It is with sadness and gratitude that the Board of Directors announces Faith Bodnar’s departure as Executive Director of Inclusion BC, effective June 30, 2018. Since 2009, Faith has played a critical role in the growth and success of the organization, and while we will miss her, we wish her the best of luck […]
Web Version Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • May 2018 Newsletter • Team BC triumphs at the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Bowling Championships • #ShareaDream with Staples Canada for Special Olympics • SOBC athletes flex their muscles at Victoria powerlifting meet • Teeing up support of Special Olympics BC with the Goldcorp Invitational Golf […]
Web Version | Update preferences | Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • Countdown to Bowling Championships and National Games • • SOBC bowlers ready to rock the lanes in P.E.I. • Fresh from the Chef’s table • SOBC – Terrace swimmer training hard for National Games • In other news • Get to know […]
Vancouver Tuesday, June 5, 2018 10:30 AM This might be interest to people with disabilities in a care provider situation The Ministry of Health is adding 50 new clinical pharmacists as part of primary-care network teams around the province. These positions are being added as part of government’s new primary health-care strategy to deliver team-based […]
The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw. June,2018 Edition KSA Newsletter 2018 contains in This month’s theme Mother and Daughter Promoting Inclusion for All I interviewed Lynda Honing this month. She has a 14-year-old daughter, Isabelle, who lives with Down Syndrome. Isabelle has 2 older brothers […]
This is a story about Jen Roberge and the life journey and adventure that she is on. It all started when I was 6 months old, I started having seizures and my parents did not know what was going on with me. After seeing my doctor, I was flown to Vancouver Children’s Hospital. There they […]
I’ve been taking our travels, and all the time I have in my new wheelchair, as an opportunity to practice my outdoor pushing. This means, for example, pushing from the parking spot to the hotel rather than being dropped off at the front door. It also means seeing a funky looking coffee shop across the […]
Compassion. Real Compassion. Is hard work. We were on the plane ready to fly home. It was the first flight in the morning and we’d gotten up very early to ensure we got there with time enough for things to go wrong. That is our strategy, it works for us. But by the time we […]
Several times on this trip I discovered that my “no,” even firmly said, held no power. This was my first trip, by plane, in my new wheelchair. I’m adapting to the chair, it’s quite a different ‘push’ than my old chair and I use different muscles in my arms and shoulders. This means that I […]
Kelowna Friday, June 1, 2018 11:15 AM The Province is starting construction on 46 units of modular housing with 24/7 support services, which means people who are homeless in Kelowna will have access to secure housing before the cold weather returns. “We understand that shelter providers in Kelowna are experiencing significant pressure from high occupancy […]
