StopGap Board Recruitment StopGap Foundation is recruiting for 5 roles for its Board of Directors: 1 Chair, 1 Treasurer and 3 Members at Large. The start date for all roles is March 1, 2023. The selection process will make use of video conferencing as well as telephone and may include a multi-stage interview process. While …
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement for the StopGap team and now that we’ve had a few days to settle down since our fundraiser ended, we’d like to express our gratitude for all the wonderful people who helped make #RampUp2022 a success! 🧑🎨 Thank you to the talented artists who …
Today is the official launch of Ramp Up 2022! We are so excited to bring our annual fundraiser back in a new format this year. The hybrid nature of this year’s event will give everyone an opportunity to experience our iconic art ramp auction, regardless of geographic location. Visit fundraiser.bid/RampUp2022 to see the incredible works of art on …
Hello StopGap family! After much discussion internally and with our extended community, we have decided to forgo our deeply missed in-person fundraising event once again this year. Instead, we are excited to share that after a two-year hiatus, a version of our beloved Ramp Up IS happening, with a focus on our iconic art ramp auction! …
Attention K-8 educators with disabilities! After putting a pause on all of our work in elementary schools for the past two years, we are planning to relaunch our exciting School Project this September. In preparation for this relaunch, we are pulling together an advisory committee that will meet a few times over the summer to …
Location: Toronto, ON. This will be a hybrid position and will include a mix of in-person and online work. Duration: A 3-month contract from mid-June to mid-September 2022 Number of Open Positions: 1 Who We Are StopGap Foundation raises awareness about the importance of accessibility and works towards creating a country where every person can …
StopGap Foundation would like to express our gratitude to the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) for selecting our organization as a recipient of the Resilient Communities Fund. With this funding, our team has been working alongside an incredibly skilled consultant, Margo Mullin, to implement a CRM system. This new organizational system and technology will dramatically improve …
We can all think of a time when we made an innocent comment to someone thinking it would have a positive reaction, but instead had the opposite effect. Maybe we thought we would be a little cheeky and ask the tall person near us, “how’s the weather up there?”, only to get a half-smile or confused …
Over a year has passed since the last article I wrote on the progress of the AODA for StopGap. In the intervening period the provincial political dust has long since settled and a pandemic has brought increased uncertainty for many across Ontario and the country; so, where does this leave the accessibility community two years …
www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/08/c_138855683.htm StopGap Foundation is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free world. While the primary focus has been on physical barriers, StopGap also advocates for barrier-free communication. In this new physically distanced world, keeping safe and minimizing transmission of COVID-19 is on everyone’s mind. Along with washing hands, keeping 2 meters apart (when possible), and minimizing non-essential …
