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Inter-Provincial Forum | Sponsors | Forum Agenda

Inter-Provincial Forum Winnipeg March 10-11, 2008

This event that culminated the project brought together nearly 50 representatives from our National and Provincial advisory committees, key stakeholders from the aging and disability sectors involved in service provision, research and/or policy development in the areas of home support/caregiving, housing and transportation; consumers with long-term disabilities who are aging and selected government departments related to seniors and people with disabilities. The participants provided their perspectives on the current state of related services and policies in their province; on the analysis of the findings from the provincial roundtables and contributed to the development of an action framework on persons aging with long term disabilities in Canada. Invited speakers included Chris Stark, the Canadian Transportation Agency; Jim Zamprelli, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Elaine Gallagher, Age-Friendly Communities Initiative, Centre on Aging, Victoria, BC; Moira Jones, MJones Consulting; James Hunsberger CCDS Board; Harry Paine, Manitoba Society of Seniors and Darcy McPherson, CCDS Board Chair. 

Group photo of Inter-Provincial Forum Participants in Winnipeg

The resulting action framework supports universal design, active community living, aging-in-place, full participation and contribution and is based on partnerships between community organizations, service providers, researchers and government departments.  This framework is an analytical and action-oriented inclusive policy and program development tool, as it is linked to some major Canadian policies and initiatives, such as the national and provincial frameworks on aging, age friendly communities' initiatives and based on lessons learned from disability and seniors’ sectors.

Chris Stark presenting at the Inter-Provincial Forum for the Canadian Transportation Agency

CCDS would like to thank everyone who gave their time and thoughts to this project including our Partners, Provincial and National Advisory Committees, Roundtable participants, and Forum participants. 

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Sponsors

We would like to thank all of our sponsors who supported the Inter-Provincial Forum and made it a huge success. Thank you to these Winnipeg based businesses for promoting healthy local, organic agriculture, and compostable products that promote a more socially and environmentally sustainable communities.

Tall Grass Prairie Bread Company- www.tallgrassbakery.ca/
Eatit.ca Canada’s Online Organic Store - www.eatit.ca/default.asp

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Forum Agenda

Please follow the links to view the two-day forum agenda. (DOC | HTML | PDF)

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