2011 FDR - Extended Appendices

Hosting program funding for international single-sport events is financial support provided to National Sport Organizations who are hosting international single-sport events for athletes with disabilities in Canada. These events promote sport awareness for people with disabilities in Canada, encourage local participation for athletes with disabilities, and increase the number of competitive opportunities for high-performance athletes with disabilities.

For more information, please visit:
www.assc-cdsa.com 
Telephone: 819-997-0055  
Toll Free: 1-866-811-0055  
TTY(Toll Free): 1-888-997-3123

The Government of Canada has signed generic bilateral agreements with all provincial and territorial governments and is contributing up to $4.4 million per year to support these agreements. Provincial/territorial governments are required to match the federal contribution.

The objective of the agreements is to enhance the sport participation of children and youth and under-represented groups including: Aboriginal people, people with disabilities, visible minorities, youth at risk, and women and girls.

For more information, please visit:
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/labour/workers_
scompensation/federal/index.shtml
Telephone: 1-800-641-4049

The Merchant Seamen Compensation Act (MSCA) provides workers' compensation benefits to injured seamen or to their dependants for accidents arising out of or in the course of employment. Coverage is limited in scope to those seamen who are engaged in "home trade voyages" and "foreign voyages" as defined in the MSCA and who are not covered under a provincial workers' compensation scheme.

Note: Effective August 2009, the Canada Access Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities became the Canada Student Grant for Students with Permanent Disabilities. The purpose of and eligibility criteria for the grant remain the same, but the grant now provides $2,000 per loan year (August 1 to July 31) for eligible students with permanent disabilities who have at least a $1.00 of demonstrated financial need.

Note: Effective August 2009, the Canada Study Grant for the Accommodation of Students with Permanent Disabilities became the Canada Student Grant for Services and Equipment for Students with Permanent Disabilities. The grant's purpose remains the same, and the grant provides a maximum of $8,000 per loan year.

Note: Effective August 2009, the Permanent Disability Benefit regulations were amended. In order to qualify for the Permanent Disability Benefit, a borrower must have a severe permanent disability. Under this benefit, borrowers may be eligible to have their Canada Student Loans immediately cancelled.

The Canada Student Loans Program defines a severe permanent disability as preventing a person from working and from participating in post-secondary education.

Also, students with severe permanent disabilities who received loans between 1995 and 2000 are eligible for immediate loan cancellation regardless of when the severe permanent disability occurred, provided that they meet the eligibility criteria and their loan remains with the financial institution.

The objective of the program is to support the special education needs of First Nations students so they may be able to achieve their fullest potential and be contributing members of society. It also aims to increase the number of high-cost special needs students acquiring a regular high school diploma.

Note: ASETS is the successor program to the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS), which expired in March 2010.

For more information, please visit:
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/employment/
aboriginal_employment/disabilities/
index.shtml
Telephone: 1-800 O-Canada  
TTY: 1-800-926-9105

• develop training-to-employment projects with small- and medium-sized businesses;
• encourage new approaches to the delivery of employment services for clients facing multiple barriers to employment, including those with disabilities;
• address systemic gaps in service delivery through pilot projects.

LMAs are intended to increase labour market participation of groups of individuals who are under-represented in the labour market, such as persons with disabilities, and to enhance skills development. HRSDC has entered into agreements with all 13 P/Ts.

In addition, as part of the Economic Action Plan, LMAs were used as a vehicle to provide P/Ts with time-limited funding of $500M over two years under the Strategic Training and Transition Fund (STTF). The STTF provided P/Ts with flexibility to assist unemployed individuals, regardless of EI eligibility, and employed individuals affected by the economic downturn.

• Mentoring projects developed using an evidence-based in-home visitation model in which the mentor helps a woman to identify her strengths and challenges and then links her to appropriate services and supports that can help to reduce her risk of having a baby affected by FASD; and
• Community Coordinator positions that increase families' access to multi-disciplinary diagnostic teams and other services and support that incorporate a wide variety of expertise, including doctors, social workers, psychologists, elders and educators.

For more information, please visit:
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/substan/ads/nnadap-pnlaada-eng.php
Telephone: 613-957-2991
Toll Free: 1-866-225-0709
TTY: 1-800-267-1245

The National Youth Solvent Abuse Program (NYSAP) is a community-based prevention, intervention, after-care and in-patient treatment program that targets First Nations and Inuit youth who are addicted to, or at risk of, inhaling solvents. Run through a network of Youth Solvent Addictions Centres, the NYSAP provides culturally appropriate in-patient and out-patient treatment services to First Nations and Inuit youth.

In 2009–2010, the HLF provided funding to the Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability for their project "Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Project for Children and Youth." This project aims to improve the overall health of young Canadians with disabilities by increasing active living and healthy eating through promotion and inclusion education. The Alliance provides nationally coordinated leadership, support, encouragement, promotion and information that facilitate healthy, active living opportunities for Canadians of all abilities across all settings and environments.

The HLF also provided funding to Independent Living Canada for their project "Food For Thought: A Pan-Canadian Initiative Addressing the Healthy Eating Goals of Persons with Disabilities." This project explores how food can be used as a vehicle to connect people, encourage physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce isolation. Independent Living Canada is a national non-profit association of Independent Living Centres run by and for people with disabilities who promote the Independent Living Philosophy.

For more information, please visit the following three sites:

• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/hl-mvs/hlu-umvs/hlfund-fondspmvs-eng.php
• www.ala.ca 
• www.ilcanada.ca/article/food-for-thought-429.asp
• Telephone: 613-941-3109