CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

CQL Canada, a national charitable corporation dedicated to excellence in the definition, measurement and improvement of personal quality of life for people with disabilities, invites you to share your expertise and experience in enriching lives by submitting proposals for presentations for possible inclusion in our 2008 Annual Conference program. The conference attracts service providers, self-advocates, family members, educators, and researchers from across Canada.

Sessions must be relevant to the conference theme and objectives.  Watch this presentation called “Johnny the Bagger” to get a sense of this year's conference theme - Enrich a Life - Start a Ripple!  It is an excellent example of how a small gesture led to a huge change in the culture of an organization.

Some ideas for presentation topics include:

• how we each as an individual can initiate a ripple

• how the Ripple Effect has had an impact on the culture of your organization

• stories from people receiving services, family members or staff on how they started ripples that enriched lives

• how an agency as a whole can create a ripple in the community

• how you as a service provider have enriched someone's life by initiating a ripple

Your participation and proposals are vital in making our 2008 Annual Conference, Enrich a Life - Start a Ripple!, a success.

Target audience for the conference includes:

• Parents & Families

• Self-Advocates

• Direct Support Workers

• Paraprofessionals

• Professionals

• Primary Educators

• Secondary Educators

• Postsecondary Educators

• Clinicians

• Advocates

• Activists

• Community Members

Selection process:

Sessions must be relevant to the conference theme and objectives. They will promote new learning, provide information, strategies or approaches allowing participants to learn and take away with them practical tools that enhance their confidence and ability to add value to and enrich the lives of people being supported, their organizations and communities.

Compensation for participating agencies:

Each agency that presents a session will receive up to two complimentary conference registrations for the individuals presenting. Presenters are responsible for their own expenses to attend the conference.

Submission Process:

To submit your presentation proposal for this year's conference please see the Call for Presentations application form.

This form is available in

                      Microsoft WORD   or    ADOBE Reader  format.

Deadline:

All proposals are due by June 27, 2008 and will be reviewed by CQL Canada.

The primary speaker will be notified via email of your acceptance/rejection by August 1, 2008.

Please submit proposal to

CQL Canada

P.O. Box 60

Algoma Mills, ON

P0R 1A0

By fax: 705.849.4280

By E-mail: darlene@cqlcanada.com

Thank you for your interest and submission.