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BCAPS celebrates International Stuttering Awareness Day |
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 13:57 |
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The British Columbia Association of People who Stutter are having an event this weekend in Burnaby, BC to celebrate International Stuttering Awareness Day. On Saturday October 20, starting at 1 pm at Metrotown, a variety of speakers will address such topics as employment, fear and anxiety, stress, communication and openness, and basic information about stuttering.
For more information go to the BCAPS website. |
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Halifax Support Group celebrates seven years |
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Written by Alison Thompson
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Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:40 |
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  The Halifax Support Group for People Who Stutter recently celebrated their seventh anniversary. Participants enjoyed celebratory snacks and drinks as well as a presentation from Dr. Michael Kiefte, a Dalhousie researcher who is interested in methods by which to reduce the frequency of stuttering. Lively discussion followed, along with some choral reading to help us all with our fluency.
The Halifax Support Group for People who Stutter is run by Alison Thompson, who can be contacted through e-mail:
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Harold Shipp speaks at Speech & Stuttering Institute Gala |
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Written by Lisa Wilder
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Monday, 29 October 2012 14:22 |
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 Canadian businessman and philanthropist Harold Shipp will be the main draw at a fundraiser for the Speech and Stuttering Institute, an organization that treats stuttering, located in Toronto. His construction company, Shipp Corporation Ltd, has built some of the most recognizeable high rise buildings in Mississauga.
Shipp has dealt with a severe stutter since childhood, yet has not let that hold him back. It was in 1961 at the age of 35 that he first had speech therapy, from a therapist who also treated King George VI.
Tickets to the gala are $250, and include a tax deductible receipt. All proceeds go to the Speech and Stuttering Institute to provide therapy to those in need who otherwise could not afford it. For more information, (and to check out the new website!) go to the Institute's link below.
Mississauga article
Speech and Stuttering Institute website |
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