The Council for Persons with Disabilities Peterborough is getting provincial money for its ‘Time in My Shoes’ program.
Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho and Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith both made the announcement this morning for $26,340.
This experiential program promotes better accessibility for customers and employees in businesses and services by allowing participants to experience mobility challenges, vision loss, hearing loss and invisible disabilities.
A virtual reality platform will be developed and expanded with the EnAbling Change Program funding.
Other projects receiving money:
· Electricity Human Resources Canada is receiving up to $129,123 to create a set of made-in-Ontario references tools, learning materials and short videos to extend its online resources and help improve accessibility in the electricity sector.
· Orchestras Canada/Orchestres Canada is receiving up to $48,155 to design and deliver six webinars to educate Ontario not-for-profit performing arts organizations about their legal obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
· Trucking Human Resources Canada (THRC) is receiving up to $108,600 to provide Ontario trucking companies with information about how to create viable employment options for people with disabilities. THRC will conduct an employer survey and interviews to learn more about the challenges that employers in their sector encounter in attracting, employing and retaining people with disabilities.
