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There will be no collection or regular delivery of mail tomorrow in observance of Good Friday. Our post offices will be closed; those operating in franchise locations may be open according to the host business's hours of service. Please stay safe & follow public health measures.

Are you a registered charity, school program or community organization? Apply for the Canada Post Community Foundation grant now the deadline for applications is 12 noon ET on April 1: http://ow.ly/66r250EbrRh

Join us at the Bluenose 100 Virtual Celebration livestream on March 26 for a special stamp announcement! #Bluenose100 bluenose100.ca

From March 19 to 22, our Head Office in Ottawa will be lit up with red lights in support of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Canada Post is committed to fostering a more equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace. #FightRacism

All sections of our website are back in service! Thank you.

Now is the time to send your letters to Santa to get a response in time for Christmas. It’s a long way to the North Pole and back!

As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our employees and all Canadians safe, we have implemented a mandatory mask or face covering policy at all our facilities across the country. Learn more: http://ow.ly/3nKs50CzIcN Please continue to practise physical distancing, and let’s keep the post office friendly.

#DYK When Maud Lewis was a child, her mother encouraged her to paint Christmas cards. Her cards would depict festive winter scenes like the ones featured on this year’s Christmas stamps. http://ow.ly/7vhl50CsI2r #writeherewritenow

We’re so excited to be one of this year’s Canada Post Community Foundation grant recipients. This generous grant will help Hope Air provide approximately 200 flights for children and youth who must access medical care far from home. Thank you Canada Post Community Foundation!

Reminder: There are no regular deliveries today in observance of Thanksgiving. Our post offices are closed with no collection or delivery of mail, and will reopen tomorrow. Please stay safe & practise physical distancing.

We are so excited to be one of this year’s Canada Post Community Foundation grant recipients! This grant will help us to continue to offer vital programs to children living with cerebral palsy and other disabilities in Alberta. Thank you Canada Post!

We know it’s early to start thinking about the holidays, but we’re asking customers to break tradition and shop early this year. Canadians are expected to do a significant amount of online shopping this holiday season. As Canada’s parcel delivery leader, we’re scaling up to safely deliver and asking Canadians to start shopping early to avoid disappointment. Thank you. Learn more: http://ow.ly/A8vD50BNbQb

Thank you Canada Post Community Foundation for selecting DWF as a grant recipient! This grant will help us provide more toolkits and resources to #LegacySchools.

There will be no collection or regular delivery of mail tomorrow in observance of Thanksgiving. Our post offices will be closed; those operating in franchise locations may be open according to the host business’s hours of service. Please stay safe & practise physical distancing.

A brand new Historica Canada #HeritageMinute celebrates Elsie MacGill, the world’s first female aeronautical engineer. We were honoured to feature her in our Canadians in Flight stamp issue in 2019: http://ow.ly/r2zn50BGV79 #WomensHistoryMonth http://histori.ca/ElsieMacGill

Canada Post Service Alert: Iqaluit Post Office and Warehouse open until 8 pm this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday The Iqaluit Post Office at 615 Queen Elizabeth II Way and the Parcel Pickup Warehouse at 1057 Mivvik Street will open tonight (Tuesday, September 29), Wednesday and Thursday until 8 p.m. for customers to pick up their packages. As space to sort and store the mail is frequently maximized, we ask that you pick up your parcel in a timely manner to allow us to add mor...e product to serve more customers. We thank our customers for their understanding and cooperation during this time.

Canada Post Special Weather Service Alert: Iqaluit parcel pick-up available until 8:30 pm today (Tuesday, Sept. 22) In response to the special weather statement issued for Iqaluit today, the Iqaluit Post Office (615 Queen Elizabeth II Way) and Parcel Pick-up Warehouse (1057 Mivvik Street) will remain open today, Tuesday, September 22, until 8:30 pm for customers to pick up their packages. We thank our customers for their understanding and cooperation during this time.... We’re hiring Canada Post is recruiting. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply at www.canadapost.ca/careers.

NEADS and Canada Post Partnership Announcement The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) is proud to announce a partnership with Canada ...Post that focuses on increasing access to education and the workforce for students with disabilities (undergraduate, graduate, college, and cégep). NEADS and Canada Post recognize the importance of meeting students with disabilities where they are on their post-secondary education and career path journeys. To support these objectives, our partnership includes two components: (1) Canada Post Student Award (2) Canada Post Internship Canada Post Student Award The Canada Post Student Award supports outstanding scholarship in higher education for persons with disabilities. The award recognizes contributions made to Canadian society through community development and knowledge sharing and will be given to a student who demonstrates leadership, innovation, respect and integrity in their research, studies and community involvement. For the 2020 NEADS Student Awards Program, Canada Post will be providing an award valued at $10,000. Canada Post will select a recipient from a short-list of applicants who applied to the 2020 program - no further action is required from applicants to be considered for the award. Canada Post Internships: The Canada Post Internships recognize the contributions that people with disabilities bring to the workforce. Canada Post values diversity, strong leadership, growth and development, and is committed to fostering a safe, equitable and caring workforce culture. Canada Post Internships will be offered to students with disabilities who demonstrate innovation in their studies and research and passion to bring their skills and talents to the workforce. Candidates from all disciplines will be considered. Canada Post will offer internships to deserving students for Summer 2021 and Summer 2022 respectively. For the Summer 2021 internship, a short list of applicants from the 2020 program will be considered by Canada Post for up to two internship positions- no further action is required from applicants to be considered. A short-list of applicants from the 2021 NEADS Student Awards Program will be considered for the 2022 Canada Post Internship. A few words on our partnership: Canada Post is very excited for the opportunity to partner with NEADS to administer the Canada Post Award and Internships. We recognize that students with disabilities face additional barriers and costs in pursuing higher education and employment. Our partnership with NEADS will enable us to support access to education and the workforce by recognizing the outstanding academic achievements and contributions of students with disabilities. We look forward to working with NEADS to achieve our shared goals. Jeff Willbond, Canada Post Director of Accessibility We are honoured to partner with Canada Post to accelerate mutual goals of increasing access to education and the workforce for students with disabilities. The support we are offering is critical to helping students with disabilities navigate the current environment and persevere through this period of uncertainty. We look forward to working with Canada Post to build a more sustainable and accessible future. - Lauren Gravis, Director of the NEADS Student Awards Program About the NEADS National Student Awards Program Established in 2007, the NEADS National Student Awards Program encourages full access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities, who often have greater barriers to participation in higher education, as well as extra costs because of their disabilities. The program administers four awards including the $3,000 value NEADS Student Awards, the $1,000 value Holly Bartlett Memorial Award, the $1,000 value Christine Nieder Memorial Award, as well as two Accessible Media Inc (AMI) Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship valued at $5000 each. To date, the NEADS Student Awards Program has delivered over $350,000 in student financial assistance. For further information, please email: [email protected] Or you can call: Lauren Gravis, Director of NEADS Student Award Program, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) Rm. 514 Unicentre, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 tel. (613) 380-8065 www.neads.ca

Our Community Foundation supports children and youth initiatives across Canada. This year, the Foundation will grant $1.3 million in vital support to community organizations across the country. Help us make a difference buy our special stamp booklet and donate at your local post office or online: http://ow.ly/tEgE50BwJ1u

When you take the time to share, you can always be there. #WriteHereWriteNow https://www.canadapost.ca//campa/write-here-write-now.page

The celebration continues - today Canada Post has released a touching video catching up with Dr. Balfour Mount, who is now 81 years old. We encourage you to lis...ten as Dr. Mount reflects on the life experiences that led him to introduce palliative care to North America in the first place. For the full story: https://bit.ly/32B8AN4 #MedicalGroundbreakers

Dr. Balfour Mount is known as the father of palliative care in North America. His visionary work influenced the care of countless patients and their families and led to the establishment of a new medical specialty. Learn more: http://ow.ly/FfMR50Buh15 #MedicalGroundbreakers Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre

When Dr. M. Vera Peters earned her medical degree in 1934, she was one of only ten women in a class of more than one hundred. She would go on to revolutionize the treatment of two life-threatening types of cancer. Learn more: http://ow.ly/F1VA50BsR91 #MedicalGroundbreakers University Health Network

Dr. Julio Montaner treated some of Canada’s earliest AIDS patients. His work led to the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART a life-...changing treatment now considered the global standard of care. Read more: http://ow.ly/nC8x50BrMqQ #MedicalGroundbreakers British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Providence Health Care

This month, Canada Post issued five stamps honouring six Canadian physicians and researchers whose discoveries have saved lives and revolutionized patient care ...around the world. Today, we are celebrating Dr. Bruce Chown. Dr. Bruce Chown devoted his career to understanding and preventing the root cause of Rhesus (Rh) disease. By the late 1960s, he developed a protein injection for mothers-to-be, virtually eliminating the disease, and saving the lives of countless babies. Dr. Chown was a leader in child health research and instrumental in the establishment of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba and our research institute. Learn more about Dr. Chown’s legacy here | https://bit.ly/2ZHsF2F

Three eminent researchers from the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre are being celebrated today as part of a launch of a commemorative stamp series by Canada Post.... From Princess Margaret, Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch, considered the fathers of stem cell science, founded a whole new field of research by demonstrating the existence of stem cells in the bone marrow. Dr. Vera Peters carried out landmark studies that changed the course of treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer and was a champion of patient-centred care. Read more https://bit.ly/3bULm7X

Today the MUHC is proud to announce that Canada Post has released a new stamp of Dr. Balfour Mount, an extraordinary member of the MUHC family. In 1975, at our ...very own Royal Victoria Hospital, Dr. Mount founded the first comprehensive Palliative Care Service in North America, introducing an empathetic approach to end-of-life care that was embraced all over the globe. For Dr. Mount, it was important to address not just the physical needs of the patient, but also their psychological, social, and spiritual needs, as well as those of the patient’s family. Today we extend our greatest congratulations to Dr. Mount, who is 81 years old, as we celebrate this tremendous recognition. #MUHC #CanadaPost #MedicalGroundbreakers PostesCanada

Dr. Bruce Chown’s tireless research helped to eliminate Rhesus or Rh disease, a devastating condition that claimed the lives of many unborn and newborn babies. Learn more: http://ow.ly/QLX150BqQAj #MedicalGroundbreakers Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba University of Manitoba #univresearch Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba Sharedhealthmb HSC_Winnipeg

Dr. James Till & Dr. Ernest McCulloch refined the definition of stem cells and established an entirely new field of medicine. Today, many researchers are building on the foundation laid by these two remarkable men. Learn more: http://ow.ly/sB5u50Bqj6n #MedicalGroundbreakers University Health Network

Innovative. Dedicated. Compassionate. These six #MedicalGroundbreakers helped discover new treatments for life-threatening diseases, they advocated for their patients, they laid the foundations of new fields of studies, they brought hope and comfort to people everywhere.

This week, we are honouring #MedicalGroundbreakers. In a time of intense focus on medical science, join us as we share the stories of six Canadian physicians and researchers who changed the practice of medicine in Canada and around the world.