When: Thursday September 19, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Presenter: Gary Gladstone  
Facilitator: Hadassah Rais
Location: Online

For the past eight years, Gary Gladstone has led the Stakeholder Relations team at Reena www.reena.org , and is currently the Chair of the Intentional Community Consortium (representing over 30 agencies across Ontario and Quebec), advocating for housing and supports for those with developmental disabilities.  He is also the Chair of the Government Relations Committee of OASIS (province wide organization representing 200+ developmental services member agencies across Ontario, supporting 65,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities)

Working closely with CMHC and all levels of government across Canada, he was successful in ensuring that those with a developmental disability got special recognition in the recently released National Housing and Dementia Strategies. He is a recipient of the Order of Vaughan as well as the Queen’s Platinum and Diamond Jubilee Awards

Hadassah Rais has been practicing as an occupational therapist and psychotherapist for 22 years. She is the proud mom of 4 amazing humans that came into her life through the foster care system and international adoption.