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Neil Squire Named Finalist for Dalhousie Top Co-op Employer Award
Neil Squire was honoured to be named a finalist for Dalhousie University’s Top Co-Op Employer Awards! Kerilyn, a co-op participant with the Makers Making Change…
GAME Checkpoints Lay the Groundwork for Adapted Gaming
Dating back to the Access Makeathon in 2017, Adapted Gaming has been a key focus of Makers Making Change since its inception as a Neil…
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…
Hackaday Features the Rocket Switch — “Accessibility Done With Elegance”
Hackaday featured our new Rocket Switch in a recent article. “This is an accessibility-enabling controller, a USB HID device which interfaces to a wide variety…
McInnes Cooper and Law Students Adapt Toys for IWK Children’s Hospital
Every year, McInnes Cooper hosts a volunteer event for incoming law students at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. This year, the corporate…
First Look: OpenAT 3D Printed Toy
We’ve been talking a lot about toy hacking recently as part of our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign. Earlier this summer, we introduced our OpenAT 3D Printed Toy project…
Families Make Toys Accessible at Brampton Library
On Saturday, October 15th, we were pleased to partner with Brampton Library to host a Youth Making Change family build event at their Springdale Branch.…
Hacking for the Holidays
We did it! With your generous support, we hosted over 100 events, and delivered 649 adapted toys and 952 switches to children with disabilities across…
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…