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Clubs That Care: UVic Biomedical Engineering Design
Through Clubs That Care, an initiative by Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program, we are helping university and post-secondary clubs and groups to build affordable…
Volunteers on PEI Learn to Customize Toys for People With Disabilities
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CBC P.E.I. (@cbcpei) Twelve-year-old Rachel Matheson was taking apart a toy dog, adding a…
University of Lethbridge Agility Students Make Change
The University of Lethbridge Agility program hosted two events in partnership with Makers Making Change, as part of their Youth Making Change initiative. In the…
Winnipeg Students Make Switches and Adapted Toys at North Forge Build
On Tuesday, we hosted another great Youth Making Change build event in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the help of our partners and sponsors, North Forge, Women…
École Mgr-Martin Students Adapt Toys for Classmates and Community
Nearing the end of the 2021/22 school year, students at École Mgr-Martin took part in Disability Awareness Week, an annual event in New Brunswick that…
Fun With Making at D-Camps
A diabetes diagnosis can be such a difficult time for a child — there are so many questions and so many things to learn. D-Camps,…
Neil Squire Prairie Regional Office Donates Assistive Devices to École Dr AE Perry Elementary School
On the UN International Day of People with Disabilities on December 3rd, the Neil Squire Prairie Regional Office chose to donate assistive supports to a…
Winnipeg MMC Volunteer Jordon Hong Earns Schulich Leader Scholarship
Photo courtesy of UM Today News Makers Making Change volunteer Jordon Hong was named one of the University of Manitoba’s Schulich Leaders, earning an $80,000…
Tyler Brings His Passion for “User-Focused” Design to Makers Making Change
Growing up in Fairview, a small town in Northern Alberta, Tyler Fentie started making at a young age. “I grew up around farms, so that’s…