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Webinar on Financial Assistance for Disabled Students in Ontario now available on NEADS YouTube channel

On May 19th Students for Barrier-free Access (SBA) University of Toronto, the York Federation of Students (YFS) Access Centre, and the National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) collaborated on a webinar about the types of financial assistance available to disabled students this summer. 

The webinar includes information on scholarships (including emergency funds) available through York University, the University of Toronto, the provincial Bursary for Students with Disabilities (BSWD), the NEADS Student Awards Programs and the wide range of awards/scholarships/bursaries found on the NEADS financial aid portal: www.disabilityawards.ca 

The webinar on Financial Assistance -- which is captioned and has ASL interpretation -- is now available on the NEADS YouTube Channel: Check it out!

Many thanks to Nadia Kanani, Advocacy and Finance Coordinator and Xian Tan, Vice-Chair of SBA; Shay Harris, Coordinator of YFS Acccess Centre; Eniola Akisanmi, NEADS Student Awards Program Assistant; Chloée Godin-Jacques, NEADS Ontario Director and Frank Smith, NEADS National Coordinator for delivering the webinar. We really appreciate that Nadia did such a fantastic job facilitating the event.