{"id":54828,"date":"2019-03-26T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=54828"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:37","slug":"carletons-paul-menton-centre-to-celebrate-volunteers-with-minister-raymond-cho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carletons-paul-menton-centre-to-celebrate-volunteers-with-minister-raymond-cho\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre to Celebrate Volunteers with Minister Raymond Cho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre to Celebrate Volunteers with Minister Raymond Cho\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities <\/a>(PMC), which provides academic accommodations and support services, will host a celebration<\/a> to honour more than 1,800 volunteers \u2013 recognizing their dedication and contributions to making Carleton a leader in accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formal programming will include remarks by Ontario\u2019s Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Monday, April 1, 2019 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., formal programming to run from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
\nWhere<\/strong>: Fourth Floor Galleria, University Centre, Carleton
\nInfo<\/strong>: Registration for this event is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PMC provides a variety of support services to students with disabilities, including one-on-one learning support, note taking, adaptive equipment loans and sign language interpretation. The celebration will feature updates about the PMC\u2019s programs and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the current academic year alone, almost 90 volunteer opportunities took place and more than 2,000 note-taking requests were filled. This level of success would not have been possible without the efforts of each of the PMC\u2019s volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A story on the volunteers of the PMC can be found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contact
\n<\/strong>Steven Reid
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carleton University\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC), which provides academic accommodations and support services, will host a celebration to honour more than 1,800 volunteers \u2013 recognizing their dedication and contributions to making Carleton a leader in accessibility. Formal programming will include remarks by Ontario\u2019s Minister for Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho. When: Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":54834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-54828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-paul-menton-centre"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54828"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54850,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54828\/revisions\/54850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}