Living with Schizophrenia

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The Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation, in partnership with Northumberland Human Service and Justice Coordinating committee, is pleased to present Living with Schizophrenia, featuring guest speaker Bill MacPhee. 

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Getting the message out one lunch at a time!

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Posted May 27, 2010 By Ray Yurkowski 

Belleville EMC

Grade 8 students from Kent Public School donated their time to pack and help deliver 380 lunches for the “Appetite for Awareness” campaign at Community Living.

EMC News- Campbellford – It was just a few weeks ago when Community Living Campbellford-Brighton were in a celebratory mood after 50 years of inspiring possibilities in Northumberland County.

“We believe, as our founder did, that people with intellectual disabilities have the right to live in and participate in their community,” said executive director Nancy Brown in her address to the crowd of well-wishers commemorating the milestone event.

But last week, it was time to roll up their sleeves and get back to the business at hand.
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Mark your calendar today!

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We are proud to announce the 

6th annual Passport to Citizenship Conference  

          November 16 – 18, 2010   

at the beautiful Blue Mountain, in Collingwood.  

A great opportunity for learning, sharing, networking and fun!  

Topics to include; Inclusive Education, Sexuality, Individualize Funding, Employment, Transition Planning, and much more!  

We look forward to seeing you there!  

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Grayson says choice in education a good idea

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But accountability and standards must be maintained

by Roderick Benns
The executive director of one of Community Living Ontario’s most ambitious associations, Chris Grayson, says having choice in education is a healthy idea within a system he calls “broken.” Grayson, of Community Living Campbellford/Brighton, was responding to Wednesday’s story on Community Living Leaders that profiled a new study of The Fraser Institute. In the story, the managing director and director of education policy for The Fraser Institute, Claudia Hepburn, says children with disabilities would be the big winners if there was a little competition between public and private schools for students.

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