Monthly Archives: November 2022

The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter December,2022 Edition

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The Kamloops Self-Advocates is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.   December Edition of KSA Newsletter 2022 contains in   In this month’s newsletter we are celebrating the holiday season. People celebrate in many different ways at this time of year. We have lots of great articles and ideas to […]

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Premier Eby commits to maintaining individualized autism funding

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Victoria Friday, November 25, 2022 2:45 PM Premier David Eby and Mitzi Dean, Minister of Children and Family Development, have met with representatives of the First Nations Leadership Council and AutismBC, as well as B.C.’s representative for children and youth to discuss improving services for children and youth with support needs. At that meeting, they […]

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What do families think of the Family Connections Centres? 

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Released Report Nov 21st,2022 Self-Advocates interest want to know about this report from Autism BC  report that govt has made that took away individualized funding that children with autism to get help with their needs  as now been taken away for family connection centres put children at risk with autism with this decision bc govt […]

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New funding helps connect people to jobs in social services sector

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Surrey Monday, November 21, 2022, 10:30 AM As many as 24 eligible people will receive the skills and training required to prepare to be disability employment specialists. A new provincial Community and Employer Partnerships (CEP) project focuses on providing occupational training and work experience to immigrants, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and youth in the […]

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Food-service assistant training will benefit people with disabilities

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Surrey Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 8:45 AM As many as 30 eligible British Columbians living with disabilities will receive skills training to prepare them for jobs as food-service assistants on the Lower Mainland. “This project is empowering people with disabilities by helping them develop new employment opportunities in a growing hospitality sector on the Lower […]

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities Dec 3rd,2022

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selfadvocate.ca/ in support of International Day for Persons with Disabilities on Dec 3rd   This page we will highlight People with Disabilities and their stories. Self Advocates and what this day means. It’s a Day of celebration that include a day to understand what is a disability and their contribution  and well struggles have gone […]

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Winter Word Search 2022

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Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta

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selfadvocate.ca/ Recipe for the Month of November 2022 Enjoy the bright flavours of this delicious Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta. Al Dente pasta is tossed with roasted tomatoes for a simple to-prepare meal. It is so tasty, with very minimal effort involved! Course Main Course Cuisine Italian Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 40 minutes Total […]

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21st Annual Self Advocate Leadership Institute 2022 Recap

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  Recap 21st Annual Self Advocate Leadership Institute  was at Camp Luther On October 28th,2022  to October 30th,2022   Day 1 October 28th,2022 The event started at 5pm many as 40 self advocates came to Camp Luther in Mission BC. Here room stayed in their as lounge As we got their Gregg Schiller and Arlene […]

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CLBC Update for Individuals & Families – November 10, 2022 Edition

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November 10th,2022 Welcome to the November 2022 edition of CLBC’s Update for Individuals and Families. As a reminder, you can find all Updates (including past editions) posted on our website here. You can also check out CLBC’s Facebook page here and Twitter page here. If you know of anyone who would like to receive future Updates, please share the link to […]

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