Please Note: Services may be impacted in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
- Description
- Promotes and ensures the successful participation in recreation for children and youth with disabilities
- Provides free, limited support and facilitation for children and youth with disabilities who are accessing Recreation and Culture Children and Youth Programs, including summer programs Chippewa Summer Camps, Playgrounds, Canada Games Complex Adventurer's Camp, Kidventures and Youth Move
- Provides support during the fall-spring programs of Learn to Swim (Volunteer Pool, Churchill Pool or the Canada Games Complex), Children's Programs at the Complex, the Neighbourhood Recreation Program and Youth Move
- Staff are adaptable to modified forms of English such as written, gestures, and gazing
- Eligibility
- Children 18 years and under with any type of disability seeking recreational opportunities
- Application Process
- Participants are required to fill out a Participant Information Form (Junior Inclusion Services Intake Form) and JIS staff will conduct a home or site visit prior to the child/youth attending the program (only within City of Thunder Bay limits -- if living outside the limits, staff will arrange an alternative location to meet)
- Participant Intake Form available on website; completed form can be faxed or dropped off at Community Services Department at Victoriaville Centre
- Office
- 807-625-3220
- Fax
- 807-625-3395
- Web Site
- https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/recreation/junior-inclusion-services.aspx
- Languages
- English, Other - Staff adaptable to modified forms of English such as written, gestures, and gazing
- Contact
- Sarah Smart, Program Supervisor - Children, Youth and Junior Inclusion Services
Email: sarah.smart@thunderbay.ca - Fees
- Program - Vary
- Documents Required
- Participant Intake Form available on website; completed form can be faxed or dropped off at Community Services Department at Victoriaville Centre
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Topic(s)
- Social Media
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- April 7, 2022
- Address
- Victoriaville Civic Centre , 111 Syndicate Ave S
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 6S4
Located in Victoriaville Civic Centre near Donald St E
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
Office Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Program times vary - Service Area(s)
- Thunder Bay
