Expanding the Reach: Empowering Women with Disabilities @ SWC
2100 Ellesmere Road, Suite 245 M1H 3B7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Are you interested in continuing the IWD celebrations with us? Why not #ChooseToChallenge disability stereotypes in relationships by attending our upcoming webinar? The details can be found below and by visiting our website: http://www.scarboroughwomenscentre.ca/women-with-disabilit/ Webinar flyer details. The Expanding the Reach program at Scarborough Women’s Centre Presents an Interactive webinar for women with visible and invisible disabilities, titled: Nurturing Our Rela...tionships + Well-Being: During COVID-19 and Beyond! This webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm using the Webex Meeting Platform. In this webinar participants will learn more about: Personal and social factors that affect relationships Effective strategies to improve communication How to nurture their relationships during COVID-19 beyond! Real-time captioning will be provided. Participants will be invited to participate in reflective exercises and are encouraged to bring a notebook, but this is NOT required to participate. RSVP to Melissa by Monday, March 29, 2021 Please indicate any accommodations needed when you RSVP Phone: 416 439 7111 (Ext 3) E-mail: [email protected] Image Description: At the top of the webinar flyer is our program banner with the words Expanding the Reach in red and the words Empowering women with disabilities in black, underneath. Surrounding the banner are multi-coloured squares and the female symbol in purple on the left side. The same multi-coloured squares are at the top of the female symbol to represent the diversity of women we serve. The Webinar details are provided throughout. At the bottom of the flyer are the logos for our project partners: Centre for Global Citizenship Education & Inclusion at Centennial College, Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre, and East Scarborough Storefront. The logo for our project funder: the Canadian Women's Foundation is also at the bottom of the flyer.

Happy International Women's Day! The theme of IWD this year is #choosetochallenge Choose to be disability-inclusive! Read this article for some suggestions. What other suggestions would you add to the list? https://www.forbes.com//international-womens-day-challen/

Are you looking for a way to celebrate International Women's Day this year? One way you can do this is by watching Toronto's IWD rally this Saturday, March 6th, at 1:00 pm on Facebook. Tune in live or later. A Facebook account is not required. International Women's Day Toronto

During an upcoming webinar, we will be exploring ways that we can nurture our relationships with others and ourselves. We will be introducing the concept of 'Access Intimacy' and will be exploring how it does or does not show up in our lives. In this time of COVID-19, what strategies are you currently using to nurture your relationship with yourself and/or others? Let us know below! Image description: A neon reddish-orange sign on a wall that says 'with love' in lowercase letters.

Has the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impacted your fitness routine? Did you know that the City of Toronto has recently opened ten recreation facilities across the city so that individuals with disabilities can access physical therapy during the current lockdown? You can read this news article for more details: https://toronto.citynews.ca//toronto-to-open-10-rec-facil/

Our Melissa Simas will discuss the impact of the pandemic on people with disability in this interesting panel on Tuesday Feb 23rd with Centennial College