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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A new partnership between the MLSE Foundation and Sentry Investments is bringing a bevy of play opportunities to children and youth in St. James Town. Representatives from both MLSE and Sentry dropped by Rose Avenue Junior Public School recently to announce funding to revitalize an old tennis court next to 260 Wellesley St. E. Sentry will give $65,000 and the MLSE Foundation will donate an additional $25,000 to convert the derelict space into a multi-sport court. “If everything goes according to plan, we’ll have it open this summer,” said Sentry Investments CEO Sean Driscoll. “That will mean more basketball, more volleyball, more hockey and more tennis.” The court will also be able to be converted to house a

mini-soccer pitch, badminton courts and other play options. The Wednesday, Feb. 18 announcement came before a packed auditorium of Rose Avenue students, who erupted in cheers over the new play facility. The revitalization of the tennis court puts an end to a long string of disappointments for those in the community. Local organizations Community Matters Toronto and the St. James Town Youth Council have been working to have it fixed up for years. Community Matters has been working to get it upgraded for more than a decade. “We entered competitions (for charitable causes) and it seemed like we always came third, just out of the money,” said Chris Hallett of Community Matters. St. James Town Youth Council founding member Gabilan Sivapatham said the new space would be a

welcome addition to the neighbourhood, which suffers from a dearth of safe play opportunities. “With such a dense community, we needed something like this,” he said. With funding now secured for the play space, Community Matters can turn its attention to the area around the play space. “Our vision over the next five years is to change that whole area, add a meditative space, a place where people can stretch and do exercise, a nice place where moms can come and bring their toddlers,” said Margaret Coshan of Community Matters. The new space could also include plantings, bike parking and other features. “This is really a dream come true for us in terms of the work we’ve been doing for the past few years,” Coshan said.

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First phase of Massey Hall revitalization to cost $32 million JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With more than 120 years of service as one of Toronto’s premier music venues, Massey Hall is set to undergo a revitalization that will help it last well into the future. The first phase of its multi-stage revitalization will cost $32 million, with the federal and provincial governments each contributing $8 million and RBC and the TD Bank Group both chipping in $1 million each. That phase is slated to be completed in 2021. The Albert Building, adjacent to Massey Hall to the south, will be demolished and converted into space for Massey Hall. The upgraded building will feature a two-storey basement, a modernized back-of-house, a loading dock, new backstage and artist space and technical and production facilities. “This dream would never have been realized without the acquisition of the most important 4,800 square feet in Canadian show business,” said Massey Hall-Roy Thompson

Hall (MH-RTH) president and CEO Charles Cutts. That land was transferred by developers who are building a 60-storey Massey Tower near the site. Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver pointed out that Massey Hall has been a major part of Toronto’s music scene since it opened in 1894. “For more than 120 years, Massey Hall has been an integral part of Toronto’s cultural fabric and contributed to the city’s reputation as a world-class centre for the arts,” he said. “What I really enjoy about this venue is its intimacy. Although Massey Hall can accommodate nearly 3,000 people, the performers always seem close and of course the acoustics are superb.” Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Michael Coteau spoke of Massey Hall’s history and shared a fond memory of his own regarding the venue. “Me personally, at the age of 16, I got to witness my first hip hop concert here – LL Cool J – 20 years

Toronto Mayor John Tory concurred, noting he would be happy to ensure that Massey Hall – and other historic Toronto buildings – would be preserved and supported. “Today, we begin the task of ensuring that more recent Canadians, younger Canadians and Canadians yet to come, including those with some accessibility requirements, will have the joy and the intimacy and the sense of history and magic that comes from attending any kind of performance or any kind of event here at Massey Hall,” he said. 120-year history Staff photo/JUSTIN SKINNER

Rush frontman Geddy Lee, left, and radio personality and musicoligist Alan Cross participate Monday in the ceremony announcing the revitalization plans for Massey Hall.

ago,” he said. He said the revitalization of the venue would ensure at least another 120 years of success for the historic site.

The venue’s success over its 120year history is due in large part to the acts who have taken its stage – a list including Gordon Lightfoot, Oscar Peterson, Rush and countless others. Rush frontman Geddy Lee attended an event on Monday, Feb. 23, speaking with music expert and radio broadcaster Alan Cross about the venue’s importance. “It’s a well-thought-of building around the world with other musi-

cians,” he said. “We always make sure to note those special buildings – the Fox Theater in Atlanta, for example, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. “Most great cities have a great concert hall that is revered and (where) musicians love to play out of respect for the history of music.” The second phase of the development, which will not begin until 2019, will see the building restored, upgraded and made accessible for patrons and artists alike, though the cost and scope has yet to be fully determined. Cutts pointed out that the largescale project will not impact Massey Hall’s operations or the venerable building’s structural integrity for the most part, but noted that “in order to accommodate construction, there will be a time period in Phase 2 when Massey Hall goes dark (for 18 to 20 months.)” Further details regarding the redevelopment will be released as they are finalized.

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Restaurant b.good partners with Regent Park food centre JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

new restaurant in downtown Toronto promises to practice what it preaches. The Front Street eatery, dubbed b.good, is giving customers a chance to share rewards with those in need. As with other b.good locations – there are 20 of them in the United States – the restaurant has a charitable partner. The Front Street site has selected the Regent Park Community Food Centre (CFC), which helps promote food security and education for those at risk. “Everyone gets a QR code for special gifts and rewards, and they can use those gifts or they can pass them along,” said

b.good Canada president Todd Brooks. “By partnering with the Regent Park Community Food Centre, it lets people give their food gifts to somebody else who can use it more.” The Regent Park CFC opened in late 2013 at the site of the CRC – formerly the Christian Resource Centre – at 40 Oak St. It provides community meals, food advocacy, gardening programming and food skills training to those in the community. Brooks said b.good decided to partner with the Regent Park Community Food Centre after meeting with Nick Saul of Community Food Centres Canada and learning more about food empowerment. He and his team got to know suppliers in the Ontario food business.

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b.good Canada president Todd Brooks, left, and b.good general manager Steve McConachie get together at the shop on Feb. 11

“We look to source all the ingredients for our food locally, supporting local farmers and

businesses,” Brooks said. “Our farmers have their pictures on our tables and around our store so our customers can learn more about who they are and what they do.” The meat and vegetables used at b.good come from Ontario farmers, while the bread for sandwiches comes from Silverstein’s Bakery on McCaul Street and the ice cream used in milkshakes comes from Toronto-

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ith International Women’s Day on March 8, we’re looking at what it means to be female, the relationships between men and women in the workplace and Canadian society and some of the challenges women are facing and how they differ from a century ago. The history of International Women’s Day goes back to New York City in 1908 when women marched for shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote. While it may seem hard to believe today, there was a time in both the United States and Canada when the right to vote did not extend to women. It wasn’t until 1919 in Canada that women were given that right. In the United States it was 1920, though some states had allowed women to vote going as far back as the late 1800s. All of which should remind our view us that the issue of women’s rights is still a part of recent Despite gains, history and ongoing news. Locally, in today’s papers women’s rights we talk with Toronto District remain an issue School Board student equity advisor and body image consultant Jill Andrew on the issues women and girls face when it comes to self-esteem and equity. Andrews said an event such as International Women’s Day is a good time to remember that women need to not simply be satisfied that they are at the table when it comes to making decisions in politics, business and their personal lives. “We need to be the people forming the table and finding people to push our ideas forward.” Lorna Marsden, a former president and vicechancellor of York University, agrees there is still work to be done even in a society that appears equitable and tolerant such as ours. “We have made tremendous gains, but we don’t have equal pay, we are still lacking in representation of women in decision-making positions such as business and cultural,” she pointed out. We hope the stories in today’s paper of local, inspiring women serve to get both women and men thinking more about the issue of gender equality and what needs to be done next. Those looking for more information on International Women’s Day events in Toronto, wishing to see our stories with local women of influence, or to add to the conversation with their comments, are invited to visit us online at www.insidetoronto.com

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Last-minute budget cuts creating nasty little mess The budget committee had been doing so well under the circumstances. It s n e w c h a i r, G a r y Crawford, had run pleasant and accommodating meetings, absent any of the chiding nastiness and bladder-challenging standoffs with deputations. There had been some trouble with the provincial government, and some really less-than-ideal contortions by the city’s finance department. But it had been going so well, until the very last moments of its deliberations last week. That was when budget committee member Michelle Berardinetti brought up some lastminute, and on the face of it perplexing, amendments. Berardinetti moved to cut some planned staffing enhancements – from two of the city’s accountability offices, the ombudsman and the integrity commissioner, and also from the complement of planning

david nickle the city staff whose duties included helping the city deal with its backlog of heritage conservation districts. The motions were a surprise to everyone watching and at least one of the committee members – Shelley Carroll. She called the planning cuts in particular “a disaster.” The eight additional planners no longer in the budget would have let the city work on a more aggressive schedule of assessing and establishing heritage conservation districts. Maybe that didn’t seem like such a disaster on Friday when the motion passed. But on Tuesday, heritage advocates begged to differ. Currently the city has a backlog of 16 neighbourhoods that are candidates for preservation of their

heritage elements, and there are likely more that haven’t been flagged. If the city doesn’t get going on that, then buildings and elements that reflect Toronto’s history will continue to erode – and eventually, vanish. As Richard Longley, president of Architectural Conservancy Ontario, told the planning and growth management committee: “I see that proposal at budget committee as a kind of suicide note. I was astonished that heritage preservation, which contributes so much to so many of the values that make Toronto a city, would be cut.” Advocates for the ombudsman and integrity commissioner have not yet had an opportunity to speak publicly – so let me take a crack at it. Both of those offices represent crucially important checks against bureaucratic and political incompetence and malfeasance. They were established in

legislation in response to political and administrative corruption unearthed in the Bellamy inquiry more than a decade ago. Both offices investigated and shed light on improprieties at the last council and at a staff level that offered real consequences and remedies. Some of those investigations had serious consequences indeed: Giorgio Mammoliti was suspended without pay for taking improper donations; former mayor Rob Ford was nearly tossed from office. Though those cuts were in the interest of “fiscal responsibility,” the method of their delivery indicates something not quite so pure. It is indeed a nasty little mess the city’s executive committee and council will either have to wear, or clean up.

David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears Thursday.

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Bylaw officers say it’s ‘cool’ >>>from page 1 “There’s a sketchy dude in the area who was talking to me earlier in the day and I saw him at (the igloo) later, so I’ve got a feeling I know where it went,” he said. “I have an ice sculpture that fits in the door to keep people out when I’m not around, but some people..I guess I’ll just say they use their initiative.” Trafford uses the igloo as a place to read, relax, study and host small get-togethers with a few friends. The structure has certainly caught the eye of many in his downtown east neighbourhood, even though many knew him for his artistic projects already. “Over the past few summers, I’ve built effigies in my backyard – I’ve built six and five of them were 21 feet tall, and then I’ve burned them,” he said. “One of them spun around as it burned, one’s arms raised in the air and three peed fire as they burned.”

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While the igloo has been up and running since the weather first got cold enough to support it, Trafford shunned any media attention for the structure until recently. “I’ve been hesitant to tell many people about it because I don’t want to be told to take it down and trying to figure out the bylaws on something like this is impossible,” he said. “But I’ve had city workers come by here – not because of the igloo, but for other reasons – and all they’ve said is that it’s really cool.” This winter has remained cold enough for the igloo to last a while. Trafford built one last year, but had to take it down following a week of warm weather to ensure it

didn’t collapse on anyone. Once the mercury starts to rise this winter, Trafford will be sad to see it go, but he is already thinking of the best way to put an end to it. One option that appeals to him is to fill the structure with ice and embed Easter eggs with toys in them so kids can pick up playthings as it melts, though there are other options as well. “I don’t want to just take it down,” he said. “Things that are really cool deserve a cool ending.” As for the missing LED box, Trafford has not let it dampen his enthusiasm for his igloo. “Hopefully, somebody’s nice enough to return it to me, because it cost me a few bucks,” he said. “But apart from that, this whole thing has been great, and it cost me maybe $30 to make.”

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Income Tax Clinic WHEN: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-3920511, ext. 0 Clinic runs from March 2 to April 24. Certain income guidelines apply. Federal Pre-Election Town Hall on Climate Change WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Fitzgerald Building Rm103, 150 College St. CONTACT: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1543663182548525 COST: Free Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, NDP Matthew Kellway and Liberal Environment Critic John McKay will be present at the federal pre-election Town Hall on climate change.

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Older Lesbians Book Group WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. WHERE: 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-2350843, eob62@yahoo.com COST: Free The group will be discussing Watership Down by Richard Adams, an English adventure novel starring rabbits. Light refreshments.

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Senior support during the cold winter season Caring for loved ones can be harder in the winter months but there are steps to take to ensure they’re not left out in the cold The past winters have been particularly challenging with temperatures plunging well below normal ranges. With the “Polar Vortex” of 2013 and many extreme cold weather alerts already this season, winter can pose difficulties for even the most hardy of spirits. For the elderly, snow and ice can not only present a challenge, but can be life threatening, as a slip or fall for a senior can result in serious injuries, or worse. During the winter season, it’s especially important to remember those who are vulnerable and require support with their day-to-day lives. What may be considered simple tasks or errands for many of us can take on substantial effort for those who are elderly and physically challenged. For this reason, there are a number of things that should be done to assure that those in need receive the required support to get them through the cold winter months. The Toronto Central Community Care Access Cen-

tre (CCAC) offers a variety of supports and services for the elderly. Following are some simple suggestions from the CCAC on how you can help a senior friend, neighbor or loved one during the cold winter months. 1) Check-Up – The cold weather often brings on challenges that don’t occur during the summer. From frozen pipes to icy walkways, winter can present considerable challenges for seniors. Make sure to check on elderly neighbours or family members regularly to assure that they’re okay. 2) Offer Assistance - Shoveling snow is a difficult task for many seniors, and it’s often recommended that the elderly refrain from this activity. For this reason, it’s helpful to offer assistance to seniors in need by clearing paths and driveways of ice, and salting immediately after a snowfall. This will limit the possibility of a slip or fall that could re-

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sult in serious injuries for an older person. 3) Provide Transportation - If you’re able, provide transportation to a senior in need to and from appointments or errands wherever possible. What may seem like a short distance to many of us can be a considerable hurdle for an older person. 4) Lend a Helping Hand – Literally. Many seniors have difficulty walking and some may require the use of walkers or a cane. Where needed, offer your hand or shoulder to lean on to make their journey easier. 5) Be There – Sometimes a simple phone call or quick visit just to make sure that your friend, neighbor or loved one is okay can make a world of difference. For more information about support for seniors, contact the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) at (416) 506-9888 or visit www.healthcareathome.ca

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efore Scarborough native Jill Andrew became known for giving empowering speeches to young women about selfesteem and before she provoked deep conservations about female body image and female representation in the media, she was just Jill: a curvy woman with her own set of insecurities and hardships she had to overcome. “As a child I was sexually abused. I was a victim and a survivor of that,” she said. “One of the first things that I had to get over is that I had done nothing wrong. That’s a huge part of it. It doesn’t matter what poster you read or what PSA (public service announcement) comes on, you oftentimes sit with this feeling of what did I do? Was it the way I was dressed? What did I say to egg the person on or entice them?” After years of therapy and support Andrew accepted that what happened wasn’t her fault. “Your body is not to blame, your person is not to blame and that these are bigger issues than an individual thing. These are systems that we’re living with where men predominantly feel as though they have ownership When George Brown College President Anne Sado decided to study engineering at the University of Toronto in the late 1970s, she was one of few women getting into the field. She learned even before entering university her field of study was one that was unpopular among women. She attended an all-girls’ school and, when she opted to take three math and three science classes in Grade 13, she discovered her school was ill-equipped to accom-

over women’s bodies,” she explained. “Looking back over my years now, I started to realize I had to take ownership of me and that’s all I can take ownership for; not somebody else’s wrongdoings because that’s how we grow.” It’s that same self-ownership Andrew lectures about in her keynote speeches at conferences on university campuses across Toronto. Her acceptance of what happened to her and her own body image led her to become founder of the Body Confidence Canada Awards, the Curvy Catwalk Fashion Fundraiser and co-founder of FatinTheCity.com, a plus-size fashion “fatshion” blog. She also doubles as a body image consultant and works for the Toronto District School Board as a student equity program advisor. There she helps plan conferences, events, workshops and opportunities for children to learn and connect with each other and also help shift their perception of gender roles, what women are capable of achieving and self-esteem. “There’s this idea that we (women) should be thankful that we should be at the table. No. We need to be the people forming the table and bringing the ideas to the table and finding people to help

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The body image conversation needs to go deeper. – Jill Andrew

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us push our ideas forward. A lot of the work that I try to do is around that,” Andrew told The Villager. During her speeches, Andrew focuses on the long-term negative effects on women and girls as they begin to police their bodies. Self-policing, according to Andrew, happens more often than women think; it’s in the form of not going out past a certain time because you could get hurt or not wearing spaghetti straps because you don’t want to be labelled a slut. This follows girls into adulthood, she said, explaining some women mute their opinions to avoid being called “bitch in the boardroom” by the boys club. “It’s all of this self-policing

we do that doesn’t pay attention to the larger systemic issues going on that create the environment where women and girls feel like they have to censor themselves, with what they wear or their ideas,” Andrew said. “(If it continues) you start to chip away at your own selfesteem and your own worth and your own knowledge and it happens to women all the time.” Andrew believes it’s time we look at how these images affect a woman financially as well as emotionally and physically. “The body image conversation needs to go deeper, we need to encourage women and girls to think about how a negative self-concept or negative self-worth might

impact your salary. We know that women are missing statistically from board of directors, women are missing from politics,” she said. However, the future isn’t bleak. Andrew said awareness is growing of manipulation tactics used when it comes to perceptions of feminine and masculine ideals. And with that awareness, younger people tend to be more vigilant and thus quicker to point out the manipulations online. “I got to tell you they’re more receptive now. I feel like this generation is a frustrated generation. I feel they’re a generation that wants things to be better and are willing to do the work and have the conversations and are willing to do a little more than maybe I did.”

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modate her. “They didn’t know what to do with me, so they sent me over to the (nearby) all-boys’ school,” she recalled. While she lacked for fellow women in her classes, Sado did not lack for drive or talent. She got a job at Bell Canada after graduating and worked her way up the ranks until she became a senior vice-president. “One of the reasons I joined Bell was I really felt

they would be an equalopportunity employer,” she said. “I interviewed for a few other companies that I felt were probably more traditional in their thinking (regarding women in engineering.)” While there, Sado met regularly with other women who were working their way up the corporate ranks, albeit in different areas of specializa-

tion. That group was dubbed “the Knitting Club” by some of their male colleagues. “They didn’t know what we were doing, so they joked that we were probably getting together to knit,” she said. “To this day, we still get together and we’ll send out emails with the subject ‘Knitting Club meeting.’” Despite the “Knitting Club” jokes, Sado never

felt she was looked down upon or treated with less respect simply because she was a woman. “If people see you have knowledge or you’re working hard to gain knowledge and use that to produce results, that’s what’s expected,” she said. She took over as president of George Brown College in 2004 after opting for a career change and being told by a former Bell colleague about

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.POEBZ UP 'SJEBZ BN UP QN r r 5PMM 'SFF r 'BY 'PS EFMJWFSZ RVFTUJPOT QMFBTF DPOUBDU JOB POSTING JOB TITLE: Digital Ad Trafficker (Full-time) BUSINESS UNIT: Digital Automotive Ventures, 1 Yonge Street, Toronto THE COMPANY A subsidiary of Torstar Corporation, Metroland is one of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier media companies. Metroland delivers up-to-the-minute vital business and community information to millions of people across Ontario. We have grown significantly in recent years in terms of audience and advertisers and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re continuing to invest heavily in developing best-in-class talent, products and technology to accelerate our growth in the media landscape and strengthen our connection to the community. For further information, please visit www.metroland.com. THE OPPORTUNITY â&#x20AC;˘ As a Digital Ad Trafficker you will primarily be responsible for trafficking and managing display, video, mobile web and APP campaigns across the Metroland Automotive Network. You will provide detailed reports on multiple digital sales campaigns, facilitating interdepartmental communications and tracking web traffic, finances and production rates of digital products KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES â&#x20AC;˘ Traffic, test, and maintain advertising campaigns using the Metroland Network â&#x20AC;˘ Debug and troubleshoot any ad creative issues that affect tracking, implementation, delivery, or reporting. â&#x20AC;˘ Work collaboratively with Digital Sales Advisors to recommend campaign modifications. â&#x20AC;˘ Process creative changes and change orders â&#x20AC;˘ Proactively seek new online advertising knowledge, keep current with interactive media trends â&#x20AC;˘ Identify process inefficiencies and ways to improve operations workflow â&#x20AC;˘ Maintain a strong working knowledge of company products, special sales programs and marketing efforts within the sales division WHAT WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE LOOKING FOR â&#x20AC;˘ Minimum 2 year trafficking experience. RTB/Programmatic buying experience a plus. â&#x20AC;˘ Organized, detail oriented and highly focused. â&#x20AC;˘ Creative problem solver, self-motivated and driven. â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent written and oral communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ Familiarity with ad servers, rich media vendors, web debugging tools (Firebug, HTTPFox, Fiddler, etc.) a plus. Knowledge of AdTech preferred â&#x20AC;˘ High computer proficiency: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, rich media, Flash, and Java â&#x20AC;˘ 3rd party ad tag implementation and troubleshooting for mobile Web, APP, desktop, and video â&#x20AC;˘ Working knowledge VAST and VPAID video tags, familiarity of how websites and online ads work. â&#x20AC;˘ Passion for online advertising and/or game-changing technology. â&#x20AC;˘ Exposure to online ad serving concepts (CPM/CPA/RTB/ROI), video, mobile, and social a plus. â&#x20AC;˘ Quick learner who loves to pick up new tools/software for reporting & analysis â&#x20AC;˘ People person - can work with Sales and Analytics teams to plan and optimize campaigns for performance. â&#x20AC;˘ Flexibility to occasionally work at odd hours (from home). If working with a highly energized, competitive team is your ideal environment, please email your resume to Ashley Wilson aewilson@metroland.com by February 28, 2015. In compliance with AODA, Metroland will endeavour to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling your interview. Thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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