Tetra Society Ottawa Chapter

12/29/2024

This page will be deactivated early in 2025 and information on the Ottawa Chapter will move to Tetra Society - Ontario . Thank you.

04/22/2024

The TetraNation video contest is up and running to coincide with National Volunteer Week.

Please help us celebrate our Tetra volunteers, review some of their work across Canada from 2023, and vote for your favorite.

Here is the link to cast your vote. We have three very strong contenders from the Ottawa Chapter. You can select the Central region by searching on the site and locating our submissions. Please share this with others. Unlike normal procedure, you can vote each day the contest runs.

https://tetrasociety.org/tetranation/

Thanks once again for being connected with Tetra and helping us accomplish many amazing projects.

Tetra Society of North America builds innovative solutions for people with physical disabilities to overcome environmental barriers.

03/29/2023

This is the week for voting for the Ontario projects.

10/19/2022

Please share this affordable computer access solution with anyone who would benefit.

09/13/2022

Usually about Tetra progress but post this for general interest about future possibilities.

Using a sensor headset, children are helping researchers fine-tune technology for turning signals in the brain into actions in the real world

09/08/2022

TetraCon 2022 - Happening Today ! September 8th - https://mailchi.mp/a88852fbaf82/tetra-society-presents-at-enable-ottawa-2020-this-week-11831496

09/07/2022

Tomorrow is the day.

09/02/2022

is only ONE WEEK away! Next up on our list of spectacular guest speakers is Alex Carey, a video game designer and accessibility consultant. Get your FREE tickets at TetraCon2022.eventbrite.ca, and we’ll see you next Thursday!

Alex joined one of our affiliated societies, the Vancouver Adapted Music Society (VAMS), for a chat earlier this summer. You can listen to it on Re-Imagine Radio Podcast Series: Discover Stories episodes 34 & 35 on the VAMS youtube channel.

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Alex’s Bio
Alex is a self-professed nerd who loves all games (video, board or otherwise) and works as a game designer and an accessibility consultant. His goal is to keep creating games that try to foster empathy and make the world better in some small way. He founded PlayAbility Consultancy, offering game developers accessibility assessments for their games.

Alex uses a power wheelchair for mobility, but he has never let this disability stop him from achieving his goals and doing what he wants to. He has a unique lens into the world as a person with a disability because “when nothing is made with you in mind, you do a lot of thinking about how things are made.”
Alex also believes living with a disability has taught him valuable life skills because clear communication and meticulous planning are part of his daily life.

08/30/2022

This guest speaker is a familiar face; our client Marco Pasqua will join us along with the volunteer from his accessible crib project to chat about how the process works, from Request for Assistance (RFA) to project completion. Register for your FREE tickets at https://TetraCon2022.eventbrite.ca and learn more about the Tetra Society from all viewpoints!
Watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3b6A3Q9HI) to learn more about Marco’s adapted nursery and his journey to parenthood as a person with a disability. You can see the crib adapted by Tetra at the 2:30 mark.
“You might have a barrier, a challenge, or have to approach something differently, but there’s always a creative solution, there's always a way of doing something, and we can find ways that work for us,” Karen Pasqua - Marco’s wife.
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Marco’s Bio
Marco Pasqua was born on July 4, 1985, weighing only 2 pounds 10 ounces and was three months premature; he would later be diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Marco has been involved with several organizations as a spokesperson, helping to spread advocacy for persons with disabilities across Canada.
As an Accessibility and Inclusion Consultant, he has worked with some of BC’s most prominent change-driven business leaders who are champions for more accessible, inclusive workplaces. Through these experiences, Marco is helping to pave the way for all Canadians to have universal access to the programs, services and places where they live, work and play.
He uses humour and real-world examples of how he’s overcome challenges, with topics focused on his personal stories of overcoming obstacles and how to manage major life transitions.

08/26/2022

TetraCon 2022 - September 8th ! - https://mailchi.mp/f52170b0bb8c/tetra-society-presents-at-enable-ottawa-2020-this-week-11830380

08/22/2022

Interesting program planned.

TetraCon2022 is around the corner, and the guest speakers are locked in. We’re excited to welcome Lisa Franks, a Paralympian who won six gold and one silver medal and broke seven world records! Get your FREE tickets now at https://TetraCon2022.eventbrite.ca

Watch this video on her adapted accessible campervan to learn more about Lisa. Pay special attention to the 9 and 19-minute marks; Tetra was part of adapting the vehicle in pretty significant ways!

https://youtu.be/_YG5PX2Ni-k

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Lisa’s Bio

“Lisa grew up in an active family and loved sports from an early age. After a spinal cord injury at fourteen years old, she took up wheelchair sports and attended three Paralympic Games (two in wheelchair racing and one in wheelchair basketball).

Throughout her career, Lisa won six gold and one silver medal and broke seven world records. A severe shoulder injury ended her competitive sports career, and she thought she would never be active again, but several years later, she discovered adaptive mountain biking and surfing. She could see the beautiful outdoors and be active in a way that did not aggravate her shoulder injury!

Lisa designed a wheelchair-accessible campervan so she could have the ability to travel comfortably to the mountains and coast. But, to pack her bike and surfboard, she needed the ability to adjust the van layout. Using linear actuators for the van bed and adjacent bench, Kelly Nickel brought Lisa’s vision together.

Thanks to the efforts of Kelly and the Tetra Society, she spent the last winter travelling the West Coast with her van, mountain bike, and surfboard.”

07/29/2022

Registration information. Please share.

TetraCon 2022 is the Tetra Society's national annual conference. Celebrate 35 years of innovation & inclusion from coast to coast!

07/26/2022

One of our local projects.