Easter Seals Canada / Timbres de Pâques Canada - Address, activities & membership
Address:
40 Holly Street
Suite 401
Toronto, ON M4S 3C3
Canada
Telephone number:
416-932-8774
Fax number:
416-932-9844
Description of the organization's activities:
Easter Seals Canada strives to create a more inclusive and accessible society for individuals in Canada who live with disabilities. Its purpose is to ensure that all individuals living with a disability have access to the equipment, programs, services and support they need to make the most of their abilities and live their lives to the fullest. This is accomplished through such activities as:
Creating and implementing national awareness campaigns; Raising funding for programs and services that are offered by provincial Easter Seals member organizations at the local level; Participation with other disability-focused agencies and organizations in working groups, task forces, and coalitions that work to advance the cause of accessibility and inclusion in Canada; Engaging in dialogue with Public Office Holders regarding the issues and challenges faced by people living with disabilities in order to help inform and shape public policy that has an impact on accessibility and inclusion in Canada; Administering such programs as the Access 2 Card and Disability Travel Card programs for clients living with disabilities; Overseeing the use of the Easter Seals brand by provincial Easter Seals member organizations and maintaining registration of Easter Seals' trademarks within Canada.
Organization's membership or classes of membership:
According to the bylaws of Easter Seals Canada, classes of membership include: (a) Organization Member - An organization or agency recognized by the Corporation as a voluntary or government agency whose objects and programs are primarily concerned with the enhancement of the lives of persons with disabilities. Organization Members do not have voting rights in respect of financial matters; (b) Licensed Member* - Any Organization Member which has entered into a contract which has not been terminated or expired with the Corporation in respect of the use by the Organization Member of any of the Corporation’s intellectual property owned by the Corporation; (d) Life Member - A Life Member shall be any individual who has performed outstanding service in the field of enhancement of the lives of persons with disabilities and who shall have been appointed as a Life Member of the Corporation by the Members on the recommendation of the Board. Life Members do not have the right to vote at any meeting of the Members; (e) Associate Member - Any national, provincial or municipal (local) organization which is recognized by the Corporation as a rehabilitation facility, institution or voluntary organization whose goals and programs are concerned with the enhancement of the lives of persons with disabilities. Associate Members do not have the right to vote at any meeting of the Members.
*This is currently the only active class of membership.
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Last Updated:
2024-01-02