January 16, 2019

Applications are now being accepted for the Sarah Gaulin Memorial Scholarship until April 1st

Applications are now being accepted for the Sarah Gaulin Memorial Scholarship. If you are a Canadian post-secondary student with a mental health condition you can…

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January 11, 2019

Centennial College is seeking AODA Integration Specialist

Centennial College in Toronto, Ontario is looking for a consulting firm that would be available to fulfill the following role: Accessibility for Ontarians With A…

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January 3, 2019

Post-secondary students to get 24/7 mental-health support in British Columbia

Work is underway to develop a virtual mental health counselling, information and referral service for post-secondary students of all ages throughout British Columbia. A notice…

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December 19, 2018

Call for Submissions: Living The Edges: A Disabled Women’s Reader

Women with disabilities are invited to submit articles (up to 20 pages), art, photographs, poetry, blogs and essays. Living the Edges: A Disabled Women’s Reader,…

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December 14, 2018

Mentors Needed to Support Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities – CommunAbility

The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), in partnership with researchers from a number of post-secondary education institutions in Ontario, recently kicked off CommunAbility…

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December 14, 2018

Student Financial Assistance Program in Quebec Discriminates According to Disability

(December 8, 2018) The Student Financial Assistance (SFA, AFE in French) loans and bursaries program provides Quebec students with the financial resources they need to…

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December 12, 2018

NEADS Announces Recipients of the 2018 NEADS National Student Awards and AMI Scholarship Programs!

(Ottawa, December 12, 2018) – The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS), and our generous funding partners: Industrial Alliance Financial Group and private donors,…

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December 11, 2018

University of British Columbia’s (UBC) academic accommodations policy receiving first review in 19 years

Written by Mario Salazar – For the first time in 19 years, UBC’s policy on academic accommodations for students with disabilities (Policy 73) is undergoing…

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