TABLE OF CONTENTS • February 2015 Newsletter • Athletes, community support inspire at 2015 SOBC Winter Games • Success for skaters at 2015 Canada Winter Games • Spreading the word to end the word with Vancouver Whitecaps FC • Law enforcement runners carry torch for 2015 Provincial Games • Honouring Bill Farley and Sylvia Taylor […]
Many people with diverse abilities are lonely and looking for love. I am a person with a diverse ability who has been looking for a safe website to meet new people. Recently, I found a safe and free website on the internet to make friends or find love. This website […]
Written for Anti-Bullying Day on Anti-Bullying Day: February 25th 2015 by Jeff Stackhouse Today marks the 8th anniversary of “Pink Shirt Day” which began in Nova Scotia in 2008 after a boy in grade 9 was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. Soon after the school rallied by his side and distributed […]
By Cheryl Fryfield I would like to talk about online safety dating tips for a person with a diversability. My experiences being online have been both good and bad. I’ve made mistakes along the way but have learned from them. When you are meeting people online, or anywhere else, don’t give out your phone number […]
February 19th, 2015 Kris Krentz, manager of RONA in Chilliwack, is being acknowledged and celebrated today with a WOW!clbc Award for embracing workplace inclusion. Each year Community Living BC’s (CLBC) Widening Our World (WOW) Award recognizes the contributions and innovations of people who are working to build communities that are accepting of all abilities. […]
February 19th, 2015 Social Development and Social Innovation Minister Michelle Stilwell honoured retiring VP Regional Operations Doug Woollard in the BC Legislature on February 16.Doug was honoured for his distinguished career in the community living sector. He has served at CLBC since its creation in 2005, including for a period as interim CEO. Here […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Westminster, B.C., February 18, 2015 – Another provincial budget has been tabled without any plan to raise disability assistance rates and help lift some of our most vulnerable citizens out of poverty. While Inclusion BC was pleased to see that child support payments will no longer be clawed back from […]
February 17th, 2015 The BC Government has introduced its 2015/16 budget and CLBC’s Service Plan. CLBC is pleased to confirm that its operating budget will be $852.5 million next year. This includes a transfer of $834.3 million from the provincial government, an increase of $37.7 million. “We are very pleased with the news of another […]
February 12th, 2015 This Year CLBC Wow Award recipient 2015 Chris Boehm, owner of Burger 55 Restaurant, is being acknowledged and celebrated by CLBC for embracing workplace inclusion with a WOW Award. Each year CLBC’s Widening Our World (WOW) Award recognizes the contributions and innovations of people who are working to build communities that are […]
Dear members and allies of the BC Self Advocacy community. We hope you are well and are having a great 2015. Here are a few updates on things CLBC has been working on: NEW STORIES ON BC SELF ADVOCATE NET CLBC continues to proudly support BC’s Self Advocate Net website. You can visit […]
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