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Calgary PDD Board Meeting - Nov 27
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: TBA

Adult Health and Wellness
Fitness Classes from VRRI
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Mount Royal College requires Sessional Instructors for Disability Studies disability program
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Immigrant Services Calgary
Workshop Schedule
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PDD Calgary Region Community Board 2008-09 Budget
Make art you can touch, see, hear, smell or taste!
Disability Action Hall will annouce prize winners at Freak Out 2008.
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MoMo Fall Dance Schedule
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday classes.
Low income & AISH - ‘pay what you can’
Click here or call Catherine at               403.283.3445        for more information.
Calgary Transit - Access Calgary
Change to Fare Payment Options
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AACL Community Navigator Project
Navigators available to assist individuals pursue an inclusive ilfe in the community.
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Youth/Employment Programs
Immigrant Services Calgary
Click here for information about programs offered by the Mosaic Youth and Family Centre.

 

 
      

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In Our Community    

Poster

New Work from In-Definite Arts

The full month of November

Steeps Tea House

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We'll Be Back at TGS Place December 1, 2008!

Our reception area will be on the 6th floor.

You can phone us at 403.297.5011.

You can send mail to us at:

Calgary Region Community Board
Persons with Developmental Disabilities
600 1520 – 4th Street SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2R 1H5

We look forward to seeing you in our new location!

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army needs volunteers!
November 19th - December 24th

The Salvation Army’s annual Kettle Campaign raises funds to
brighten the holiday season for those in need.

The Perks:

  • In just three hours you can raise enough donations to make the holidays an enjoyable experience for up to 3 families.
  • 2-3 hour shifts are available 6 days a week at locations throughout Calgary, Airdrie, Okotoks, and Cochrane.
  • Volunteer with family or friends.
  • The Kettle campaign is an excellent opportunity for students to gain volunteer hours, or valuable references.

For more information or to volunteer:
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Balancing Acts8 Kick-Off Party and Silent Auction:

November 29th (7-9pm)
Art Central
100 - 7th Avenue SW
Calgary AB

Bold. Brash. Beautiful: Balancing Acts8 Commissioning Series, with the support of a number of community partners, is proud to present the artwork of over 60 emerging and professional artists with disabilities.

Work will be on display throughout Disability Arts Awareness Week (Dec. 1-6) in five different galleries across Calgary:

  • City Hall
  • Art Gallery of Calgary
  • Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Art Central
  • Studio C

For more information check out Balancing Acts8 online: www.balancing-acts.org.


    
Our Home Until November 30th!    

Calgary Region Community Board Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) has temporarily moved to:

Rocky Mountain Plaza
15th Floor, 615 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, AB T2G 4T8 


We will stay at Rocky Mountain Plaza until the Fall of 2008.

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Message from Jeff Nish, Board Chair    

Jeff Nish, Board ChairIt is my pleasure to welcome two new members who have been appointed by Minister Mary Anne Jablonski to the Calgary Region Community Board. I look forward to working with new Board members, Dr. Keith Seel, Dr. Deborah Sword, returning Board members and Administration in achieving the Board’s vision of “An Alberta that honours and respects the dignity and equal worth of persons with developmental disabilities.”

Dr. Keith Seel comes to us with extensive experience as the Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal College where he designed Canada’s first Bachelor’s degree in Applied Nonprofit Studies. Dr. Seel is the past Chair of the Calgary Service Provider’s Chairs Council, which is an association of the Chairs of 45 service provider agencies.

As a parent of a daughter with Down Syndrome, Dr. Seel looks forward to applying his wide range of work and volunteer experience to further improve services to adults with developmental disabilities.

Dr. Deborah Sword, the daughter of parents with disabilities, brings to her role as a new Board member, experience in Board governance and teaching disability management facilitation for an international service provider. Dr. Sword’s background as a lawyer and in cross-cultural and diversity training will certainly provide valuable insight as our Board moves ahead with future goals.

With these two new appointments comes the departure of two of our longest serving Board members. On behalf of the Calgary Region Community Board Persons with Developmental Disabilities, I would like to express our appreciation to Kathy Clarke and Dick Cochrane.

Kathy has given tirelessly to the Board for the last eight years in various committee roles, culminating in her serving as Board Vice – Chair.

Dick Cochrane has been a steadfast contributor to those with special needs for over 25 years, including serving on numerous PDD committees. Dick brought a perspective of the individual’s needs to our discussions.

Our best wishes to Kathy and Dick and our sincere appreciation for their role on the Board in supporting people with developmental disabilities.

I am pleased that there is a continuity of current Board members as Irene McEachern, Pam Crosby, Jean Fraser, and Jerry Muelaner will carry on to serve as Board members. Our Board will build on what has been achieved and we look forward to working together with Dr. Alex Hillyard, CEO and all stakeholders as we address the opportunities and challenges facing our region today and in the future.

      
     
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CALGARY REGION COMMUNITY BOARD
Persons with Developmental Disabilities
400, 1520 4th St SW  Calgary, AB T2R 1H5		 Main Switchboard               (403) 297-5011       
Toll-free               1-800-310-0000       
E-mail: pdd.calgaryboard@gov.ab.ca
Temporary Location: Rocky Mountain Plaza, 15th Floor, 615 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB T2G 4T8
   

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