Darby Young, Author at Level Playing Field

Winner!!! in Innovation

Guess what!? She did it!!

On Thursday November 17, 2016 at the Calgary Stampede #WesternLegacyAwards ceremony, #LPFowner and founder Darby Lee Young was honored with the Innovation Award, for her dedicated advocacy and work to remove barriers for people living with disabilities.

Congratulations, Darby — we’re so proud of you — and congratulations to all of this year’s other very deserving nominees and award winners. To learn more about these annual awards recognizing #YYC community change makers, check out: http://ow.ly/gI

Western Legacy Awards Finalist Congrats

Thank you to the Honourable Kent Hehr, P.C., MP for Calgary Centre for the Letter of Congratulations to our Principal Darby Young!

Canada’s new disability act will make history!

Federal Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla Qualtrough says Canada’s new disability act will make history

Carla Qualtrough is the first-ever federal minister of sport and persons with disabilities. She tells The Current‘s special guest host Ing Wong-Ward that her appointment to Prime MInister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet as a legally blind person is “sending a strong signal to Canadians just how important disability and accessibility issues are to our government.”

Check out our Accessibility Legislation page to hear Minister Qualtrough’s podcast.

Built Environment Roundtable for Accessible Canada

Our Founder/Principal Darby Young was extremely proud to be at the table with a selected group of amazing Canadians who have a passion for making the country more accessible. It was a great roundtable discussion with Honourable Carla Qualtrough as we are discussing the Built Environment. #accessiblecanada

Western Legacy Awards Finalist

An absolutely massive congratulations to LPF owner and founder Darby Young on her nod from the Calgary Stampede Western Legacy Awards as a finalist in the Innovation category, awarded to an individual who has created a single visionary project that reflects the western values of Calgary. She is certainly one creative innovator, that’s for sure! Winners will be announced Nov. 17 at a gala celebration.

CONGRATS DARBY, from your proud team at Level Playing Field Inc.

More information about the Western Legacy Awards can be found here