, BC V7H 2R9
Phone: 604-929-8303
Email: looking_glass@shaw.ca
Educational
Assistant Conference 2004
Contact: Carolynn Chartrand, Conference Organizer
Phone: (780) 497-4699
Fax: (780) 497-5170
Email: chartrandc@macewan.ca
20th International Seating Symposium (Link
requires PDF Reader)
Contact: Interprofessional Continuing Education
University of British Columbia
#105 - 2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Phone: (604)822-0054
Fax: (604)822-4835
Email: interprof@cehs.ubc.ca
Crosscurrents
2004 - Special Education Association of BC Annual
Conference
Contact: Elizabeth Sparling
P.O. Box 41015
5134 Cordova Bay Road
Victoria, BC V8Y 4C8
Email: sparw@telus.net
Adults with FASD - Swimming Upstream - A Reality
Check (Link requires PDF Reader)
Contact: Interprofessional Continuing Education
University of British Columbia
#105 - 2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Phone: (604)822-0054
Fax: (604)822-4835
Email: interprof@cehs.ubc.ca
OADD
2004 Conference
Contact: OADD Conference Committee
c/o Ranj Feduck
Email: rfeduck@familyserviceguelph.on.ca
Alzheimer Society National Conference
2004
Contact: Alzheimer Society of Canada
Toll-Free: 1-800-616-8816
Email: conference2004@alzheimer.ca
CASLPA 2004 Conference
Contact: Angie Friend, Communications Manager
Phone: (613) 567-9968
Toll-Free: 1-800-259-8519
Email: angie@caslpa.ca
Destination
Success 2004 - Exploring Best Practices
[postponed until 2005]
Contact: Destination Success
Room B110 Georgian College
1 Georgian Drive
Barrie, ON L4M 3X9
Phone: (705) 728-1968 ext. 6234
Toll-Free: 1-877-722-1523
Fax: (705) 722-5179
Email: destinationsuccess@georgianc.on.ca
CHHA 2004 Conference - Hearing at Work
Contact: Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
205 - 2435 Holly Lane
Ottawa, ON K1V 7P2
Phone: (613) 526-1584
TTY: (613) 526-2692
Fax: (613) 526-4718
Toll-Free: 1-800-263-8068
Email: chhanational@chha.ca or
mbchha@mts.net
People in
Motion
14th Annual Trade
Show
Contact: People in Motion
Box 74059
260 Guelph Street
Georgetown, ON L7G 5L1
Phone: (905) 702-1121
Fax: (905) 702-1244
Toll-Free: (877) 745-6555
Email: sales@people-in-motion.com
International Research Society for Spinal Deformities
Annual Meeting
Contact: Interprofessional Continuing Education
University of British Columbia
#105 - 2194 Health Sciences Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Phone: (604)822-0054
Fax: (604)822-4835
Email: interprof@cehs.ubc.ca
International
Conference on Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome
Contact: SIDS Conference Secretariat
International Conference Services Ltd.
Erin Engstrom, Conference Manager
Phone: (604) 681-2153
Email: sids-registration@meet-ics.com
DPI World Summit
2004
Contact: Disabled Peoples' International
748 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3G 0X3
Phone: (204) 287-8010
Fax: (204)783-6270
Email: summit@dpi.org
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