Canadian Wheelchair Foundation

**Seeking wheelchair users for casting call** Sharing link for a casting call for an inclusive film project by Maxime Giroux Casting, a film and television casting agency in Montreal seeking wheelchair users for lead roles in their upcoming feature film.

The film tells a story loosely based on the director's life (Jason DaSilva who is paraplegic). The film is about a quadrapelgic man (Billy) living with multiple sclerosis (M.S.). He learns from a specialist that in less than three months he will go blind if he doesn't get a stem cell transplant. Billy comes up with a caper-style scheme to raise the funds.

It is important to the director to feature actors who are wheelchair users and he strives to have an inclusive crew and production.

The PDF of the casting call is attached and can also be found on our Instagram account at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxfvvTKLz_f/
If you have questions you can contact Ramelle @+1 514-882-7696

Bringing Hope to Ukraine In war-torn Ukraine, thousands of people are in need of mobility equipment that the government is unable to provide. Seeing this shortage, Knights worked wit...

On this International Volunteer Day, we honour the remarkable contributions that volunteers make to international development programs.

Each year, thousands of Canadian volunteers dedicate their time, experience and energy. By giving back, they help advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and make the world greener, more inclusive and more equitable.

Statement: https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/12/statement-from-minister-sajjan-in-celebration-of-international-volunteer-day.html

CWF is on the ground in Lviv, Ukraine and area delivering 400 wheelchairs in partnership with local Knights of Columbus sponsored by Knights of Columbusall across Canada. Some home visits these past days have brought hope and mobility in an area battling with power outages during the onset of winter after Russian air strikes damaged critical infrastructure this past week.

mobility is opportunity!

SUPREME CONVENTION, Nashville: Knights of Columbus from Ukraine, Poland, Ontario finalized plans with the Supreme Council to bring wheelchairs to Ukrainians in need.

RI President-Elect Holger Knaack with District 5050 Rotarians, including Canadian Wheelchair Foundation Ex. Director Christiana Flessner at

One of our wheelchairs has made it to Gala in Kharkiv, Poland. Thanks to the cooperation between Klika w Charkowie, Knights of Columbus Poland Rycerze Kolumba and Canadian Wheelchair Foundation, 73-year-old Gala was finally able to make it out of her third floor apartment for a check up at the hospital, after she fell and broke her hip in April. She had not left the house in this time.

Klika writes in Polish: " Thanks to the cooperation with the Knights of Columbus in Poland and the Canadian Wheelchair Foundation, we have wheelchairs in Kharkiv, thanks to which we could take the Gala for inspection at the hospital today. And we will continue to do so until Gala no longer needs medical attention."

Thanks for you caring and continuing work on the ground, Klika!

Arrived in Krakow, Poland today to meet with our on-the-ground partner Klika Kraków https://www.klikakrakow.pl/ and with Polish partners Knights of Columbus coordinating delivery of 300 new wheelchairs and the gift of mobility to Ukrainian refugees in Poland and Ukraine.