University of Manitoba's Disability Services

Part-Time Job Opportunities at Disability Services

Computerized Notetakers

The University of Manitoba is soliciting applications for Computerized Note takers for the term positions.

Positions: To provide computerized note taking services to Hard of hearing, Deaf, and Deaf/Blind students enrolled at the University of Manitoba. Under the direction of the Accessibility Advisor, Disability Services, the incumbent is responsible for facilitating communication in classroom lectures, tutors, labs, meetings, presentations, graduation, student conversations, small/large group interactions and University of Manitoba Student Association functions. The computerized note taker must adhere to the University of Manitoba policies and standards.

Qualifications:

Must be able to type 80 wpm
Available for flexible hours
Ability to work independently
General understanding of working with Hard of Hearing/Deaf/blind people
Willing to work as a team

Salary Range: $15.00 to $20.14/hour

Apply in writing to: Cindy Koskie, Disability Services, University of Manitoba, 155 University Centre, Wpg, MB. R3T 2N2, Fax: 204: 261 7732, Email: koskie@cc.umanitoba.ca

Volunteer Notetakers

If you are interested in helping a student with a disability by sharing your class notes, please stop by the Disability Services test/exam centre at 155 University Centre for more information or e-mail us at disability_services@umanitoba.ca.

Here is the information you will receive from your professor if you are interested in Volunteer Notetaking for a course. VNT Instruction Booklet (PDF)

Volunteer Opportunity – Become a Best Buddy!

Best Buddies – Vrais Copains Canada is a national charitable organization dedicated to enhancing our communities through one-to-one friendships between individuals with intellectual disabilities and students. Best Buddies is grounded in the belief that friendship is important to the development of all individuals and that for all individuals with intellectual disabilities friendship is a medium through which they can become a part of their communities.

About the Program: Our program gives people with intellectual disabilities the chance to have experiences which most people take for granted - going for coffee, out to a movie, or simply enjoying the company of a good friend. To this end, Best Buddies establishes chapters at high schools, universities and colleges across the country. At each chapter students are matched with individuals with intellectual disabilities who share similar interests. The "Buddy Pairs" call each other weekly and get together approximately twice a month. Four times a year all the Buddy Pairs at a chapter hold a group activity. Each chapter is managed by a student volunteer, who is assisted by a person with an intellectual disability, a Buddy Advocate, where possible.

Get involved! Best Buddies provides all participants with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a new friend. We have chapters in every province in Canada. To speak with someone further about how you can get involved, contact them toll-free at 1-888-779-0061 or e-mail them at info@bestbuddies.ca.

There are several ways that you can help Best Buddies Canada enhance our communities through one-to-one friendships between people with intellectual disabilities and students.

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