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Jean Vanier: He created L'Arche, the Ark, a world-wide movement of 90 communities for mentally handicapped adults and is honored at Rideau Hall today
Jean Vanier: He created L'Arche, the Ark, a world-wide movement of 90 communities for mentally handicapped adults and is honored at Rideau Hall today

Jean Vanier: He created L'Arche, the Ark, a world-wide movement of 90 communities for mentally handicapped adults and is honored at Rideau Hall today

Date6/1/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jean Vanier: He created L'Arche, the Ark, a world-wide movement of 90 communities for mentally handicapped adults and is honored at Rideau Hall today.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0087497F
Work for handicapped adults and children has earned the Christian Culture Award for Jean Vanier
Work for handicapped adults and children has earned the Christian Culture Award for Jean Vanier
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Concerned parent: Brampton resident Ray Scarborough, whose son has Down syndrome, spends hours on the telephone in an effort to keep a bus service for mentally handicapped adults in business
Concerned parent: Brampton resident Ray Scarborough, whose son has Down syndrome, spends hours on the telephone in an effort to keep a bus service for mentally handicapped adults in business
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Madame Georges Vanier talks with one of the residents of the Daybreak home for handicapped adults at Richmond Hill
Madame Georges Vanier talks with one of the residents of the Daybreak home for handicapped adults at Richmond Hill
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Canadian Priest Jean Vanier has helped set up six communities for the retarded in France
Canadian Priest Jean Vanier has helped set up six communities for the retarded in France
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Aaron Hass: It seems that adults think very little of teenagers today, says psychologist who interviewed 625 U.S. teens.
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an unidentified handicapped woman watched from her wheelchair as efforts were made to recover the bodies of the hadicapped and mentally retarded men and women who drowned in the accident
an unidentified handicapped woman watched from her wheelchair as efforts were made to recover the bodies of the hadicapped and mentally retarded men and women who drowned in the accident
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On the move: Quadriplegic Dave Tierney and nurse Debbie Reiss zip through downtown Toronto traffic in a convertible, advertising their travel service for the physically and mentally handicapped
On the move: Quadriplegic Dave Tierney and nurse Debbie Reiss zip through downtown Toronto traffic in a convertible, advertising their travel service for the physically and mentally handicapped
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Architect Joseph Medwecki and Thelma Powell-Brown look at design of Powell-Brown Therapeutic Junior Centre, a treatment centre for mentally handicapped children aged 3 to 6
Architect Joseph Medwecki and Thelma Powell-Brown look at design of Powell-Brown Therapeutic Junior Centre, a treatment centre for mentally handicapped children aged 3 to 6
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