{"id":1079,"date":"2021-07-15T14:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameiph.com\/?page_id=1079"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:00:07","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ameiph.com\/en\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019<strong>Association multiethnique pour l\u2019int\u00e9gration des personnes handicap\u00e9es (AMEIPH)<\/strong>\u00a0 is a Quebec based organization founded in 1981 by a small group of parents of Italian origin seeking services for their children with various limitations, headed by Ms. Luciana Soave, the founder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On April 28, 1981<\/strong>, the Association obtained its letters patent and three months later, the Government of Canada recognized it as a charitable organization, and it received its registration number as a Quebec charitable organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since then<\/strong>, AMEIPH has developed a unique expertise to accompany immigrants with a disability throughout the different waves of immigration that Quebec has experienced. 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