Accessibility Advisory Committee
The Accessibility Advisory Committee provides information and advice to Council that includes identifying, proactively preventing, and eliminating barriers for persons with disabilities when they are accessing municipal programs & services, public spaces, and facilities. The Committee plays an active role in helping the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor become barrier-free.
Specifically, the Committee will:
- Provide the perspective of persons with disabilities, and/or the perspective of those facing other barriers to participation, on civic matters that affect their daily lives, i.e. community, transportation, recreation, public facilities.
- Provide advice and perspective to the Town on its policies, plans, programs, and services and how these meet the needs of persons with disabilities and those facing other barriers.
- Identify gaps and barriers in the town’s livability, inclusiveness, and accessibility. Discuss and propose solutions that may allow for the full participation of persons with disabilities and those facing other barriers in Town programming.
Please view the full Terms of Reference below under “Documents”. For some accessibility educational material, click HERE.
Interested in becoming a member? Fill out our Expression of Interest form!
Meetings of the Accessibility Advisory Committee will be private, but the meeting times will be published on social media and include contact information for Committee members to enable the public to bring forward their suggestions for discussion.
Members of the Accessibility Advisory Committee:
Councillor Holly Dwyer – Holly.Dwyer@townofgfw.com (Chair)
Councillor Andrew Little – andrew.little@townofgfw.com
Kara Hutchinson – dtc@townofgfw.com (Deputy Town Clerk – Staff Lead)
Erica Billings
Janette Burt
Teresa Laite – teresalaite@hotmail.ca
Ray Phair
Ashley Sullivan – Ashley.Sullivan@mun.ca / 613-850-8356
Eileen Sullivan – eblanchard1@hotmail.com
