Amplifying the Community Voice: What's New at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario?

Join Peter Athanasopolous, Senior Manager of Policy and GR at SCI Ontario, on October 31st as he discusses:

• Programs and service at SCI Ontario OTs need to know
• Community perspective on access to mobility devices in Ontario 
• Independent review of access to mobility devices in Ontario

Target Audience:

• Applicable to all OT clinicians, care coordinators, managers, researchers, policy-makers
• Persons with an interest in spinal cord injury 

About the Presenter:

Peter Athanasopoulos has devoted his life to building relationships benefiting people living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) for the past 16 years. He started his rewarding career at Spinal cord injury Ontario, formally the Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario in 2001 as a Provincial Peer Support Coordinator. Peter has nurtured, grown and expanded Peer Support at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.

In 2008 he continued in the position of SCI Networks and Services Manager as a relationship builder working with people with SCI, service providers, researchers and other stakeholders to strengthen planning and delivery of services for Ontarians with SCI.  Presently, Peter has been enhancing his services to people with SCI by working with communities across Ontario to address and resolve systemic barriers that impact quality of life of people with SCI through his role as Senior Manager, Public Policy and Government Relations and Executive Director of the Ontario SCI Solutions Alliance.

Fees: (All fees are plus HST)