Metrolinx Accessibility

Metrolinx wants to hear from any interested members of the public and other organizations about the accessibility of GO Transit, Bus Rapid Transit, UP Express, PRESTO as well as new rapid transit projects/services currently being planned and built (New Subway Projects, Light Rail Transit). They recently launched their annual accessibility consultation. Due to the COVID-19 […]

Holiday Support

We are passionate about supporting our community. This includes our dedicated staff that have spent this past year supporting our community. To help them recharge their batteries during the holiday season we will be closing all our offices, home and otherwise to spend much needed time with friends and family. We will be shut down […]

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Nothing about us without us. This seems like a straightforward and common-sense approach to public policy and social change. Nothing that impacts a particular group should be decided without the input of that group. Disability activists have been saying this for years. As an organization founded by and for people with disabilities we’ve been at […]

Reflections on 2021

Leandro Rocha’s determination gets him past barriers to the right job.

Kent Basset-Spiers Award

The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF), after 23 years of making a difference in the lives of those living with spinal cord and acquired brain injuries, closed its doors on March 31, 2021. Started by the neurotrauma community in 1998, helmed by the trail-blazing work of Kent Bassett-Spiers, ONF’s founding and only CEO, ONF helped grow […]