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WAM Film Festival an inspiring event, says attendee

Kickstart interested in engaging posAbilities in production of a film for next festival By Camille Jensen Colin Darge attended the Wide Angle Media (WAM) film festival because he was interested...

Laurel team excited by possibilities presented by move and awareness day

Supporting families key part of service By Lisa Bailey As World Autism Awareness Day approached, posAbilities’ Laurel Behaviour Support Services (LBSS) was looking forward to showing support for those living...

WAM shines the spotlight on media arts as a career and channel for change

Screenings and workshops run tomorrow through Sunday By Lisa Bailey Considered an insurance liability on set in her wheelchair, S. Siobhan McCarthy says she was repeatedly passed over as an...

Innovation Venture plants seeds with Can You Dig It!

Funding for marketer/networker to grow inclusion initiative By Lisa Bailey PosAbilities’ Can You Dig it! community garden initiative aims to cultivate growth and sustainability with funding from the newly-formed Community...

Sense of pride and validation instilled through accreditation

Positive feedback provided by team of North American peers By Lisa Bailey posHer excitement was brimming when the employment specialist learned that posAbiliites Employment Service had received kudos from Commission on...

Employment service evolves during successful first year

Connections made with businesses and larger community By Lisa Bailey posAbilities Employment Service, born of changes in funding and meeting the needs of people who have a developmental disability, has evolved...

Festival is latest collaboration to empower and enlighten through the arts

Tools, skills and opportunities incubate at first-ever event By Lisa Bailey posCollaborating with Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture on the upcoming Wide Angle Media (WAM) Festival — the first festival in...

Film is a way to reach many people, inspirational humourist says

David Roche’s Wide Angle Media Festival short has underlying message about inner beauty By Lisa Bailey posInspirational humourist David Roche loves to be on stage engaging others but knows he –...

Greater freedom and choice envisioned for future of inclusion

More organic connections and variety of staff skills necessary By Lisa Bailey posAlready witness to a huge shift to community from segregation that presented challenges as well as valuable lessons, Gerry...

Opening doors for actors who have a disability

The more disability is seen, the more it will be accepted, says program director By Deb Bartlett A posWhen the Wide Angle Media (WAM) festival wraps up, the hope is that...

Gord Tulloch hopes film festival will change perceptions

'We want to celebrate the way (disability) enriches our world,' says program director By Deb Bartlett A posGord Tulloch hopes that the upcoming Wide Angle Media (WAM) film festival will create...

Partnerships, services point to greater movement towards true inclusion

Team manager says community of belonging and engagement is taking shape By Lisa Bailey A posEnvisioning a future of full inclusion and integration for people who have a disability, posAbilities team...

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