Seniors with dementia and children with special needs will benefit from the latest provincial funding to CanAssist, a University of Victoria program dedicated to helping people with disabilities improve their quality of life, with a focus on promoting independence and inclusion.
This Digital Scholarship Commons is a new unique space on campus. If you love to tinker, create and collaborate, you've come to the right place: the makerspace place.
New funding from the BC government for CanAssist will expand services for seniors living with dementia, and children and youth with special needs, including a grant of $3M to continue the CanStayHome initiative and another $1.5M to produce and supply existing assistive technologies.
The Government of British Columbia announced $4.5 million in new funding for CanAssist during a special event at the CanAssist facility on April 5.
This isn't your average soccer game—it's blind soccer. Drop-in blind soccer is a student-led success story, brought to UVic after two Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education students were assigned a class project about adapted sports and recreation.
Thousands of British Columbians living with dementia and other challenging conditions will benefit from innovative new technologies being developed by CanAssist at the University of Victoria.
The BC Ministry of Health recently announced $3 million in funding for UVic's CanAssist program that will go towards development of new and innovative technologies to benefit thousands of British Columbians with disabilities.
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Ocean kayaking could soon be the sport of choice for paraplegics, thanks to the creativity of some UVic mechanical engineering students.
