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Celebrating Accessibility

North Bay is considered progressive when it comes to accessibility.
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Sharon Moseley-Williams speaks to a visitor during today's celebration of accessibility in North Bay City Hall. Photo by Chris Dawson.

A total of 18 various organizations set up in the lobby of city hall to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Accessibility for Ontarians Disability Act which was established back in 2005.  

Sharon Moseley-Williams is the Employment Support Supervisor at the Disability Opportunities Employment Centre in North Bay.  

“The providers want to showcase their services, innovative programming, assistive devices that the community may not be aware of,” she said.   

Guests also had the opportunity to see what it is like to access the City of North Bay transit system using assistive devices such as a wheel chair through an interactive bus tour. 

“We want the community to be aware of enhanced services, Also, one in seven people in Ontario have a disability so in North Bay that’s 7500 to 8000 people, that’s a lot of people.”

Moseley-Williams believes North Bay is making the grade when it comes to accessibility within the city.  

“I think North Bay is progressive at least in their desire to be completely accessible,” she said.  

“There have been a lot of really good things done in North Bay to ensure accessibility of our public buildings.   

“So North Bay is definitely doing a very good job and this event is also to bring the public on board to ensure for the next 10 years we are doing even better and better job of being accessible,” she concluded. 

The event runs at city hall from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.


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Chris Dawson has been with BayToday.ca since 2004. He has provided up-to-the-minute sports coverage and has become a key member of the BayToday news team.
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