Media releases

  • Report coming Friday shows most Ontario schools failing students who have an intellectual disability

    Tuesday, May 01, 2018 | By

    MEDIA RELEASE: 1 May 2018 – R00091 

    Many students who have an intellectual disability continue to face academic and social barriers in Ontario’s public school system, as well as instances of exclusion, conflicts with other students, staff and boards, poor planning and communication, and a lack of leadership at every level of the system.

    These are the findings of in-depth surveys and interviews with students’ parents as part of a research project titled, “If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?”

    Details of the research will be released Friday, May 4 in Toronto by the authors of the report, including Brock University Professor of Education Sheila Bennett, Jacqueline Specht, Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education at Western University, and Luke Reid, Staff Lawyer with ARCH Disability Law Centre.

    The research project was a joint partnership between Community Living Ontario, Brock University, Western University, ARCH Disability Law Centre, Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement and Inclusive Education Canada.

    A panel discussion between the report’s authors and students from Ryerson University’s Disability Studies program will follow.

    What: Release of “If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?” report

    Who: Sheila Bennett, Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University; Jacqueline Specht, Director of the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education and Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University; Luke Reid, Staff Lawyer with ARCH Disability Law Centre.

    When: Friday, May 4, 10:30 a.m.

    Where: Room SHE 560, Community Health Building, Ryerson University

    Media opportunities: The authors of “If Inclusion Means Everyone, Why Not Me?” will take questions from members of the media and will be available for one-on-one interviews following the release of the report. Phone and Skype interviews with the authors can also be arranged.

    For more information on Friday’s report launch, contact: Ron Laroche, Director of Communications, Marketing and Fund Development for Community Living Ontario, rlaroche@communitylivingontario.ca, 416-447-4348, x223 or 416-707-4907.

    For assistance arrange interviews with Brock University Professor Sheila Bennett, contact:

    Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970.

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  • Webinar to examine how data can shape preventative health in Niagara

    Monday, April 30, 2018 | By

    MEDIA ADVISORY: ­­30 April 2018 R00090

    What are the biggest health problems in Niagara? Can we create a strategy that would address health challenges not only when they occur, but even before potential problems arise?

    Brock University’s Niagara Community Observatory (NCO) has teamed up with Niagara Region Public Health and Emergency Services to research and address these and other questions in their latest policy brief.

    The brief, Future of Niagara’s Health: Using a Life-Course Approach to Improve Well-Being, contains statistics on the most common health conditions people experience and introduces how the ‘Life-Course approach’ to health and social care delivery could create transformative opportunities.

    “The life-course perspective offers a new way of looking at health, not as disconnected stages unrelated to each other, but as an integrated continuum,” says Sinéad McElhone, Manager of Surveillance and Evaluation, Niagara Region Public Health and adjunct faculty at Brock University.

    McElhone and Diane Vanecko, Director of Organizational and Foundational Standards at Niagara Region Public Health, will be presenting the brief during a webinar hosted by Niagara Connects on Wednesday, May 2 at 1 p.m.

    The webinar will offer information on Niagara’s health conditions, examine multiple Niagara-specific data sources to reveal the key reasons why individuals interact with health services, and explore the concept of an “integrated continuum” that targets interventions at certain points during the lifespan.

    “This policy brief is an attempt to advance new ways of understanding and approaching the design and implementation public health policy in Niagara,” says NCO Director Charles Conteh. “The discussion embraces a holistic life-course perspective and explores how health care delivery in Niagara can give greater consideration to the social, economic and environmental dimensions of individual and community human health and well-being.”
    What: NCO webinar to present the policy brief The Future of Niagara’s Health: Using a Life-Course Approach to Improve Well-Being

    Who: Sinéad McElhone, Manager of Surveillance and Evaluation, Niagara Region Public Health; and Diane Vanecko, Director of Organizational and Foundational Standards at Niagara Region Public Health

    When: Wednesday, May 2, 1 to 2 p.m.

    Where: Webinar available online here

    For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

    * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

    Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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