October 2021 Proclamations at Burlington City Council

Proclamations are read at the beginning of every regularly-scheduled Burlington City Council meeting.A proclamation is an official announcement issued by the Mayor to recognize exceptional events, groups, people, or achievements in the City of Burlington. The goal of a proclamation is to recognize and celebrate achievements, and to raise public awareness of important issues in Burlington.For more information on how to submit a request for a proclamation, please visit the City's dedicated Proclamations webpage.Here are the proclamations that were read during the Oct. 19 Council meeting. Click the links to see a digital copy of the proclamation signed by Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward.Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: October 2021According to the Learning Disabilities Association of Canadian, “Learning Disabilities refer to a number of disorders that may affect the acquisition, organization, retention, understanding or use of verbal or nonverbal information. One in 10 people in Ontario are impacted by learning disabilities. The goal of Learning Disabilities Awareness month is to raise awareness and reduce stigma to allow individuals with Learning Disabilities to get the supports they need to reach their potential."National Seniors' Day: Oct. 1, 2021National Seniors' Day is an annual celebration to recognize and appreciate older adults. Older adults continue to serve as leaders, mentors, volunteers and important and active members of this community. The City of Burlington recognizes that older adults have contributed and continue to contribute immensely to the life and vibrancy of the Burlington community. The pier was also lit gold on Oct. 1 to commemorate this day.World Polio Day: Oct. 24, 2021Rotary in 1985 launched PolioPlus and in 1988 helped establish the Global Polio Eradication Initiative that today includes the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to immunize the children of the world against polio. Polio cases have dropped by 99.9% since 1988 and the world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease.CRPS Awareness Day: Nov. 5, 2021CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) is a debilitating nerve condition characterized by continuous, intense burning pain that is out of proportion from the severity of the original injury. While CRPS/RSD was first identified during the civil war, it remains a poorly understood condition and hard to diagnose, and even though it has been around for so long it still has no cure. The pier will be lit orange on Nov. 2.Economic Abuse Awareness Day: Nov. 26, 2021Domestic economic abuse is a pattern of control, exploitation or sabotage of money, finances, and economic resources (car, food, education, transportation) that affects an individual’s capacity to acquire, use and maintain economic resources and threatens their economic security and self-sufficiency. Economic abuse has severely impacted numerous generations of Canadians and continues to occur regardless of socio-economic status, race, age or other identity factors.--*Posted by John Bkila, Mayor's Media and Digital Communications Specialist