Who benefits?
Over the past 15 years, over $4 million has been raised. These funds are used to provide assistance to students in financial need at Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology as well as the construction of the Abilities Centre.
Abilities Centre
The Abilities Centre will be a world class recreation, athletic and performing arts facility fully accessible to all persons with a varying degree of abilities and challenges. Situated in the heart of the Central Eastern Lake Ontario Region, the Abilities Centre will be an international leader in helping people of all ages focus on their abilities and enhance their confidence and independence through state-of-the art opportunities.
The Abilities Centre will facilitate total barrier free access to active living in the nation's largest municipal sports complex. Unlike other rehabilitation focused facilities, the Abilities Centre will create a unique learning, training, rehabilitation and recreation centre in the heart of the country. The Abilities Centre will represent a paradigm shift, leading to enhanced dignity for children, youth and adults who will be stakeholders in a facility that welcomes and indeed hosts everyone. Social barriers will give way to inclusion because of the integral focus on developing "abilities".
With the generous support of sponsors, partners and participants from events such as the Chairman's Charity Classic, the Abilities Centre has secured the necessary capital funding to commence construction this Spring, 2010. We anticipate opening our doors in late 2011 and look forward to welcoming all to our fully inclusive and accessible facility.
500 Victoria Street West,
Whitby, ON L1N 2M8
Phone 905.665.8500
Fax 905.665.8501
info@abilitiescentre.org www.abilitiescentre.org
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Durham College
At Durham College, providing exceptional post-secondary education means giving students everything they need to succeed in today's workplace, an approach we've taken for 40 years.
Our professors come to us with years of experience working in their field to ensure our programs and courses provide the skills employers are looking for and most of our programs offer students a chance to gain work experience while attending classes so they are ready to work as soon as they graduate.
Whether students want to explore an interest or kick-start their career, we have over 80 different full-time programs in areas such as Design, Communication Arts, Apprenticeship, Business, Emergency Services, Health, Community Services, Information Technology, Integrated Studies, Justice, Skilled Trades and Technology, as well as hundreds of continuing education and part-time courses.
Our students, faculty and staff are very grateful for the ongoing support of our community partners, which helps us continue to offer world-class education that, more than ever before, will lead to bright and rewarding futures.
Visit www.durhamcollege.ca to learn more.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Since opening its doors to students in 2003, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) has quickly established itself into a thriving campus of more than 7,400 full-time undergraduate and graduate students across seven faculties: Business and Information Technology; Education; Engineering and Applied Science; Energy Systems and Nuclear Science; Health Sciences; Science; and Social Science and Humanities.
Each of UOIT's career-focused programs is innovative and responsive to both the needs of students and the market-driven requirements of employers. Thanks to its technology-rich learning environment, UOIT graduates find their high-tech skills give them a competitive advantage when entering the workplace.
World-class professors bring outstanding knowledge and experience to UOIT's state-of-the-art classrooms and labs and help drive the university's growing national reputation for research excellence. At UOIT, even undergraduate students are provided the unique challenge of working on groundbreaking research projects while also enjoying the opportunity collaborate with leading faculty.
UOIT's award-winning academic buildings are housed at two expanding campus locations in north Oshawa and downtown Oshawa. From the spectacular glass rotunda of the Campus Library to the cutting-edge climatic wind tunnel in the Automotive Centre of Excellence to the refurbished historic Regent Theatre and former Alger Press Building downtown, UOIT's facilities are unlike any other. Despite its relative youth as a university, UOIT's community roots already run very deep. And with a growing list of alumni that's expected to surpass 5,000 this year, UOIT's tradition of excellence is firmly entrenched.
The generosity of our community partners through events such as the Chairman's Charity Classic ensures that more students than ever have the opportunity to find success at UOIT, develop real-world skills and emerge prepared to fill the leadership roles of tomorrow when they graduate.
Visit www.uoit.ca to learn more.