News & Articles

Vancouver Charity Offers a Specially Designed Intensive Intervention Program to Support Students with Learning Differences in ‘Getting Ahead’ before the 2021-2022 School Year

Intensive Intervention program will be offering students aged 6 through 18 with suspected or diagnosed learning differences an engaging and individualized intensive program that identifies and targets the grade level skill gaps that have emerged or widened during the past school year.

Spring Break Camp Review—Focusing on Mental Health with Stigma-Free Society

May 7th is National Child and Youth Mental Health Day across Canada. This year, LDS has taken strides to include mental health wellness and advocacy into our day camp programming.

LDS Sends Love and Strength to North Vancouver

Our sincerest condolences to the North Vancouver and Lynn Valley communities affected by this past weekend’s tragedy.

Black History Month at LDS

February marks Black History Month (BHM), but historical injustices, like systemic racism and oppression, are ongoing issues. As a charity that exists to serve all children and youth with learning differences, we are continually doing what we can to dismantle the internal and external systems that pose barriers to students.

Welcome Catholic Educators!

2020 RISE to the Challenge—your contributions will transform over 180 lives!

Through your kind generosity, our 2020 RISE to the Challenge raised an amazing $181,461 from 214 donors!

Online Learning Tools and Resources for At-Home Study *updated Dec 2020

Need help finding useful educational resources for at-home online learning? Here are our favourites!

Will You RISE to the Challenge with Us?

We cannot afford to have these kids fall through the cracks. Now is the time to make sure they know that they are superheroes!

The Learning Disabilities Society Partners with the University of Waterloo to Study the Benefits of Social Robot Interaction with Children with Learning Disabilities

Today, the Learning Disabilities Society (LDS) announced a partnership with the University of Waterloo’s Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory (SIRRL) to study the potential for assistive robot technology incorporation in remedial programs for children with special needs including learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental challenges such as ADHD, and speech language impairments.

Local Charity Provides Children with Learning Disabilities Access to Leading Edge Assistive Technologies to Help Them Excel in School and Life

Today, the Learning Disabilities Society (LDS) announced the launch of its RISE Assistive Technology Program (RISE-AT) which incorporates an impressive collection of leading-edge assistive technology hardware and software tools to assist children and youth with learning disabilities and social-emotional challenges.

LDS Annual Report 2019

Please see our 2019 Annual Report for an overview of our specialized programs, our students’ achievements and our charity’s progress, including highlights from 2020.

Info Night on November 10th: Discover our New Program to Help Kids Make and Keep Friends

LDS is pleased to announce our new programming to address the need for social skills intervention!