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Inform and raise public awareness

The energy and efforts provided by the Polio Quebec Association aim to meet our main objectives. Here are some more specific achievements that allow us to meet these objectives.

Recurrent

Publication of 3 to 4 Folio Polio per year
Presence on Facebook
Since 2010 — Open Days at the Post-Polio Clinic . During these days, members of the Board of Directors take advantage of their own appointments at the Post-Polio Clinic to discuss their experience with the people who come there and to make the Association Polio Québec known .

2015

Launch of a socio-financing campaign. The funds will be used to create tools aimed at raising public and medical awareness of the issues of polio and post-polio syndrome in Quebec.

2014

Production of an information video on the issues of polio and post-polio syndrome. This video is intended primarily for the general public, but is a first step towards making the medical population aware of the late effects of polio.
Partnership for the publication of an article on the post-polio syndrome in the journal of the Order of Nurses of Quebec.

2013

October — Transition of the website to a WordPress interface to facilitate its updating, its consultation on several media (including tablets and smart phones) and to make it interactive.

2011

March — Launch of a new website to better present the content, make navigation easier and more accessible, then modernize the design.

2010

March — Participation in a coffee-conference organized by the AMEIPH. Raising awareness about polio and post-polio syndrome, sensitizing participants and giving them information.
Creation of a simple explanatory leaflet on post-polio syndrome (PPS). This was later replaced by the series of 6 leaflets aiming not only to explain the PPS, but to describe the resources available for those affected. (Supporting Our Members – 2012)
Creation of a promotional brochure for the Association Polio Québec

2009

November — Participation in the annual colloquium of the International Network on the process of production of handicap which took place in Quebec City under the theme “Urban areas, municipal policies and people with disabilities”.
October — Polio Awareness . Throughout October, to mark Polio Awareness Month, we sent information capsules on polio and post-polio syndrome to several organizations across the province that are likely to have members affected by polio. In addition, we took part in the radio show “Au carrefour des personnes handicapées”, broadcast on CKIA FM 88.3 Radio Basse-Ville. The radio interview with Ms. Andrée Pomerleau, from the Carrefour Familial des personnes Handicapés, in Quebec City, aimed to provide information on polio and post-polio syndrome to listeners, in order to raise their awareness of this disease.

Defend the rights and interests of people affected by polio

2015

As part of the Place des Arts Esplanade redevelopment project, Polio Quebec sent a letter to the CEO, Marc Blondeau, to ensure that people with reduced mobility are taken into consideration in this project.

2014

Sending a letter to the Conservative MP for Bellechasse-Les Etchemins-Lévis, Steven Blaney, to denounce Canada Post's decision to stop delivering door-to-door mail. Polio Quebec believes that home mail delivery is essential for members of Polio Quebec who have mobility problems. A member of the Polio Quebec board delivered this letter by hand to Mr. Blaney's office, to signify with humor the fact that Canada Post will no longer offer this service.

2012

Writing a letter to the Prime Minister and obtaining a response from the Minister of International Cooperation to assure us of Canada's commitment to the international fight against polio.

2010

Support for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Awareness and pressure initiatives on our political representatives to ensure that the Canadian government ratifies this convention, which it finally did on March 11, 2010. This convention does not solve everything, far from it. But it allows us to go further in the recognition of our rights and their application.

2009

Support for the campaign on respect for parking spaces reserved for disabled people. This campaign was initiated by the Association des Paraplégiques du Québec , now called Moelle épinière et motricité Québec .

June — Meeting with the clinical directors of the AERDPQ (Association of Physical Impairment Rehabilitation Establishments of Quebec) to take stock of the current reform in the health and social services network and to better know where to refer people who ask us for help. This meeting allowed us to understand that the CLSCs are the gateway to the entire health system. They direct people to the services that concern them.

Support our members

Recurrent

Answer to dozens of questions and requests for support and referral to other organizations or professionals per year.
Organization of a day of conferences during the Annual General Meeting. The purpose of the conferences is to inform and support the members of Polio Quebec.
Since October 2008 — Sending about twenty FlashInfo-Rapide per year, a one-time information bulletin sent to members by e-mail.
Agreement with Dr. Linda Edgar, Ph.D., to sell her book "Mastering the Art of Coping in Good and Bad Times" from our website (note that half the price of sale goes to Polio Quebec). Since June 11, 2010 — Occasional meetings (contact and information) with our members in the Quebec region and with all those in the region who have been affected by polio and who wanted to attend.
Sending a member directory to facilitate exchanges and interactions between members.

2015

Polio Quebec is constantly striving to improve in order to better meet the needs of its members. That's why the Folio Polio magazine has had a facelift: a clean design, large characters and dynamic content to make reading easier.

2014

Organization of coffee-meetings for members in the Montreal area.

2013

September — Compilation of our members' needs and expectations . The concerns identified in 2009 continue and we have also collected a panoply of suggested themes for future editions of the Folio Polio.

2012

May — Creation of a series of information pamphlets to meet the needs of its members and support them in their various initiatives.
April — Help create an information brochure for people living in the Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches regions with Pauline Demers and Gérard Cossette.

2010

October 10 — Celebration of the 25th anniversary of Polio Quebec with our members, collaborators and friends. Publication of a special issue of Folio Polio, tracing the history of the Association. Delivery of souvenir bags with the Association's logo.
April — Contact meeting with Bob Goulet, member occupying the role of resource person in Estrie, to discuss the possibilities of organizing a regional meeting there.
Creation of a directory of easily accessible swimming pools , thus responding to a need expressed by the Post Polio Clinic, which refers people to it for therapeutic purposes.

2009

Compilation of the needs and expectations of our members . One of the concerns that clearly emerges from this portrait is that of access to services in general and to health services more specifically.
October — Participation in the information day of the COPHAN (Confederation of Disabled People's Organizations of Quebec) on the new government policy “In its own right” in order to better understand this policy and better be able to explain it to our members.
September — Participation in the Symposium of ARUTAQ (Alliance des Regroupements des Usagers du Transport Adapté au Québec) , which celebrated 30 years of adapted transport, in order to collect relevant information to distribute to our members. A review was published in Folio Polio #42 Winter 2009-2010 .
June — Participation in the colloquium of the PHAS movement (Persons with disabilities for access to services) with the objective of learning relevant data to disseminate to our members.

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Support polio and PPS research

Every year, Polio Quebec donates an amount to support research carried out by the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital on polio and its consequences.

2014

Financial contribution to an event in support of the action of the Rotary clubs of Jean de Brébeuf College, Westmount and Saint-Laurent.

2011

Helen D’Orazio took advantage of her trip to Australia to meet several components of the Polio Australia network and consolidate our ties with this dynamic organization.

2009

June — Presentation of an honorary plaque to Rotary International for their hard work in the eradication of polio. This plaque was presented at the 2010 Rotary International Convention, held in Montreal to mark their 100th anniversary in Canada. It was Mr. John Kenny, president of Rotary International, who accepted the plaque presented by Gilles Besner and Stewart Valin, president and vice-president of Polio Quebec.

Helen D’Orazio a profité de son voyage en Australie pour rencontrer plusieurs composantes du réseau de Polio Australia et consolider nos liens avec cette dynamique organisation.

Achievements

Inform and raise public awareness

Defend the rights and interests of people affected by polio

Support our members

Support polio and PPS research

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2011

2009

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