Monthly Archives: September 2018

The Key to Unlocked Doors

To people this from Dave Hingburger not from team at  sans.  He is  educating  telling people not right what people do to people with disabilities on stories of bathroom stories not to embarrass people but to teach the right then wrong in couple story warning viewers k San manager As stories regarding disability often do, […]

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Choice, Determination and Having my Voice Heard

  By: Madison My name is Madison and I’ve been a Self-Advocate of Semiahmoo for three years. Being a part of this group helps me feel like I’m a full citizen because everything we do is community-based. I choose to participate in Self Advocates of Semiahmoo, sailing, paddle boarding and sharing my life and my […]

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Nick Toner Part 4: Life Gets Better

  Written by Nick Toner My Story (Part 4) – Final Nick lives in Nelson, BC with 3 roommates. Nick cares about his community and wants to share his story about growing up in an institution. He wants to educate folks so the government does not go backwards and repeat the same mistakes. He wants […]

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An Inclusive Community Values All People!

By: Krista Milne   Hi. My name is Krista Milne and I’d like to tell you about my story of me going to a course called CLIC, Community Leaders Igniting Change at SFU. We met once a week for 3 hours for 12 weeks. I got into this through self-advocacy. One of the Involvement Coordinators […]

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Minister’s Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction

Shelley DeCoste Monthly Report on September 7, 2018 UBC Robson Square Vancouver I attend my monthly Form on Poverty Reduction This on was on Income and Disability Assistance Overview We heard from 3 people on the forum with lived experience on disability assistance, and the struggles they have to go through. They high lighted things […]

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The governments of Canada and British Columbia are providing more than $71.7 million in innovative treatment options for people with substance use disorders

Thursday, September 6, 2018 11:10 AM The opioid crisis is a national public health crisis that is devastating individuals, families and communities across the country. Tragically, nearly 4,000 Canadians lost their lives in 2017 as a result of apparent opioid-related overdoses. Without increased access to effective, evidence-based treatment options, people with substance use disorder will […]

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Affordable housing underway for renters in Saanich

Saanich Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:15 PM Affordable rental homes for seniors, adults with disabilities and families in Saanich are now under construction, thanks to a partnership between the Government of British Columbia and the Capital Region Housing Corporation. “I’m thrilled to have these homes break ground in Saanich, and by investing in more affordable projects […]

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Accessibility isn’t the only thing that needed

So last month I checked out an accessible apartment that I could have moved into if it met with my approval: it didn’t.  While it was accessible and the property manager was willing to make more so, the issues that made it inappropriate for me went far beyond that single issue. This entire experience got […]

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Bursting Aloneness

Instant validation. Sudden connection. Aloneness disappears. So much can happen, in an instant, when disabled people and their allies share stories. When we got off the plane, I handed Joe the cushion, which we’d carried on board and he put it in place. Beside him was a woman who was industriously and efficiently reassembling the […]

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He Backed Up

OK so I flew off the handle. I haven’t gotten so pissed off so quickly in such a long time. I was asking someone about the disabled parking to see if we were in the right part of the parking lot, the part that belonged to their business, and if not, what did we miss. […]

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