“If I Can Do It, Anybody Can Do It,” Jaycee Learns Computer Skills with Digital Jumpstart
Jaycee is a talented musician playing with the Vancouver Adapted Music Society. Music played a big part in her recovery from surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Mowry’s New Hearing Aids Help Him Continue Making Art
Mowry is a renowned sculptor who has operated a studio in Victoria for over 45 years. “Because I am hard of hearing, I have difficulty communicating with my studio assistants, with fabricators, engineers, public art consultants, and journalists,” he explains.
OT Students Make Over 80 Switches in Western University Build
The Makers Making Change chapter in Southern Ontario held a successful first build event at Western University on March 24.Forty Occupational Therapy students at Western participated in the build, each making at least one raindrop switch and a light touch switch — over 80 switches.
Chapter Highlight: Shepherd Center
“The [Makers Making Change] mission aligns so well with Shepherd’s mission, it just seemed like a really natural fit,” says chapter leader Kristen Webber, a dual spinal cord and brain injury specialist and currently an Inpatient Therapy Manager in Sheperd’s Spinal Cord Injury Unit.
PlayFull Potential Round Flexure Switch Build
Makers Making Change is hosting a workshop in partnership with PlayFull Potential Calgary on April 28, 2021. This is a private event and by invitation only for PlayFull Potential employees.