Beyond Limits: Canada's Conference for Diversity and Accessibility 2024
Join us to learn, connect and be inspired at the 2024 Beyond Limits Conference!
Date and time
Location
Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre
1808 Wellington Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3H 0G3 CanadaRefund Policy
About this event
- Event lasts 7 hours 30 minutes
Living your Best Life at Every Stage!
Society often puts labels on people with disabilities, which in turn limits their ability to thrive. Beyond Limits brings people together to exchange ideas, expertise, and knowledge with a goal of enhancing the quality and accessibility of services for people with additional support needs.
We push beyond the limits of the possible into the impossible. It is here where we truly create a community of inclusivity, amplifying the voices of the people we serve.
With a focus on behaviour, research, technology, ethics, and best practices, Beyond Limits will leave you with practical tools, strategies, and information to allow professionals, para-professionals and decision makers to better support the people they serve.
Our theme for the 2024 in-person conference is living your best life at every stage. Our goal is to enhance the quality and accessibility of services for all people, at every age and stage in their life. We will explore intersections of age with topics such as culture, communication, and community access to ensure that we are supporting children, youth, adults and seniors to live the life that they want.
Tickets include continental breakfast and lunch. All tickets are refundable up to 7 days before the event.
Agenda - full agenda coming soon!
View a full description of each breakout session including a downloadable PDF on our website beyondlimitscanada.ca
Target Audience
This 2024 in-person conference is geared to front line workers, family caregivers of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, disability self advocates, clinicians and professionals working in or with the disability community.
Keynote Speaker
Grant Bruno
Grant Bruno is Nehiyaw (Plains Cree) and a registered member of Nipsihkopahk (Samson Cree Nation), one of the reserves that makes up Maskwacis, Alberta, but grew up in Enoch Cree Nation.
He is a PhD in Medical Sciences - Pediatrics candidate at the University of Alberta. His PhD research explores redefining autism from a Nehiyaw lens, gathering stories with families and individuals who have experiences with autism using a strength-based approach, as well as gathering data on the perspectives of autism in Maskwacis.
Presentations by:
- Aaron Lanou
- Kendra Thomson and Louis Busch
- Dr. Danie Botha
- Leslie Udell
- Carly Fox
- Peter Tonge
- And more!
Accessibility
Please contact us at info@beyondlimitscanada.ca to let us know of any accessibility accommodations you require and we will do our best to support you.
Beyond Limits strives to have our events accessible to all. If the cost is a barrier, please contact us and let's find a way to work it out.
Tickets
Continental breakfast and lunch are included in the cost of tickets. Ticket sales are refundable up to seven days before the event.
Beyond Limits is pleased to offer a limited number of subsidized tickets specifically for family caregivers of those with intellectual or developmental disabilities and for disability self advocates. If you belong to one of these groups, please select it from the ticket options.
St.Amant employees: please contact your supervisor to register.
Photography
Please be aware that Beyond Limits will be taking photos and/or video at this event. Beyond Limits may use the photograph/video in publications or other media material produced, used or contracted by Beyond Limits including but not limited to: brochures, newsletters, invitations, television, website, social media, etc.
To ensure the privacy of individuals, images will not be identified using full names or personal information without written approval from the photographed subject, parent or legal guardian.
If a person does not wish to have their image recorded for marketing purposes, please make your wishes known to the photographer, and/or the event organizers.
By participating in a Beyond Limits event or by failing to notify Beyond Limits in writing that you would not like to be photographed, you consent to your voice and/or likeness being used without compensation in any and all media.
Frequently asked questions
All tickets are fully refundable seven days before the event.
Early bird ticket pricing is in effect until August 16, 2024.
Yes, Victoria Inn and Convention Centre is wheelchair accessible. If you have additional accommodation needs please email chair@beyondlimitscanada.ca and we will do our best to accommodate you!
You cannot bring outside food into the venue. During registration, you will be asked if you have any allergies or dietary requirements. We will do our best to accommodate you.
There is free parking located outside the Victoria Inn Convention Centre entrace (to the side of the hotel lobby.
Please email chair@beyondlimitscanada.ca with any accessibility needs or accommodation requests and we will do our best to support you.
No, all breakout session will be on a first come basis. Please take a look at the agenda ahead of time so you are able to quickly move to your desired breakout session. If a session is full, you may be asked to attend an alternative.
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With a focus on practical tools, behaviour, research, technology, ethics, and best-practice, Beyond Limits will leave you with practical strategies and information to allow professionals, para-professionals and decision makers to better support the people they serve.