The Mira Foundation is a French-Canadian community-based organization which pursues the following stated "objective": "to bring greater autonomy to handicapped people and to facilitate their social integration by providing them with [guide and service] dogs that have been fully trained to accommodate each individual's needs of adaptation and rehabilitation." Mira assistance dog

Assistance dog

An assistance dog is a dog trained to aid or assist a person with a disability. Many are trained by a specific organization, while others are trained by their handler .-Classification:...

s are provided free of charge to disabled persons.

Founded in 1981 by its CEO Éric St-Pierre, "Mira Foundation services are offered to anyone presenting with one or more of the following disabilities: visual, auditory and physical."

Its head office and training facilities are located in Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec

Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec

Sainte-Madeleine is a village in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Les Maskoutains. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,175.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language ...

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Among supporters and spokespeople of the Mira Foundation have been Québécois

French-speaking Quebecer

French-speaking Quebecers are francophone residents of the Canadian province of Quebec....

 actors Robert Brouillette, Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis

Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...

, Jean L'Italien, and Stéphane Rousseau

Stéphane Rousseau

Stéphane Rousseau is a Québécois actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award winning film The Barbarian Invasions . He has also been in Asterix at the Olympic Games...

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External links

• Fondation Mira (Mira Foundation): Official site
• Stars at Mira (featured link on official site)
• Défi-Vision 2005 (18th edition) (official press release)
• Mira USA