ðə mˈiəɹə faʊndˈeɪʃən fəndˈeɪʃən mˈiəɹə ɪz ɐ kwᵻbˈɛkbˈeɪst kəmjˈuːnᵻɾibˈeɪst ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən wˌɪtʃ pɚsˈuːz ðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ stˈeɪɾᵻd ɑːbdʒˈɛktɪv: "tə bɹˈɪŋ ɡɹˈeɪɾɚɹ ɔːtˈɑːnəmi tə hˈændɪkˌæpt pˈiːpəl ænd tə fəsˈɪlᵻtˌeɪt ðɛɹ sˈoʊʃəl ˌɪntᵻɡɹˈeɪʃən baɪ pɹəvˈaɪdɪŋ ðˌɛm wɪð ɡˈaɪd ænd sˈɜːvɪs dˈɑːɡz ðæt hɐvbɪn fˈʊli tɹˈeɪnd tʊ ɐkˈɑːmədˌeɪt ˈiːtʃ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəlz nˈiːdz ʌv ˌædæptˈeɪʃən ænd ɹᵻhˌæbɪlɪtˈeɪʃən."
The Mira Foundation (Fondation Mira) is a Quebec-based  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."