Canada 30th Celebration

For Those Using Blissymbols as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) System

We invite those who are using Blissymbols around the world, to help Canada celebrate its "Thirtieth Anniversary of Using Blissymbolics".

In June we will be participating in the Celebration Weekend, entitled "Canadians from Eh to Zed", June 1-3, at the new 'Canada and the World Pavilion' in Rideau Falls Park, 50 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. Bliss Canada, on behalf of Blissymbolics Communication International, will have a permanent display at this site for the next three years. We anticipate this will be an informative and enjoyable place for persons to visit when they come to Canada's capital.

We invite your help in showcasing the accomplishments that have been made with Blissymbolics since 1971 - in all parts of the world. We would especially appreciate videotapes of Bliss users and Bliss being taught, and samples of publications and teaching materials, in any language. We already have a collection of materials from earlier years. We would like to complement them with your newest items We would need to receive them by May 1 to ensure that they could be part of the exhibit.

In the fall, we will be having a 30th Anniversary Celebration in Southern Ontario and we would welcome being able to display your materials at that time as well.

If you have materials you could loan us, would you please contact Paul Marshall, Barbara Rush, or Shirley McNaughton through our contact page . We look forward to hearing from Bliss users and their helpers wherever they may be. We want to show how far and how well Blissymbols have travelled since their first use as an AAC system in Toronto in 1971.

Help us to make 2001 a truly special year for all Bliss users!

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