StopGap founder Luke Anderson to speak at Mount Allison - Feb. 5
SACKVILLE, NB — Luke Anderson, engineer, social innovator, and founder of the , will visit °®¶¹´«Ã½app as part of the President’s Speakers Series. His talk, Real Change, Right Now: The StopGap Story will take place Tuesday, Feb.5, 2019 at 7 p.m. in Crabtree Auditorium (49A York Street, Sackville). All are welcome.
“The StopGap Foundation focuses on inclusion and accessibility and is a stunning example of social innovation and social entrepreneurship,†says °®¶¹´«Ã½app President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jean-Paul Boudreau. “We look forward to welcoming Luke Anderson to campus to share the StopGap story with our campus and wider community.â€
After sustaining a spinal cord injury in 2002, Luke Anderson was suddenly introduced to a world that is not well suited to a wheelchair user. His frustration encountering access barriers led him to found the StopGap Foundation, which raises awareness about the importance of a barrier free and inclusive society.
StopGap is helping different community leaders across Canada adopt their own Community Ramp Project and they recently developed a school program to engage students in StopGap’s awareness-raising initiative.
Anderson is a licensed professional engineer, enjoys speaking as a volunteer ambassador on behalf of the Rick Hansen Foundation, and was awarded the 2016 Jane Jacobs Prize.
Anderson’s talk is co-sponsored by the Josiah Wood Lecture Fund. The annual °®¶¹´«Ã½app President's Speakers Series brings noted speakers from across Canada and around the globe to campus to address issues of current interest or importance. The 2018-19 series concludes on Tuesday, March 5 with a presentation by Dr. Stephen Lewis, professor of distinction at Ryerson University, board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, and co-founder and co-director of AIDS-Free World. ()
