Ontarians with Disabilities Accessibility Advisory Committee
Joint Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield and County of Peterborough Committee
Members Representing the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield:
Councillor Anita Locke
Thomas Campbell
Eric Thornley
Members Representing the County of Peterborough:
Councillor Karl Moher
Alec Denys
Staff Support:
Sally Saunders, County of Peterborough
Angela Chittick, Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
Accessible Customer Service Standards Policy
Joint Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield and County of Peterborough Annual Accessibility Plan:
- Accessibility Plan - Adopted September, 2004
- Year 3 Objectives - Adopted September, 2005
- Year 4 Objectives - Adopted October, 2006
- Year 5 Objectives - Adopted October, 2007
- Year 6 Objectives - Adopted October, 2008
- Year 7 Objectives - Adopted October, 2009
- Year 8 Objectives - Adopted November, 2010
- Year 9 Objectives - Adopted October, 2011
Retail Accessibility
Time in My Shoes
Monday, December 12, 2012 - St. Paul's Elementary School, Lakefield.
On Monday, December 12, 2012, the Accessibility Advisory Committee (a joint committee of the Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield and the County of Peterborough) presented its second annual "Time in my Shoes" program, an awareness-raising event for children in grades 1 through 8 allowing them to gain "hands-on" experience of what it might be like to live with a disability. Along with gaining valuable experience, the children also learned about empathy and inclusion.
Assisted by a number of local volunteers, teaching staff, council members and representatives from ParaSport Ontario and the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind), events included wheelchair basketball, sledge hockey, a wheelchair obstacle course and sessions about living with a visual impairment.
CNIB representatives Jennifer Millard and Warren Northcott, assisted by Accessibility Advisory Committee member Eric Thornley, spoke about the role of service animals (guide dogs), the proper protocol when encountering a person with a guide dog, braille, technological assistive devices and other activities.
ParaSport Ontario provided the wheelchairs which were used to play basketball and sledge hockey carts.
2010 Time in My Shoes - Wheelchair Basketball
2010 Time in My Shoes - Seeing Eye Dogs
2011 Time in My Shoes - Experiencing living with a Visual Impairment
2011 Time in My Shoes - Wheelchair Basketball
Enhanced Employment Services for Vulnerable Persons
Ontario Works / Ontario Disability Support Program
The Ontario Works Department will be funding new or expanded programming under the Enhanced Employment Services for Vulnerable Persons commencing in January 2010. Sessions will be provided by various partnerships with Community Agencies.
These workshops/sessions are available to any Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program clients.
Click on the following link for detailed program information:
Enhanced Employment Services for Vulnerable Persons
If you know of anyone who fits the criteria, please refer them to their Caseworker who will complete the necessary paperwork.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Brenda Lunn, Social Services Supervisor Team 5 at 748-8830 x3618.
