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We're creating a world where every person can access every space. StopGap Foundation aims to create a world where every person can access every space.
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A world free of barriers would give everyone the opportunity to live a life full of Independence, spontaneity, and ultimate fulfillment.

09/25/2025

🪩👩‍🦽✨🕺 Get ready to dance for access! Early bird tickets are now on sale for PROMise Party 2025 - StopGap’s 9th annual fundraiser!

Join us at the Centre for Social Innovation on November 12th for a prom-themed night of live music, dancing, and community - all in support of our mission to raise awareness about the importance of accessibility and inclusion.

🎟 Get your tickets now at https://stopgappromiseparty.raiselysite.com/

Poster by Emma Scott Designs!

09/13/2025

✨ SAVE THE DATE for StopGap’s PROMise Party! ✨

Our annual fundraiser returns for its 9th year - with a new name and theme. Join us on November 12th from 7-10 PM at CSI Spadina (192 Spadina Ave) in Toronto.

Access was prom-ised by 2025 - We’re still working (and dancing) to help make it happen.

In 2005, Ontario made a promise: that by January 1, 2025, our province would be fully accessible. That promise, written into the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), was a landmark commitment to removing barriers. But now, the graduation date has passed, and the province has fallen short.

PROMise Party is the theme of this year’s fundraiser: a radically joyful, inclusive reimagining of a classic rite of passage. It is also our response to a broken commitment. A community-powered night that says: “We will not wait quietly for inclusion. We will celebrate. We will gather. And we will help create the barrier-free Ontario that we were promised.”

🎟 Tickets now on sale at https://stopgappromiseparty.raiselysite.com/

Big thank you to our awesome volunteer Emma Scott Designs for the graphic!

09/02/2025

Hey Tim Hortons! As a globally recognized brand and restaurant chain, we question why you chose 408 Roncesvalles Ave. and 1256 Dundas Street West as locations to operate out of.

Leaseholders big and small hold the keys to change, and which building any service is offered from matters. Avoiding inaccessible options sends a message to building owners to invest in accessible renovations.

Choosing a building that’s not accessible is simply not a good look. We find the 408 Roncesvalles Ave. location to be a particular fail with its stepped entryway combined with a code-compliant accessible washroom… *record scratch* 🤔

08/28/2025

Here are some pics we took of newly renovated buildings while on an outing in the Dundas West, Roncesvalles, and Kensington Market neighbourhoods in Toronto.

These photos reflect a tragic reality of our societal lack of understanding about the importance and value of accessibility. We all need to work together in our roles as customers, building owners, designers, and builders to ensure that accessibility is prioritized when investing in a renovation.

A nominal increase to the overall project budget creates a positive impact for all parties connected to the property. From enabling future tenants to access a broader customer base to increasing the property value to the benefit of property owners, everyone wins. Simply, it’s just the right thing to do.

Hey Augusta Coffee Bar, Sounds Good, and Tim Hortons! What are your plans for remedying these issues?

08/21/2025

Last night, the StopGap community came together in support of our collective goals of making this world a better place and modelled what that looks like.

A diverse array of people from different social and professional backgrounds listening, learning, leaning into our inherent curiosities, and gathering in celebration of StopGap’s awareness-raising work.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the fun! 🧡 We extend special thanks to Northcrest Developments and The Mabin School for sponsoring the event, and Tranzac Club for hosting!

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08/14/2025

Hey Carbonic Coffee! Looks like you’ve got a new location in the works! That’s exciting! What would make it even more exciting is if you took this step out while undergoing your renovation.

We all need to work together in our roles as customers, business owners, building owners, designers, and builders to ensure that accessibility is prioritized when investing in a renovation or choosing a space to run a business out of.

Leaseholders, big and small, hold the keys to change. Avoiding inaccessible options sends a message to building owners to invest in accessible renovations. Choosing a building that’s not accessible and not doing anything about it is simply not a good look.

08/13/2025

One week countdown! Do you have tickets to our special screening of “A Stop Gap Measure” yet?

Head to a-stop-gap-measure-screening.raiselysite.com to scoop yours up!

🎟️ $0-$50 sliding scale, snacks and refreshments included
🗓️ Wednesday, August 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
📍 Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto ON

We've got an exciting interactive discussion with film collaborators following the screening:

🔴 Lulu Wei, Director & Cinematographer
🟡 Hannah Donegan, Producer
🟢 Morgan Joy, Puppeteer/Performing Artist/Senior Facilitator, DramaWay
🔵 Alexander Mantia, Puppeteer
🔴 Simone Gravesande, Principal, The Mabin School
🟡 Linda Weichel, Secretariat, Accelerating Accessibility Coalition - ULI Toronto

Big thanks to Northcrest and The Mabin School for sponsoring this evening, and to Citizen Minutes and Hot Docs for their support.

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08/07/2025

🎬 Join us for a special screening and celebration of “A Stop Gap Measure”, fresh off its Hot Docs Festival premiere 🎥

We've got an exciting interactive discussion with film collaborators following the screening!

For more details, tickets, and accessibility info, visit https://a-stop-gap-measure-screening.raiselysite.com/

🎟️ $0-$50 sliding scale, snacks and refreshments included
🗓️ Wednesday, August 20 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
📍 Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto ON

This community screening is generously sponsored by Northcrest and The Mabin School.

Image description:
A graphic with text overlay on a promotional photo for A Stop Gap Measure. Luke Anderson smiles, surrounded by 4 ramp-shaped puppets. Each puppet has its own unique characteristics. The backdrop is a brightly coloured cityscape made from cardboard shapes.
The film title, “A Stop Gap Measure” is in a blue chunky sans serif font arranged in a ramp-like shape at the top of the graphic.
Logos for “Official selection HotDocs 2025” and “Citizen Minutes” are in the top right and bottom left corners respectively.
In the bottom half of the graphic, text reads “Aug 20, 2025, 5:30 pm @ Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto. Community screening and discussion. Tickets $0-$50 sliding scale. Learn more: citizenminutes.com”.

07/28/2025

We loved having the crew from Addus join us in the shop recently! Thanks for helping us paint all of these ramps yellow 💛

Addus is a community-based organization in Toronto that supports adults with developmental disabilities and focuses on creating meaningful connections within their community.

To learn more about their work and programming, visit addus.org.

Image descriptions:
1. Three people smile while holding paintbrushes and painting wooden access ramps yellow. There are two others in the background also painting ramps. They are all inside a woodshop.
2. A person wearing a hat and an apron paints the bottom of a wooden access ramp yellow. There are shelves filled with wood in the background.
3. A person wearing eyeglasses and an apron paints the bottom of a wooden access ramp yellow.

06/23/2025

Thanks to the awesome team from Deloitte for joining us for a paint day 💛❤️💙

After painting ramps, we connected with the team over a lunch and learn, having important and energizing conversations together!

➡️ Want to join us for a Corporate Team Building experience? Fill out the form at stopgap.ca/get-involved/corporate-team-building/

Image descriptions:
1. Six people from Deloitte smile with Luke Anderson in the alleyway between two brick buildings. They are holding or standing behind four brightly painted StopGap ramps. Two ramps are yellow, one is red, and one is blue. Luke Anderson uses a powered wheelchair.
2 to 4. Images of people painting StopGap ramps in a woodshop.
5. A person wearing a Jurassic Park shirt is using a paint roller over a red StopGap ramp.
6. Luke Anderson and the Deloitte team have an accessibility-focused lunch and learn inside a meeting room.

05/26/2025

National AccessAbility Week
gives all of us an opportunity to celebrate, advocate for, and act toward creating disability inclusion! 🎉♿🙌

This week, you can join in on the celebrations and commit to contributing to the work that lies ahead.
➡️ If you’re in Toronto, come on out to happening all day on May 31st at David Pecaut Square!

Wherever you are, join our growing movement to transform how we design, build, and shape our communities by volunteering or making a donation. Your generosity allows us to:

🔴 Build, paint, and install custom ramps for individuals, small businesses, and community spaces
🟡 Deliver hands-on workshops and educational outreach to schools and corporate groups
🟢 Equip local volunteers with the tools to expand our Community Ramp Project all across Canada - most recently, to Ottawa and Montreal!
🔵 Advocate for a future where every space is designed with inclusion in mind, from the very beginning

Your volunteer or monetary contributions make our work possible, not just during National AccessAbility Week, but all year-round. Thank you for your continued support!

Image description: A graphic with text in an orange stencil font that reads “Happy National AccessAbility Week!”. The StopGap Foundation logo is below the text, also in orange. The graphic has a white background with tiny coloured triangles that look like confetti in red, orange, yellow, green, and blue.

05/05/2025

It was a beauty of a day on Friday as we hosted a Jane's Walk! 🌞

A big thank you to everyone who joined us, contributing to the talk by sharing their experiences and expertise or simply listening and learning. It was a treat to see both new and familiar faces in the crowd!

We hope you were left inspired to spread awareness about the importance of accessible AND inclusive spaces. We look forward to hosting more community events like this walk in the future! 👨‍🦽👩‍🦯🚶‍♀️

Image description 1: Luke, Elise, and Oda smile for the camera outside on a sunny spring day. Luke uses a power wheelchair and Oda uses a manual wheelchair. Elise and Oda are both holding signs with large illustrations of StopGap ramps - Elise’s sign is blue and Oda’s is green.

Image description 2: Luke speaks to a small crowd of people on the sidewalk of Roncesvalles. Three people in the group are wheelchair users, one person is holding onto a stroller, and two others are holding signs with StopGap ramp illustrations on them.

Image description 3: Luke wheels down the sidewalk on Roncesvalles with a smile on his face while a group of people follow behind.

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http://www.stopgap.ca/

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