The next OAPWS meeting will be this Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7:00pm at Lakeside Gardens. Directions are here. As always, drop ins are welcome. Please let us know ahead of time, if possible, if you plan on attending. You can contact us here. We look forward to seeing you there!
Tag Archives: Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter
Ottawa Hospital To Close Its Stuttering Treatment Clinic After 43 Years!
In its recent round of funding cuts Dr. Jack Kitts CEO of the Ottawa Hospital announced that the Stuttering Treatment Clinic will close at the end of October 2015. Reasons given by the Hospital for closing the clinic are that stuttering is not an illness requiring medical expertise and that the Hospital’s mandate is to […]
2015 Ottawa Race Weekend: Remembering Norm McEwen and Marie Poulos
The Ottawa Race Weekend is one of Canada’s premier race events and takes place every year near the end of May. The above photo shows Norm McEwen with some of the 2012 team members from the Stuttering Treatment Clinic. Standing tall as always among others, Norm was a long time advocate for people who […]
Ottawa Library Presentation: Talking About Stuttering
Ottawa Public Library will hold a presentation on Talking About Stuttering at their Nepean Centrepointe Branch on April 27, 2013
ARE YOU A FORMER MEMBER OF SPEECHMASTERS OF OTTAWA?
Are you a former member of Speechmasters of Ottawa the self-help group for people who stutter that was very active in the 1980s and the early 1990s? This was a very large group that met in the Ottawa Rehabïlatation Centre. Marie Poulos was the speech therapist at the Stuttering Treatment Clinic at that time. […]
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO STUTTER: SPONSOR OUR TEAM IN THE 2012 OTTAWA RACE WEEKEND
Members of the Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter are taking part in the 2012 Ottawa Race Weekend