Welcome to the Universal Rehabilitation Service Agency (URSA), where we serve people of all abilities in a daring, caring and sharing way. Make a difference and volunteer! With a wide variety of different programs, URSA offers many opportunities for volunteers to match their skills and abilities. Make a Difference Today! Thanks to Rocky Mountain Adaptive, the folks from our Inglewood program were able to spend a day this summer enjoying water sports in the mountains.
Services
To develop and provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to attain a personal level of achievement and excellence in life! To provide an excellent service to individuals and their families to maximize quality of life in a "wholistic" manner. Since 1985, Universal Rehabilitation Service Agency, URSA, has been a Calgary based non-profit agency that works to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities in community settings.
URSA provides 24 hour service to individuals living with developmental disabilities. Programs focus on assisting individuals with meeting their personal goals, in both their home and community settings. URSA also has an adult respite space. Kootenay Lodge is a vital supported housing program serving the most vulnerable and at-risk indigenous people.
Living with a brain injury changes everything and requires many to relearn everyday living skills. URSA created Easy Street to help brain injury survivors learn these skills in a safe and realistic environment. Easy Street is a life-sized replica of a city street, complete with shops, vehicles and a bank.
URSA's Supports for Community Living Services (SCLS) program is for brain injury survivors and is a short term, goal-based program for individuals who require minimal supports to develop or relearn skills in order to maximize their independence. This program is designed to provide an equal partnership between the client, their family and/or support system and URSA.
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Megan Macosky
Jan 22, 2021
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I have had the pleasure of experiencing some of the wonderful fundraising events that URSA puts on each year, and I have always been blown away. Their Brain Art program is one of my absolute favourites, this is an amazing program that offers so many opportunities for the participants to explore their creative side, as well as express their emotions in a new way. It truly is a wonderful program that everyone should know about. My house is full of beautiful artwork made by wonderful people. I have heard first hand of the great things this program has done for the people who participate in it and
Jan Steyn
Jan 07, 2021
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I think we are lucky to have an organization like URSA right here in town. I have been to some of their events and have toured Easy Street and WOW is all I can say. This is an amazing facility that offers so much to the people who need it. Something that you and I can do without thought may be impossible to some, this facility offers them the chance to explore and understand real world situations. This really is a life changing facility that is run by people who really care. I am so proud to say I know of and support this great organization. I can’t wait to see what wonderful things they do in
T. S.
Dec 14, 2020
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Someone bought my daughters Indigeous art. I'd like to buy it back please, it may be all that's left of her...
URSAs newest CubHouse is running like a residential school. 2/3 of the current families agree with this statement.
This place has a high turn over. Once staff realizes their work environment is amazingly toxic, they have been dropping like flies and quitting.
Children have been forced to relieve their bodily fluids in shared dining spaces. No one saw a problem until a parent mentioned how dehumanizing this kind of treatment is.
One child has never had a haircut their entire life (due
URSAs newest CubHouse is running like a residential school. 2/3 of the current families agree with this statement.
This place has a high turn over. Once staff realizes their work environment is amazingly toxic, they have been dropping like flies and quitting.
Children have been forced to relieve their bodily fluids in shared dining spaces. No one saw a problem until a parent mentioned how dehumanizing this kind of treatment is.
One child has never had a haircut their entire life (due
Ekpekurede Mark
Dec 15, 2017
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