International Day of Persons with Disabilities Calendar of Events

Note: December 3, 2011 is recognized as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, December 3, takes place on a Saturday. The following Calendar shows the dates that some of the regions are holding their event(s). The dates range from December 2nd to 17th.

For more information on the following events please contact the Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities at toll free 310-0000 then 780-422-1095.

Medicine Hat

Date:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Time:
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location:
St. Frances School
318 - 8th Street N.E.
Medicine Hat Alberta
Details:
Partners from our community will provide presentations to 140 elementary school children, giving them insight into life with a disability.
Date:
Monday, December 5, 2011
Time:
6:35 p.m.
Location:
City of Medicine Hat Council Chambers
Details:
Pam Wagner (member of Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities) will bring greetings from the Council and present a Council award to the winner(s). The reception will follow in the Helen Beny Gibson Lounge at 7:00 p.m.
Contact:
Shirley Jago 403-504-4001 or shirley.jago@cpa-ab.org
Kandee Corbett 403-527-3302 (107) kcorbett@coreassoc.net

Edmonton

Date:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Time:
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre
2051 Leger Road
Edmonton Alberta
Details:
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
“Get to Know Your Community Info Fair”
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Guest Speakers & Proclamation
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Interactive Sporting Demos
1:00 p.m.
Door Prize Draws
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Speakers & Special Guests:
  • Michele McDougall (CityTV Breakfast Television) and Zachary Weeks of Canadian Paraplegic Association Alberta will emcee the event.
  • Member of Edmonton City Council will present the Proclamation.
  • MLA Iris Evans, Deputy Chair, and Kuen Tang, Council Member – both of the Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Inspirational Guest Speakers from the “Past, Present and Future” of Sports for Persons with Disabilities:

  • Ross Norton (Past)
  • Brian McPherson (Present)
  • Tanner Fandrey (Future)

3 Interactive Sporting Demos: sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball and sit volleyball

Contact:
Leslie Tanzi, 780-496-1472, cell 780-405-7731 or leslie.tanzi@edmonton.ca

Red Deer

Date:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Time:
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location:
4936 Ross Street
Details:
Join us at the Hub on Ross Street. Presentation(s) and Proclamation signing at 2:00 p.m. with cake and coffee to follow.
Contact:
Phone: 403-340-4869
Date:
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Time:
1:00 p.m.
Location:
Red Deer Public Library, Waskasoo Room
Details:
Author Reading: Lee Kvern “A Matter of Sylvie”
Coffee and cake will be served, followed by the film “Mary and Max” - a claymation tale of pen pals whose friendship spans 20 years and 2 continents. Mary is a lonely 8-year-old in the suburbs of Melbourne. Struggling with questions that no one can answer, she writes to Max, an obese 44-year-old Jewish man with Asperger's syndrome living in New York City.
Contact:
Sherry Albrecht, Community Inclusion Coordinator, Catholic Social Services, 403-347-8844 sherry.albrecht@catholicsocialservices.ab.ca

Calgary

Date:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Time:
10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Location:
Centre Street Church
3900 2 Street N.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Details:
The emcee is Bindu Suri and Jan Derbyshire will provide some entertainment.
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The public can visit the trade show tables
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Emcee to provide a program including awards, presentations and entertainment

Contact:
Diane Kreuger 403-229-1972

Lethbridge

Date:
Friday, December 2, 2011
Time:
1:30 p.m.
Location:
City Hall
910 4 Avenue South
Lethbridge Alberta
Contact:
Dylan Adkins 403-327-7577

Grande Prairie

Date:
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Time:
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:
Royal Canadian Legion
9912 – 101 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Details:
5:30 pm

Welcome and Introductions
Greetings from the Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities by Council member Dan Bojarski
Greetings and Proclamation by Mayor Bill Given

6:00 pm

Opening Prayer
Buffet Style Meal

7:00 pm

Large Screen Presentations and Certificates of Appreciation

8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Large Screen Presentation:
  • Persons with physical disabilities who are community volunteers
  • Past community activities

 

Contact:
Winona Lafreniere 780-532-3110