Information Sources: All Organizations, by province

COMPUSULT LIMITED

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

40 Bannister Street
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland
A1N 1W1
Tel.: (709) 745-7914
Fax: (709) 745-7927
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-307-7707
E-mail: info@compusult.nf.ca
Contact: Paul T. Mitten, Vice-President

Organizational Notes:

Compusult is a privately-owned Information Technology and electronics company that has been in continuous operation since 1985. Our main business activity is software development. Over the past decade, we’ve been primarily involved in database applications in a Web environment. Our flagship product, Web Enterprise Suite, is used in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia to enable access to primarily geospatial information that can be shared by various organizations in a Common Operating Environment, such as standards-based Web portals. Details on Compusult and our entire range of products and services can be found on the Compusult website at www.Compusult.net .

Compusult has also been very active in the field of Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities for the past since 1993 years. Compusult researches, develops, and manufactures software and electronics products to improve the independence of persons with disabilities at work, at school and at home. In addition to our own product/service lines, we are an authorized reseller of many third-party Assistive Technology products accommodating several disability areas.

Compusult carries out research and development activities in several areas with respect to Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities, with an emphasis on workplace adaptation and accommodation, as well as computer access. Key products that Compusult manufactures and sells worldwide include the Jouse2, our various Caption Display units, Scotty wheelchair tray systems, and the U-Switch and 2-Switch controllers. Compusult also offers workplace adaptation products for blind and visually impaired employees, including TeleTalk, ScanTELL, Vindicator, Responder, DigiCite. These solutions provide access to telephone consoles, bar coded items, and electronic message displays and indicators. ScanTELL, the Talking bar Code Reader, was originally developed with the assistance of Industry Canada.

: http://www.compusult.nf.ca

ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY

Type: Educational Institutions

Atlantic Centre of Research, Access and Support for Disabled Students
923 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3C3
Tel.: (902) 420-5452
Fax: (902) 496-8122
TTY:(902) 425-1257
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Dr. David Leitch, Director

Organizational Notes:

The Atlantic Centre of Research, Access and Support for Disabled Students is university-affiliated agency networking provincially, nationally and internationally. The staff is responsible for assisting students with disabilities successfully complete their post-secondary education. Centre is involved in the support of persons with disabilities in higher education and the economic integration of those persons.

: http://www.smu.ca/administration/atlcentre/welcome.html

UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK

Type: Educational Institutions

Institute of Biomedical Engineering
P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5A3
Tel.: (506) 453-4966
Fax: (506) 453-4827
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: hudgins@unb.ca
Contact: Bernard Hudgins, Director

Organizational Notes:

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering is involved in a broad range of research activities related to biomedical engineering. These activities range from basic research in biomedical engineering to the design and development of myoelectric control systems for artificial arms. The Institute operates a clinical facility which fits amputees with myoelectric arms. Other research at the Institute includes the following: gait analysis, biomedical instrumentation, signal processing, spinal cord monitoring, ergonomics, psychological development in limb deficient children, voice recognition and communication, exercise physiology, and mobility.

: http://www.unbf.ca/eng/ME

ADAPTECH PROJECT

Type: Educational Institutions

Dawson College
3040 Sherbrooke West
Montreal, Quebec
H3Z 1A4

Tel: (514) 931-8731 Ext. 1546 (voice)
Fax: (514) 931-3567
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: adaptech@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Contact: Catherine S. Fichten, Ph.D., Dawson College

Organizational Notes:

The Adaptech Research Network consists of a team of academics, students and consumers. We conduct bilingual research on the use of computer, information, and adaptive technologies by Canadian college and university students with disabilities. We are based at Dawson College and are funded by both federal and provincial grants. Our work is guided by an active and enthusiastic cross-Canada bilingual Advisory Board.

Our goal is to provide empirically based information to assist in decision making that ensures that new policies, software and hardware reflect the needs and concerns of a variety of individuals: college and university students with disabilities, professors who teach them, and service providers who make technological, adaptive, and other supports available to the higher education community.

: http://www.adaptech.org

ADAPTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

Environment Canada
Information Management - Information Technology Directorate
10 Wellington Street
2nd Floor, Room 249A
Hull, Québec
K1A 0H3
Tel: (819) 994-4835
Fax: (819) 953-5995
TTY: (819) 956-5142
Toll Free:
E-mail: ecact@ec.gc.ca
Contact: Jeff Stark

Organizational Notes:

Our Adaptive Computer Technology Program is really separated into three business lines...

• Client Services - ACT Centre - We provide accomodations to our department and other Government departments (on a cost recovery basis)
• Training - ACT Centre - We operate a training facility with a variety of accessibility related programs going on year-round.
• Accessibility Testing - ACT Testing Lab - We have a lab set up where webmasters and applications developers can come in and test for accessibility during their development cycle.

: http://www.ec.gc.ca/act-tia

BRAILLE JYMICO INC.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

4545 1re Avenue
Charlesbourg, Quebec
G1H 2S8
Tel: (418) 624-2105
Fax: (418) 624-0994
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-BRAILLE (272-4553)
E-mail: jcote@braillejymico.com
Contact: Jacques Côté, President

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.braillejymico.com

CANADIAN DEAFNESS RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

2300 René-Lévesque West
Suite 237
Montreal, Québec
H3H 2R5
Tel.: (514) 937-2191
Fax: (514) 937-2284
E-mail:
Contact: J. C. MacDougall, President

Organizational Notes:

CDRTI is a federally incorporated non-profit organization. CDRTI was founded in 1988 to meet research and training needs in the field of deafness, both on a national and international basis. CDRTI and McGill University have signed a long term agreement to cooperate in the establishment and operation of research and training programs related to deafness. The organization is run by a volunteer board of directors and a part time administrator.

Promotion of pure and applied research; literacy and deafness; employment and deafness; technology and deafness (closed captioning, TDD/TTY, computer), studies and policy development.

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CIMEQ Inc.- Centre d'innovation en microélectronique du Québec

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

150 Duquet
Ste Thérèse, Quebec
J7E 5B3
Tel: (450) 971-7280
Fax: (450) 971-7802
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@cimeq.qc.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Micro-electronics expert, the CIMEQ, collegial technology tranfer centre which develops solutions adapted to the applications in electronic circuits. Design, prototype, certification, wireless, GPS.

: http://www.cimeq.qc.ca

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Type: Educational Institutions

Department of Computer Science
1455 de Maisonneuve West
LB 901
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1M8
Tel.: (514) 848-2424 ext.3000
Fax: (514) 848-2830
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Dr. T. Radhakrishnan, Professor

Organizational Notes:

Affiliation: Concordia University, Computer Science Department. About 30 full time professors engaged in research. Two of them are directly interested in research areas relevant to the physically handicapped: Dr. T. Radhakrishnan and Dr. C. Y. Suen. The Chairman of the Department is Professor G. Martin.

1. Speech based software and hardware systems to assist the visually handicapped and the learning disabled. Research is focused on User Interface aspects and in providing seamless interaction with displayed objects;
2. Braille display (soft Braille) and the design of affordable personal braille embossers based on the microprocessor technology;
3. Time-sharing a single (set of) system for simultaneous use in classroom teaching for visually handicapped children in developing countries. This is in the direction of technology transfer;
4. Application of AI techniques and knowledge based systems approaches to present multimedia documents to the visually handicapped;
5. Interaction aids for the motor handicapped using speech recognizers and dialogue controllers;
6. Concordia has set up a Centre for the Services of Disabled Students which has all the modern equipment and offers some (non-credit) training courses. It also employs some physically disabled individuals. Director, Leo Bissonette.

: http://encs.concordia.ca

DECADE TRANSMITTERS INC.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

3232 Rue Richard, Unit 4
Sherbrooke, Québec
J1L 1Y2
Tel: (819) 563-4323
Fax: (819) 563-3244
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-428-4323
E-mail: info@decade.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Décade specializes in the development and manufacture of high-fidelity low-power FM transmitters for use in sound applications, aids for the hearing impaired, and information uses of all types.

: http://www.decade.ca

HUMANWARE CANADA

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

445 rue Parc Industriel
Longueuil, Québec
J4H 3V7
Tel.: (450) 463-1717
Fax: (450) 463-0120
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: ca.info@humanware.com
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Humanware is a company first in innovation, providing high technology solutions for blind and visually impaired persons.

Technological products for visually impaired persons. Projects: Technological crenels numerical word encoding;(Victor Reader digital talking book reader, digitization and digital reader software), GPS-based navigation aid (Victor Trekker).

: http://www.humanware.com

McGILL UNIVERSITY

Type: Educational Institutions

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Beatty Hall
1266 Pine Avenue West
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 1A8
Tel.: (514) 398-4137
Fax: (514) 398-8123
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: scsd@mcgill.ca
Contact: Dr. Shari Baum, Director

Organizational Notes:

Faculty research interests include the study of normal and disordered speech, language and hearing processes in children and adults, and the clinical applications of that knowledge to assessment and intervention.

: http://www.mcgill.ca/scsd

POSITRON PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

5101 rue Buchan
Montréal, Québec
H4P 2R9
Tel.: (514) 345-2200
Fax: (514) 731-8662
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@positron911.com
Contact: Guy Langlois, Vice-President Product Development

Organizational Notes:

Design, manufacture and market products and solutions for the Public Safety Industry.

: http://www.positron911.com

UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL

Type: Educational Institutions

Groupe d'acoustique de l'Université de Montréal
Ecole d'orthophonie et d'audiologie
PO Box 6128 - Succursale Centre-ville
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 3J7
Tel: (514) 343-7559
Fax: (514) 343-5740
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
URL:
Contact: Louise Getty, Director

Organizational Notes:

Development and implementation of a rehabilitation program for persons affected by occupational deafness: psycho-social intervention within a public health perspective. Adaptation of work stations to the constraints imposed by hearing loss: development of clinical procedures for measuring ability to hear; development of a computerized model to predict ability to detect sound from noise with hearing loss. Assessment of the efficiency of alarms in noisy environments; development of the software to design or adjust signals to suit the constraints of the sound environment. Assessment of hearing disabilities and psycho-social disadvantages associated with deafness: development of a trans-cultural questionnaire.

: http://www.eoa.umontreal.ca

UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE

Type: Educational Institutions

Department of physiology and biophysics
Faculty of Medicine
3001 - 12e Ave. Nord
Sherbrooke, Québec
J1H 5N4
Tel: (819) 564-5301
Fax: (819) 564-5399
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Production of tactile illustrations for the visually impaired. Computer editing of black and white photographs to retain only dimensional information,an original procedure which correctly translates the levels of grey in an image by elevations that can be felt by the fingers. This means elimination of all tones which do not express variation of illumination according to the distance of the objects in the image.

: http://www.USherbrooke.ca/physiologie_biophysique

UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL

Type: Educational Institutions

Groupe de recherche sur la langue des signes québecoise
PO Box 8888, Stn Centre-Ville,
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 3P8
Tel: (514) 987-0028
Fax: (514) 987-7994
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Diane Merette

Organizational Notes:

1. Description of "langue des signes québécoise" (LSQ).
2. Study of deaf persons' written French, to assist in the teaching of language to deaf students. This will also help in developing teaching strategies to improve written French skills among deaf students.
3. "Conception d'un système expert d'aide à l'écriture à l'intention des personnes ayant une déficience auditive" project, aimed at creating workshops that use an expert system to assist in the improvement of the quality of written language.

: http://www.unites.uqam.ca/langues

ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type: Educational Institutions

Faculty of Information Studies 140 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3G6

Tel: (416) 978-5240
Fax: (416) 971-2629
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca
Contact: Jutta Treviranus, Director, ATRC

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc

APPLIED AI SYSTEMS INC

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

3232 Carp Road
Carp, Ontario
K0A 1L0
Tel.: (613) 839-6161
Fax: (613) 839-6616
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-895-1122
E-mail: griffith@AAI.ca
Contact: Ann Griffith, Vice President Operations

Organizational Notes:

Applied AI Systems was incorporated in 1983 as a company dedicated to R&D in applied AI with 15 people. In addition, services include custom system development, training, sale of intelligent robots and voice recognition products and customer support.

Intelligent mobile robots using the behaviour-based approach. Emphasis is on the development of robots that can operate in real time, dynamic, unstructured real world situations, intelligent wheelchairs and arm to assist in patient transfer.

: http://www.AAI.ca

ARCH - DISABILITY LAW CENTRE

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

425 Bloor St. East
Suite 110
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 3R5
Tel.: (416) 482-8255
Fax: (416) 482-2981 or 866-881-2723
TTY: (416) 482-1254 or 866-482-2728
Toll Free:866-482-2724
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.archlegalclinic.ca

AVAAZ INNOVATIONS INC

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

1225 Wonderland Road North
P.O. Box 8040
London, Ontario
N6G 2B0
Tel.: (519) 472-7944
Fax: (519) 472-7814
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info1@avaaz.com
Contact: T. Schneider , Director of R&D

Organizational Notes:

Avaaz Innovations develops spoken language technologies for clinical, research and educational applications. Our products are used in more than 50 countries.

We support research and clinical applications involving spoken language technology. Our in-house and collaborative R&D is directed to developing and evaluating advanced techniques in Avaaz products, and applying them to assist researchers, clinicians and consumers.

: http://www.avaaz.com

BLISSYMBOLICS COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1630 Lawrence Avenue West
Suite 104
Toronto, Ontario
M6L 1C5
Tel.: (416) 242-9114
Fax: (416) 244-6543
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Katherine Seybold

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.blissymbolics.org

BLOORVIEW KIDS REHAB

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

150 Kilgour Road
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 1R8
Tel.: (416) 425-6220
Fax: (416) 425-1634
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-363-2440
E-mail: info@bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

A wide range of R&D activities are conducted at the Centre including broad aspects of rehabilitation technology, prosthetics and orthotics, augmentative communication, clinical rehabilitation practice, psycho-social issues, family issues, special education, recreation, and evaluation.

Engineering services are available on a fee-for-service basis in conjunction with agencies including rehabilitation and vocational consultants/services, rehabilitation centres, industry, governments (municipal, provincial, and federal), and educational institutions. Professionals provide technical expertise for a range of integrated technology systems in assessments, equipment recommendations, system design, development and construction, device training and follow-up.

: http://www.bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS - AN INDEPENDENT LEARNING CENTRE INC.

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

275 First Street, Unit 9
Collingwood, Ontario
L9Y 1A8
Tel.: (705) 445-1543
Fax: (705) 445-1656
TTY: (705) 445-1658
Toll Free:800-843-6943
E-mail: info@breakingdownbarriers.org
Contact: Louise Pope

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.breakingdownbarriers.org

BRIDGES

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

2121 Argentia Rd., Suite 102
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 2X4
Tel.: (905) 542-7232
Fax: (905) 542-7242
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

BRIDGES distributes products and provides a range of services for people with special needs and the people who support them. Persons with communication disorders, cognitive processing difficulties and persons in need of computer access adaptations such as voice input.

: http://www.bridges-canada.com

BRYTECH INC.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

600 Peter Morand Crescent
Suite 240
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 5Z3
Tel.: (613) 731-5800
Fax: (613) 731-5812
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: inquiries@brytech.com
Contact: Earl Bryenton & L. Hodge

Organizational Notes:

Brytech Inc. is an ISO 9001 registered company with experience in the design, development and manfacturing of innovative products. Our portfolio of products for domestic and export markets include the Canadian Bank Note Reader (C.N.R.), Note Teller 2 (N.T.2) for the United States and Universal Bank Note Reader (U.B.R.), talking currency readers for the visually impaired. Color Teller, talking color identifier to enable visually impaired and blind people identify the color of material and objects.

: http://www.brytech.com

CAMBRIAN COLLEGE

Type: Educational Institutions

The Glenn Crombie Centre for Disability Services
Room 2517A
1400 Barrydowne Road
Sudbury, Ontario
P3A 3V8
Tel: (705) 566-8101 ext. 7219
Fax: (705) 566-5452
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

: http://homepages.cambrianc.on.ca/pathways

CANADIAN ABILITIES FOUNDATION

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

#401 - 340 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3A9

Tel.: (416) 923-1885
Fax: (416) 923-9829
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Jaclyn Law, Managing Editor

Organizational Notes:

We offer a great deal of disability-related resource material in a "self-serve" format - through our magazine, "Abilities", through our website, Enablelink, and through some publications such as the directory of Disability Organizations in Canada.

: http://www.abilities.ca

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTRES (CAILC)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1104-170 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5V5
Tel.: (613) 563-2581
Fax: (613) 563-3861
TTY: (613) 563-4215
Toll Free:
E-mail: cailc@magma.ca
Contact: Traci Walters, National Director

Organizational Notes:

CAILC is an umbrella organization of 22 local and autonomous Independent Living Resource Centres (ILRCs). Each ILRC is community-based and controlled by persons with disabilities. CAILC's central role is providing support and resources to its members; promoting the development of ILRCs; articulating the independent living philosophy; providing organizational assistance, training, implementation of programs; acting as liaison between ILRCs and government.

Advocates the use of participatory research methodologies and models in all medical and social science research; advocates for the full participation of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the design, implementation and reporting of research studies related to persons with disabilities. Undertaken research in the areas of persons with disabilities and: family violence, literacy, youth violence, multiculturalism and seniors.

: http://www.cailc.ca

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS (CARP)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

201 Consumers Road
Suite 302
Toronto, Ontario
M2J 4G8
Tel.: (416) 494-4700
Fax: (416) 494-9139
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-876-9992
E-mail:
Contact: Kathy Regan, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

CARP is a national professional association representing over 2,900 rehabilitation professionals across Canada and, in a smaller number, in the United States and abroad. CARP's mandate is to provide resources to members to maximize their effectiveness and increase the understanding of the significant role rehabilitation professional fill in Canadian society. Its mission is to support members in promoting and providing the professional delivery of rehabilitation services.

Rehabilitation professionals work with persons with disabilities and disadvantages and their families to provide services and supports such as assessment, affective/adjustment counselling, vocational counselling case management and job placement services. Rehabilitation professionals facilitate, manage and implement individual rehabilitation plans to ensure effective vocational and avocational outcomes in the most integrated setting possible. Members are employed as rehabilitation counsellors and consultants, vocational counsellors and consultants, case managers, vocational evaluators, and job placement specialists. Members also work in medical rehabilitation and include rehabilitation nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, chiropractors, kinesiologists, psychologists, medical doctors and other medical specialists.

CARP National is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors. To ensure a national perspective and ongoing communication, the presidents of the societies(or region) or other appointed professional members serve on the National Board. Association members elect one professional member from each jurisdiction to serve as a national director. Ex-officio members may be appointed at the Board's discretion.

: http://www.carpnational.org

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

203-251 Bank Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1X3
Tel.: (613) 565-2882
Fax: (613) 565-1207
TTY: (613) 565-8882
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@cad.ca
Contact: James Roots, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

Deaf-related subjects: technology, education, rights, children, seniors, ect.

The CAD provides consultation and information on Deaf needs and interests to the public, business, media, educators, governments and others. We conduct research and collect data regarding Deaf issues; issue reports on these studies; and provide expertise on them; develop and implement pilot programs. We offer assistance to Deaf organizations and service agencies across the country, and also provide a major library and resource centre on deafness at our office in Ottawa, Ontario.

: http://www.cad.ca

CANADIAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

396 Cooper Street
Suite 401
Ottawa Ontario
K2P 2H7
Tel.: (613) 567-0311
Fax: (613) 567-2728
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-304-0968
E-mail: ccb@ccbnational.net
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.ccbnational.net

CANADIAN COUNCIL ON REHABILITATION AND WORK

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

111 Richmond St. West
Suite 401
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2G4
Tel.: (416) 260-3060
Fax: (416) 260-3093
TTY: (416) 260-9923
Toll Free: 800-664-0925
E-mail: info@ccrw.org
Contact: Carole J. Barron, President & CEO

Organizational Notes:

The National Office of the CCRW is located in Toronto, Ontario with an Eastern Regional Office, serving the Atlantic Provinces, opening December 2, 2002 in Moncton, New Brunswick.

The CCRW is committed to innovation, change and the removal of societal barriers by creating an expanding network of partnerships with government, labour and business, and community agencies; providing job accommodation services and work preparation opportunities that lead to guaranteed employment; and, distributing current information relating to the employment of persons with disabilities through workshops, publications and on-line resources.

CCRW is a national, non-profit organization promoting and supporting the meaningful and equitable employment of people with disabilities.

: http://www.ccrw.org

CANADIAN HARD OF HEARING ASSOCIATION

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

2415 Holly Lane
Suite 205
Ottawa, Ontario
K1V 7P2
Tel.: (613) 526-1584
Fax: (613) 526-4718
TTY: (613) 526-2692
Toll Free: 800-263-8068
E-mail: execdir@chha.ca
Contact: Janice McNamara, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.chha.ca

CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

271 Spadina Road
Toronto Ontario
M5R 2V3

Tel.: (416) 928-2507
Fax: (416) 928-2506
TTY: (416) 964-0023
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Kelly Duffin, President & CEO

Organizational Notes:

Provides a wide range of direct health care and social services that promote independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people. Also provides programs that encourage the prevention of hearing loss among the general public.

: http://www.chs.ca

CANADIAN PARAPLEGIC ASSOCIATION

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1101 Prince of Wales Drive
Suite 230
Ottawa, Ontario
K2C 3W7
Tel.: (613) 723-1033
Fax: (613) 723-1060
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-720-4933
E-mail: cpanational@canparaplegic.org
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.canparaplegic.org

CNIB

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1929 Bayview Avenue
Toronto Ontario
M4G 3E8
Tel.: (416) 486-2500
Fax: (416) 480-7677
TTY: (416) 480-8645
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

CNIB is a charity dedicated to serving the needs of Canadians who are blind, deafblind and visually impaired. It is the largest and the only national organization in Canada to provide such services, which include rehabilitation, access technology, and the largest talking books library in Canada.

Through active participation in national and international organisations, and through focused donations, CNIB fosters and encourages research into the prevention and amelioration of the effects of blindness and visual impairment, and the development of new technologies that allow clients to participate fully in all life experiences.

The CNIB provides 7 core services of rehabilitation and information, including talking books, orientation and mobility instruction, special services for children, and employment counseling and assistance. The CNIB also publishes many publications on all aspects of vision loss.

: http://www.cnib.ca

EASTER SEAL SOCIETY, ONTARIO (THE)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1185 Eglinton Avenue East
Suite 706
North York, Ontario
M3C 3C6
Tel.: (416) 421-8377
Fax: (416) 696-1035
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-668-6252
E-mail:
Contact: Meredith Wiens, Manager, Communications

Organizational Notes:

The Easter Seal Society, Ontario is dedicated to helping children, youth and young adults with physical disabilities achieve their full individual potential and future independence. Easter Seals helps fund the purchase of expensive mobility equipment and communication devices, offers summer camp and funding for other summer recreational programs, and provides access to information and resources.

Programming in providing:

• Financial assistance
• Summer Camp
• Resource information
• Community outreach

: http://www.easterseals.org

H.K. EYECAN LTD.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

36 Burland Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2B 6J8
Tel: (613) 860-0333
Fax: (613) 596-4300
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-356-3362
E-mail: info@eyecan.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Eye-controlled computing, eye-directed communications. Manufacturer of VisionKey, the eye-controlled computer keyboard and communications aid.

: http://www.eyecan.ca

HTX.ca - THE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE (HTX)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1380 Rodick Road, Suite 100
Markham, Ontario
L3R 4G5

Tel.: (905) 248-2732
Fax.: (905) 479-2055
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: Contact: Jennifer Woods, Director of Operations

Organizational Notes:

HTX has one over-arching goal: to accelerate the development of the Medical and Assistive Technologies cluster in Canada in general and Ontario in particular. In achieving this goal many highly valued goals and objectives will be realized for the province and the country. Ontario has many of the key elements necessary to create a world class cluster and is home to approximately 60% of the economic activity of the sector.

: https://www.htx.ca/htx/Index.aspx

IDON EAST CORPORATION

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

80 Waverley Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0V2
Tel.: (613) 233-3040
Fax: (613) 233-7088
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: mail@idoneast.com
Contact: Herbert G. Bown, Chairman & CEO, Responsible for Research Activities

Organizational Notes:

Idon East is a privately owned Canadian corporation that specializes in eLearning, information technology and management. The company's focus is "to enhance the growth, effectiveness and lifelong learning needs of organizations and its workers through the design, development and delivery of Internet/corporate intranet collaborative distance education and training solutions." IDON EAST is a full service company offering courseware development, instructional design, software products, system applications and eLearning delivery and maintenance services.

IDON EAST concentrates on two core strategic areas of business. The first area is the development of software applications to facilitate eLearning. NewMediaMentor (TM) is an eLearning content creation tool for non-technical content experts. It is an ideal tool for people rich in ideas and knowledge but lacking the technical prowess to use sophisticated HTML editors. It allows them to publish their ideas to the Web with easy- to-use templates and wizards. TMWeb (TM) is an eLearning portal product that provides an online environment for the facilitation, management and administration of eLearning content and provides various collaborative features to enhance the learning experience. IDON EAST's second strategic area is the development of interactive new media content for eLearning via the Internet.

: http://www.idoneast.com

INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

The Rehabilitation Centre
505 Smyth Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1H 8M2
Tel: (613) 737-7350 ext. 75321
Fax: (613) 737-4260
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: elemaire@ottawahospital.on.ca
Contact: Edward Lemaire

Organizational Notes:

A program of the Rehabilitation Centre (TRC). TRC is part of the Ottawa Hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Québec in both official languages and is a teaching facility affiliated with the University of Ottawa; provides service to persons with physical disabilities and has a solid core of clinical researchers in a variety of clinical services; is a partner in research with the University of Ottawa through a comprehensive Cooperative Agreement. This agreement facilitates collaborative research projects between core research staff, clinicians at TRC, and university-based researchers.

: http://www.rehab.on.ca/irrd

LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

250 City Centre Ave.
Suite 616
Ottawa Ontario
K1R 6K7
Tel.: (613) 238-5721
Fax: (613) 235-5391
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: information@ldac-taac.ca
Contact: Judy Kerr, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

Non-profit organization with affiliates in each province and territory and 75 chapters in communities across Canada. Membership of 10,000 including parents, educators, psychologists, lawyers, etc. and individuals with learning disabilities. Its mission is to advance the education, employment, social development, legal rights and general well-being of people with learning disabilities.

We provide input to various federal government departments on learning disabilities regarding programming and policies impacting individuals with learning disabilities.

: http://www.ldac-taac.ca

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AUDIOLOGY

Type: Educational Institutions

The University of Western Ontario
Elborn College - Room 2300
London, Ontario
N6G 1H1
Tel.: (519) 661-3901
Fax: (519) 661-3805
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: jamieson@nca.uwo.ca
Contact: Dr. Donald Gerald Jamieson, Director

Organizational Notes:

The National Centre for Audiology (NCA) was created in 1999, by The University of Western Ontario, with support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund, and private donors. A comprehensive, research, teaching and clinical centre, the NCA focuses on the evaluation and the improvement of hearing health care services. The NCA's assistive technology projects include

1. the Desired Sensation Level (DSL) Method for selecting amplification characteristics for personal hearing aids
2. Listen-Hear, a software system for helping children who wear hearing aids or have a cochlear implant to develop spoken language
3. HATS, a novel hearing aid test and measurement system for use with modern DSP hearing aids; and
4. IVANS, a system for the analysis of vocal function and the diagnosis of voice disorders.

Previous work in NCA labs also lead to the development of CSRE - a software system for speech sampling, editing, playback, measurement, analysis, synthesis, and testing using PCs which is used in more than 50 countries. NCA projects are undertaken in collaboration with specific industrial and clinical partners, to ensure that the technology developed is applied rapidly to the benefit of consumers. Three NCA researchers (D. Jamieson, R. Seewald and V. Parsa) are also members of the Hearing Team of ORTC, described in a separate entry. The focus of the ORTC Hearing Team is the development, evaluation and production of improved technologies to assist hard of hearing person communicate with others.

: http://www.uwo.ca/nca

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS (NEADS)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

Room 426, Unicentre
Carleton University
Ottawa Ontario
K1S 5B6
Tel.: (613) 526-8008
Fax: (613) 520-3704
TTY: (613) 526-8008
Toll Free:
E-mail: neads@cyberus.ca
Contact: Frank Smith, National Coordinator

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.neads.ca

PARACHUTE - ACCESS BY DESIGN

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

13 West Lynn Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4C 3V7
Tel: (416) 806-6122
Fax: (416) 698-8929
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Gary Burton - President

Organizational Notes:

We are an interior design organization providing barrier-free, "universal design" solutions to the commercial, institutional, government and domestic sectors. Parachute is your resource centre for universally accepted design standards, accessible to all people.

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ROEHER INSTITUTE

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

York University, Kinsmen Building
4700 Keele Street
North York, Ontario
M3J 1P3
Tel.: (416) 661-9611 ext. 204
Fax: (416) 661-5701
TTY: (416) 661-2023
Toll Free: 800-856-2207
E-mail: info@roeher.ca
Contact: Cameron Crawford, President

Organizational Notes:

Established in 1969. Non profit Institute, formerly known as the National Institute on Mental Retardation, is a national institute for education, information and the study of public policy affecting persons with disabilities.

Institute's goals are:

1. To examine and understand issues affecting persons with an intellectual disability and other disabilities
2. To act as a centre for the exchange of ideas and to encourage new ways of thinking about persons with disabilities
3. To provide insight into the social policy, programs, laws and other features of Canadian society that affect the capacity of people with disabilities to exercise their rights and fully participate in society. Activities include: research and public policy analysis; publishing; training, education and leadership development. Research is conducted with a major focus on public policy and funding, studies of innovative social programs and development of policy alternatives. Areas of interest include social security, employment, accommodation and housing, education, human rights, leisure and recreation, sexual and family abuse, legal and human rights, social well-being and biomedical ethics.

: http://www.roeher.ca

STERLING FRAZER ASSOCIATES

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

7352 Nathan Cresent
Niagra Falls, Ontario
L2G 7R6
Tel.: (905) 704-9806
Fax: (905) 358-0746
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: kon@strelingfrazer.com
Contact: Brian D. Kon, President

Organizational Notes:

Sterling Frazer Associates provides primary and secondary research services to companies that provide products and/or services to people with disabilities and the elderly.

Sterling Frazer Associates is a full-service marketing firm, specializing in consumer research (interviews, surveys, and focus groups), product/service evaluation and development, market expansion, and promotion. All services are individualized to the needs of each client and reports are confidential.

We look at markets that serve people with disabilities or the elderly. Emphasis is from the consumer perspective, providing companies with information they need to make a successful product/service and reduce product abandonment while decreasing time and expense to bring to market.

: http://www.sterlingfrazer.com

TASH INTERNATIONAL INC.

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

91 Station Street
Unit # 1
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 3H2
Tel.: (905) 686-4129
Fax: (905) 686-6895
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-463-5685
E-mail: tashinc@aol.com
Contact: Colin Wheeler, President

Organizational Notes:

Tash specializes in computer access in communication devices for severely disabled individuals. Electronic Aids to Daily Living for severely disabled individuals.

: http://www.tashinc.com

T-BASE COMMUNICATIONS INC

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

19 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1A9

Tel.: (613) 236-0866
Fax: (613) 236-0484
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-563-0668
E-mail: sayotte@tbase.com
Contact: Sharlyn Ayotte

Organizational Notes:

T-Base Communications produces of alternate format materials for government and industry in braille, large print, e-Text and audio, meeting the diverse information needs of their customers.

In order to have the opportunity to respond effectively over multiple channels in a 24 hour global communications environment, T-Base Communications research initiatives are primarily focused on ensuring information is broadly accessible to the blind community, the aging population, people with learning disabilities, low literacy skills and new Canadians unfamiliar with Canada's official languages.

Specializing in Braille, large print, e-Text and audio formats, T-Base Communications offers three main services; AccessAbill©, Transcription, and Website Accessibility.

: http://www.tbase.com

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Type: Educational Institutions

The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
39A Queen's Park Crescent East
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C3
Tel.: (416) 978-7026
Fax: (416) 978-5324
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: mcluhan.program@utoronto.ca

Contact: Derrick de Kerckhove

Organizational Notes:

The McLuhan Program's mandate is to encourage understanding of the effects of technology on culture and society from theoretical and practical perspectives, and thus to continue the ground-breaking work initiated by Marshall McLuhan. To this end, the Program offers courses, conducts and supports research, and draws together members of the University community whose interests lie in the inter- and trans-disciplinary studies of communications, culture and technology. Through its research, course offerings, publications, speaking engagements, and experimentation in new and old media, the Program serves as an enabling connective force among the University of Toronto, other academic institutions throughout the world, governments, industry, artists of all types and the general public.

: http://www.mcluhan.utoronto.ca

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

Type: Educational Institutions

Department of Computer Science
Middlesex College
London, Ontario
N6A 5B7
Tel.: (519) 661-3560
Fax: (519) 661-3515
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Dr. Helmut Jurgensen, Professor

Organizational Notes:

The main theme is computer-facilitated information access for the blind or visually impaired individuals. Special emphasis is placed on access to scientific and engineering documents involving complicated notations and graphics. Group experiments with combinations of various interactive media including tactile graphics, voice input and output, and gesture input. Group also focuses on developing a teaching environment for blind students of computer science

: http://www.csd.uwo.ca

COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

294 Portage Avenue
Suite 926
Winnipeg Manitoba
R3C 0B9

Tel.: (204) 947-0303
Fax: (204) 942-4625
TTY:
Toll Free: 866-947-0303
E-mail: ccd@ccdonline.ca
Contact: Laurie Beachell, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

CCD is a national advocacy association of persons with disabilities which seeks to improve the status of Canadians with disabilities. CCD monitors federal legislation, policy and programs as they affect persons with disabilities.

: http://www.ccdonline.ca

DISABLED PEOPLES INTERNATIONAL (DPI)

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

748 Broadway
Winnipeg Manitoba
R3G 0X3
Tel.: (204) 287-8010
Fax: (204) 783-6270
TTY: (204) 284-2598
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Moira Horgan-Jones, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.dpi.org

ABILITY SOCIETY OF ALBERTA - ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

Suite 600
906 8th Ave SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 1H9
Tel: (403) 262-9445
Fax: (403) 262-4539
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@abilitysociety.org
Contact: Jamie Bohach, Director of Marketing & Fund Development

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.abilitysociety.org

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

63 Cornell Road NW
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 0L4
Tel: (403) 284-6214
Fax: (403) 282-7006
TTY: (403) 284-6201
Toll Free: 877-711-3447
E-mail:
Contact: Suzanne Belisle

Organizational Notes:

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services is a registered, non-profit charity serving all who are affected by hearing loss. community.The Equipment department serves as a source for current assistive technology used for home, work, educational institutions, leisure activities and places of worship. Some rental items are available. Consultation services and corporate staff training on TTY (Telephone for the Deaf) use and hearing access issues in general, are available. All sales and rental revenues from the Equipment Department are used to support other vital services and programs offered by Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services to the deaf and hard of hearing communities.

: http://www.dhhs.org

I CAN CENTRE

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Health
10230-111 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5G 0B7
Tel: (780)491-6070
Fax: (780)491-6072
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: cbelivea@cha.ab.ca
Contact: Christine Beliveau

Organizational Notes:

Assistive technology services are provided to children and adults in Northern Alberta.

Direct Services - Extended assessment and intervention provided by multidisciplinary team to clients in Northern Alberta. Services provided in person or via TeleHealth. Large equipment pool available for loaning purposes.

Indirect Services - resource area available, monthly drop in demonstration sessions hosted in I Can Centre, and extensive educational programs available. Educational activities described in Calendar, available on-line.

: http://www.capitalhealth.ca/icancentre

MADENTEC LIMITED

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

4664, 99th Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T6E 5H5
Tel: (780) 450-8926
Fax: (780) 998-6182
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-623-3682
E-mail: randym@madentec.com
Contact: Randy Marsden

Organizational Notes:

Sister company is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Software and hardware that allow people with physical disabilities access to, and control of a computer, the internet, and their surroundings.

: http://www.madentec.com

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Type: Educational Institutions

Developmental Disabilities Centre
6-123 Education North
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2G5
Tel.: (780) 492-4505
Fax: (780) 492-1318
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contacts: Dr. Dick. Sobsey; Director

Organizational Notes:

Its current activities are: research, student training, publications, and limited clinical services related to learning disabilities, mild and severe mental retardation. Its recent research topics have included:

1. The nature of cognitive processes
2. Assessment of cognitive abilities as an alternative to intelligence assessment
3. The nature and measurement of reading and writing disabilities
4. Decline in intellectual functions of individuals with Down's Syndrome due to aging
5. Attention and attention deficit
6. Cognitive assessment of blind persons
7. Sexual abuse of persons with mental handicap
8. Cross-cultural research especially on planning and decision making
9. Remediation and cognitive re-education of reading-disabled children.

: http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/index.html

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Type: Educational Institutions

Department of Educational Psychology
6-102 Education North
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2G5
Tel.: (780) 492-5245
Fax: (780) 492-1318
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
URL:
Contact: Prof. Mary Ann Bibby

Organizational Notes:

Focus is specifically on hearing impairment. Research priorities are mental health, demography, language and cognition. The three main objectives for the centre were to establish an endowed chair of Deafness Studies; to develop and test models for postsecondary programs for the hearing impaired; and to establish a consortium of postsecondary agencies providing deaf and hard of hearing students with improved opportunities to participate in postsecondary education. The networking and advocacy aspects are, perhaps, unique. They represent a formal and cooperative venture between consumer group organizations and the University. Mental health and deafness has been identified as a research priority at the University of Alberta for the next decade. Language, communication and interpreter research is multifaced and wide ranging. Research into educational practice is a key part of the research program, and many of the MEd and PhD theses focus on such topics. An adjunct professor is using computer-based technology to teach lip reading skills to both students and adults.

: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/edpsychology

VOCATIONAL AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE (VRRI)

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

3304 - 33rd St. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2L 2A6
Tel.: (403) 284-1121
Fax: (403) 289-6427
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@vrri.org
Contact: Ms. Leslie Tamagi, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

Established in 1966 VRRI is a separately incorporated nonprofit research and service delivery organization affiliated with the University of Calgary. Supplemented by community volunteers and university students; provides training of personnel in the field of rehabilitation and consultancy and advisory services in Canada and abroad.

: http://www.vrri.org

ALDS INC

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

Assistive Listening Device Systems
20540 Duncan Way Unit #103
Langley, British Columbia
V3A 7A3

Tel.: (604) 514-0053 (Voice/TTY)
Fax: (604) 514-0037
TTY: (604) 514-0053 (Voice/TTY)
Toll Free: 866-845-2537
E-mail:
Contacts: Paul Geyer, President; Steve Unger, Engineer; Katherine Stead

Organizational Notes:

ALDS Inc. develops and manufactures products for the deaf and hard of hearing, with sales in both Canada and the U.S. The main R&D emphasis of the company is in the areas of infrared technology and computer hardware and software for the deaf and hard of hearing. It has three different product lines: amplification systems utilizing infrared light as the transmission medium for use by hard of hearing persons; portable computerized note taking systems, in which computerized text is converted and displayed on a T.V. screen or on a projection system; and training and testing equipment for tele-coil compatible hearing aids and loop systems. ALDS sponsors graduate, undergraduate and college level projects.

: http://www.alds.com

AROGA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

150-5055 Joyce Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V5R 6B2
Tel: (604) 431-7997
Fax: (604) 431-7995
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-561-6222
E-mail: bob@aroga.com
Contact: Robert Vigerut

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.aroga.com

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND SEATING SERVICE

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

G.F. Strong Rehab Centre
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre
4255 Laurel Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5Z 2G9
Tel: (604) 737-6263
Fax: (604) 734-1363
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: jriley@vanhosp.bc.ca
Contact: Jeff Riley, Coordinator

Organizational Notes:

Affiliation: University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Rehabilitation Society (fund raising support)

G.F. Strong Rehab Centre is a major provider of rehabilitation services in BC. Clinical programs of G.F. Strong Rehab Centre include: Acquired Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular-skeletal, Arthritis, Adolescent and Young Adults; Residential Living; Specialized Clinical Support Services; Clinical Research and Academic Medicine; and a variety of community outreach services. Clinical research activities are in progress in all programs of G.F. Strong, with research in assistive technology focusing on long-term outcomes and applications of augmentative communication. Student placements occur in all professional disciplines throughout the various programs. In addition, specific courses and workshops are routinely offered to community professionals, long-term care aides, families and consumers. G.F. Strong regularly co-sponsors major conferences on brain injury, emergency preparedness and ventilation.

: http://www.assistive-technology.ca

BIOLINK COMPUTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

4770 Glenwood Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7R 4G8
Tel.: (604) 984-4099
Fax: (604) 985-7114
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: sales@biolink.bc.ca
Contact: H. Albert Melissen, President

Organizational Notes:

The company is involved in developing software for the visually impaired and those with Dyslexia in the following environments: Windows 98, ME, Windows 2000 and .x Windows. Products for both are being marketed worldwide. Furthermore we provide in house screen reading compatible programming services.

: http://www.biolink.bc.ca

DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE

Type: Educational Institutions

University of British Columbia
1860 East Mall, Room 1874
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6T 1Z1
Tel: (604) 822-5844
Fax: (604) 822-6655
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

All areas of access to post-secondary education by persons with disabilities.

: http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/drc.cfm

NEIL SQUIRE SOCIETY

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

Suite 220, 2250 Boundary Road
Burnaby, B.C.
V5M 4L9
Tel.: (604) 473-9363
Fax: (604) 473-9364
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Gary Birch, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

To develop devices and systems that assist people with severe physical disabilities to live, learn, work and play self-dependently, focused on creating electronic and software control interfaces and systems for operating computers, electrical apparatus in the home and various other electrical devices; make these devices available to persons who need them. Products commercially available include: Regenesis Sip and Puff, a high reliability electronic sip and puff switch; ezMorse and ezMorse for Windows, Morse code keyboard emulators for DOS and Windows; the JouseTM, a mouth-operated joystick mouse emulator; Speech Assisted Reading And Writing (SARAW), an accessible software based literacy teaching tool. Current projects include: the Remote Gateway, two versions (hands free and hand-held) of a wireless, go-anywhere, remote control for household applications for persons with mobility problems; the Neil Squire Robot, a robotic device for physical tasks around the home and workplace; specialty holders for assistive controls. Associated development work and areas of interest include: EEG applications in control (brain-machine interface development), robust voice recognition technology, telephone accessibility, bank machine interface and kiosk design. Other work includes: developing a sip and puff control system for a sailboat owned by the Disabled Sailing Association of BC; designing and building an instrument package for the IML-2 Space Shuttle mission; designing and building a special effects police radar display for the film "Jumanji".

: http://www.neilsquire.ca

STR-SPEECHTECH LIMITED

Type: Industry Sector, Research & Development

#212-1001 Cloverdale Avenue
Victoria, British Columbia
V8X 4C9
Tel.: (250) 477-0544
Fax: (250) 477-2540
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: products@speechtech.com
Contact: Sally Hill, Product Specialist

Organizational Notes:

STR is a private R&D corporation which was incorporated in 1989.

STR is concerned with speech analysis, recognition, synthesis, and communication, speech input/output (I/O) product evaluation, speaker recognition, and human factor research pertaining to I/O technology. It is also involved in speech encoding and synthesis; the development and modification of special purpose software for speech and signal processing, I/O applications, language teaching and linguistic analysis; and the development through in-house research of products made available under license for distribution through the private sector.

: http://www.speechtech.com

SUNNY HILL HEALTH CENTRE FOR CHILDREN

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

Therapy Department
3644 Slocan Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5M 3E8
Tel: (604) 453-8300
Fax: (604) 453-8301
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Lori Roxborough

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.bcchildrens.ca/services/sunnyhillhealthctr

TACTILE COLOUR COMMUNICATION SOCIETY

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

1329 Denman Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8R 1X4
Tel: (250) 480-1610
Fax:
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-600-1931
E-mail: info@tactile.org
URL: www.tactile.org
Contact: Stacie Ratch

Organizational Notes:

Tactile Colour is an easy system of twelve standardized textures representing twelve colours. Each texture is distinctive and has a bold colour. The system is both intuitive and logical. They are arranged to reflect the colour spectrum so that the texture for orange feels between those of red and yellow. Green is a mixture of yellow and blue and so on. The contrasting colours like red and green and black and white are represented by contrasting textures. Tactile Colour Communication Society is a registered charity with Revenue Canada. The charity has a belief that advancements designed for people with disabilities can benefit everyone.

Tactile Colour can now produce maps of parks, university campuses, malls, ect., at minimum of 100 copies.

: http://www.tactile.org

THE TETRA SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA

Type: Associations, Societies & Resource Centres

3077 Granville Street
Suite 207
Vancouver, B.C.
V6H 3J9
Tel: (604) 688-6464
Fax: (604) 688-6463
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-688-8762
E-mail: ptweedie@tetrasociety.org
Contact: Pat Tweedie, Program Coordinator

Organizational Notes:

Recruit technically skilled volunteers to work one on one with disabled people needing an assistive device.

: http://www.tetrasociety.org

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Type: Educational Institutions

School of Rehabilitation Sciences
T-325 Third Floor Koemer Pavilion
2211 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6T 2B5
Tel.: (604) 822-7392
Fax: (604) 822-7624
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

University offers bachelor's programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy and a masters program in rehabilitation sciences.

Basic and applied research related to:

1. Disability, Rehabilitation, and Society
2. Exercise Science and Rehabilitation; and
3. Neurorehabilitation and Motor Control. Sample projects include work tolerance and functional capacity of people with chronic lung disease. Experiences of immigrant women with accessing health services; screening test for infants in fetal alcohol syndrome clinic; long term follow-up of rehab experience with people who have had a stroke; efficacy of devices to prevent decubiti; community living experiences of people with spinal cord injuries; etc.

: http://www.rehab.ubc.ca

VIHA (Vancouver Island Health Authority)

Type: Rehabilitation Centres

Queen Alexandra Orthotics, Prosthetics and Seating (QAOPS)
Fisher Building 2400 Arbutus Road
Victoria, British Columbia
V8N 1V7
Tel. : (250) 721-6732
Fax : (250) 721-6815
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: gray.eakins@viha.ca
URL:
Contact: Gray Eakins, Coordinator, Professional Services

Organizational Notes:

Provides: Bracing, Special Seating, Prosthetics, Foot Orthotics and Splinting. We serve children and adults and specialize in Diabetic Foot Care.

: http://www.viha.ca