Community Builder's Club
BMO
Independent Living Canada is pleased to announce BMO Financial Group as a Community Builder Partner. Since January, 2009 Independent Living Canada and BMO Financial Group have been working together to promote awareness of the Government of Canada’s new Registered Disability Savings Plan Program.
BMO Financial Group sponsored the 2009 annual Executive Director’s Forum and RDSP training event. IL Canada and IL Centres were thrilled with the sponsorship and opportunity to meet in Ottawa to learn more about the RDSP program and to strategize on how we could inform Canadians with disabilities and their families on the generous grants and bonds available from the federal government and the benefits of a long term savings plan.
Since then, BMO and a number of the Ontario IL Centres piloted a number of plain language workshops. BMO also helped to sponsor IL Canada’s Annual General Meeting’s Reception in Toronto in October, 2009.
Independent Living Canada welcomes BMO Financial Group to the Independent Living family!
Nicole Jacksic, Ross Kappele and Jeff Thorsteinson Representatives from BMO Financial Group
CIBC - Fostering Strong, Healthy Communities
CIBC is one of Canada's largest corporate donors and ILC is delighted that they have joined us as a corporate partner. CIBC is committed to supporting causes that matter to its customers, employees and communities. With a focus on youth, education, and health, CIBC is investing in the social and economic development of communities across Canada.
Over the years, CIBC has been a sponsor of the ILC's celebrations of the United Nations' International Day of Disabled Persons held in Ottawa. We are delighted that CIBC has increased its investment to assist ILC meet its future organizational goals that include:
- Providing 20% more jobs in the IL network for people with disabilities;
Indirectly, through our Centres, supporting thousands of Canadians with disabilities to access jobs, education, training, volunteering and community services;
- Expanding ILCenters into five more communities, particularly in Quebec, and eastern and northern Canada; and
- Supporting thousands of Canadians with disabilities in choosing and enhancing lifestyles and addressing such matters as employment-related issues, deinstitutionalization, literacy, abuse prevention and many other life transition issues.
Mike Murphy, ILC Board Member, presents a gift to Shaheen Entezami, Branch Manager, Garden City and Blundell, CIBC, for CIBC's $30,000 national donation to ILC
