People with developmental disabilities in Burnaby will soon have access to nine new units of affordable housing. Following the September 2016 announcement of a $500-million investment in affordable rental housing, the B.C. government has selected Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion to receive $2 million in capital funding for a new housing project at 3755 Banff […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2016 Toronto, ON The over 100,000 Canadians with intellectual disabilities in need of affordable, quality housing and flexible supports to enable their full community inclusion can find some hope in a national housing report released in Ottawa today. The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and […]
B.C.’s strong economy means British Columbian families in need of affordable rental housing will soon have access to close to 2,900 new units of housing, thanks to the B.C. government’s funding commitment of $516 million toward the 68 projects announced today. These investments are estimated to produce 5,500 jobs. “This is why we continue to […]
There is just over one week left to enter someone for the 2016 WOW (Widening our World) Award. Nominations close November 30. It’s a great opportunity for you to help someone earn provincial recognition for inclusion. CLBC is requesting that each service provider, community agency and community council consider submitting one nomination for a […]
Hello! We’d like to introduce you to the Universal Gaming Club in Richmond BC. Universal Gaming Club is a place for people to go to and enjoy video games all around. We welcome anyone that joins us – it does not matter how anyone identifies themselves, because nobody cares about it – we’re all […]
“Please!?!?” she was pleading with me. I had come out of the exercise room and was heading up to our hotel room, while Joe was out getting the laundry done. I rode up, in silence, with a woman of about my age. We got off the elevator and I began pushing down to our room. […]
So, I went to the exercise room in a hotel for the first time. I found a machine where I could do two exercises, one was to take hold of a bar from on high and pull it down, this motion lifted a preset weight on the machine. The other, on the same machine, was […]
Some people don’t get it. And even though they are clueless to the situation, I’ve got to be nice because I need their help. On our flight out here, Joe and I had mistakenly booked our seats such that there was one empty between us. It was a busy flight and that seat was soon […]
“Hi, how are you?” It was the wrong question to ask me at that time. I’m at a conference and facing a lot of issues regarding accessibility. I have to be in a different hotel because the host hotel doesn’t have fully accessible rooms, there is no where for me to sit in my wheelchair […]
Yesterday, someone who I needed to listen to me, listened to me. It felt amazing. Now this wasn’t a personal chat, and it wasn’t in my professional capacity either, it was a situation of me, as service user to another person, service provider. I went into the conversation knowing that I needed them to be […]
