Access to the right equipment after sustaining a spinal cord injury can ease the challenges in daily living, Frank Walker understands this well from personal experience.
Voices
By: Spinal Cord Injury Ontario | Fall 2022
Adaptation: How Jake Thomas Combined his Love of Sport and Filmmaking
Jake Thomas is a passionate filmmaker from Ontario, breaking boundaries in action sports.
Through the Desert to the Water
Saleh spent most of his years between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where accessibility was less than ideal and at times non-existent.
Drew Cumpson: Taking Advocacy to the Next Level
Meet Drew Cumpson, a passionate disability advocate who’s taking his efforts to the next level by running in the upcoming provincial election as the NDP candidate for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston.
Meet Taylor Lindsay-Noel
Taylor is a bold, 28-Year-Old Entrepreneur and Tea Lover with a Passion for Pioneering Change
Meet Julie
Julie Sawchuk is an accessibility strategist, educator, speaker, best-selling author and SCIO Board member.
Plan Your Legacy
Planning our life’s legacy is both a responsibility and an incredible privilege – it allows us to decide how we will be remembered when we are gone.
Dedication
Dr. Mary Ann McColl and her late husband, Kirby Rowe are familiar names to many in our community.
Rolling Through Barriers: Inclusive Workplaces
This fall, as part of Spinal Cord Injury Ontario’s Rolling Through Barriers campaign, we hosted a virtual panel to tackle some of the challenges and opportunities that exist when it comes to finding meaningful and...
Keeping Goals in Sight – Summer 2021
Our Board of Directors are a dedicated and diverse group of individuals that give their time and expertise to our organization and our community. We continue to profile this generous group of individuals. This edition...
Rolling Through Barriers Champions
Pandemics betray our ideas around equality. They shine a light on the deep deficiencies and chronic ruptures that exist in society, often impacting the most vulnerable and marginalized in our communities. They urge us –...
A Path to All
A woman sits at her window looking out at the neighbourhood. She sees her neighbour across the street coming home from shopping. It used to be that she would have joined her friend on that shopping trip and then...
Rolling in Style
Designer Rachel Zoe says, “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak”.
Keeping Goals in Sight – Spring 2021
Our Board of Directors are a dedicated and diverse group of individuals that give their time and expertise to our organization and our community. Their experience, viewpoint and foresight help to guide our organization...
Keeping Goals in Sight – Winter 2021
Board of Directors of any not-for-profit organization are the stewards of that organization. They provide foresight, oversight and insight.
Circle of Strength
Nineteen years ago, when I sustained my spinal cord injury, I clearly remember the worried faces of my supportive family members. They were my equal partners in this ordeal, making critical decisions, grappling with...
Filling the Gap: Navigating PSW Care During COVID
Access to qualified and trained Personal Support Workers has been a challenge for some time. During the pandemic this has become a critical situation. With the inherent risks associated with the close contact PSWs must...
