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July 2019
Silk Road Festival
The Silk Road Festival is a social enterprise project that aims to enhance intercultural appreciation and community interaction, inspire travel and technological discoveries with ancient Silk Road aspirations. This two-day outdoor multicultural festival features cultures and exchanges between East and West on the world’s famed historic trade routes through arts, food, travel and technology. It's a free event for the general public including families. Highlights include cultural performances; food and beverage demonstrations and tastings; arts and crafts, travel, technology marketplace and…
Find out more »September 2019
Rehabilitation Equipment Expo
The Neil Squire Society will be exiting at this event. Stop by Booth 24 and learn about our programs! The full schedule for the event is as follows: WHAT THE MEPP? (10:00 to 10:30am) Jill Longhurst (PT) and Kevin Waldorf (OT) are the Regional Educators for Physio and Occupational Therapy for Vancouver Coastal Health. Part of the Professional Practice team, they provide support to clinicians and students, and are involved with regional education initiatives. In this presentation, they will provide…
Find out more »Maker Faire Vancouver
Mark your calendars! Maker Faire Vancouver is happening Saturday, September 14th 2019 at the Science World. Join more than 50 Vancouver-based artists, tinkerers, inventors, crafters, and other Makers for a day-long extravaganza of crafting, learning, and exploring! What makes a Maker? The Maker movement encompasses a diverse range of disciplines, and welcomes Makers from all walks of life. Makers are tech enthusiasts, metal artists, homesteaders, painters, potters, 3D printing enthusiasts, knitters, roboticists, -anyone embracing the Do-It-Yourself (or Do-It-Together!) ethos. The maker…
Find out more »Assistive Technology Makers’ Fair
Come join the second annual Assistive Technology Makers Fair at Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Features include National AT Maker movement program leaders, hands-on workshops, a makerspace, networking opportunities, and prizes for an AT invention contest where people’s choice winners will be rewarded. On September 24th at 10 am, Chad Leaman, Director of Innovation and Zee Kesler, Project Manager, will present on creating relationships with makers in your community. Please register online at ATMakersFair.com(opens in a new window) For questions, contact by email at ATmakersfair@gmail.com
Find out more »Sixth Annual H&NP Paralysis Meet Up
Join Makers Making Change at the Sixth Annual H&NP Meet-Up organized by the Here & Now Project and”DO LIFE” on September 29. The full event will span the course of two days with Day One (Saturday) being for survivors and supporters only and Day Two (Sunday) being the public Expo that will feature a wide array of local organizations for members to gain valuable resources for the latest wheelchair technology and other opportunities in the Northwest. There will also be…
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