Author Archives: Bryce Schaufelburger

Really? You Have To Ask?

  Image description: Two heavy looking stands with cordon strung between them I went down to the clinic to have my blood drawn as per a request from my doctor, routine stuff. I was tense all the way down because I knew that it would be a difficult process. I’m not, shall we say, a […]

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A Happy New Year’s from Julie!

“Happy New Year! I hope you all feel inspired by my goals for this year and choose to face some big challenges of your own to conquer during year 2016. So far I have been faced with much larger health struggles than I ever anticipated and my biggest challenge is to stay positive during such […]

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A passport to fun.

May is my busiest month of the year. I take the Hell’s Gate tour, up in the Fraser Valley one day. All the museums and gardens out in UBC another.  The aquarium in Stanley Park along with the harbour tour, on a Third. In Squamish I visit both the train and mining museums then take […]

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Andrea’s Journey to Employment

In September of 2013 I joined the EPIC Program with Abbotsford Community Services. I had not worked in 5 years prior to that. I had little success with previous employers and employment programs. I was nervous and anxious to start with when I came to EPIC but I was determined to see it through and to find […]

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My Story!!

My name is Bev Johnson. I was born and raised in Nelson BC. I am very active in the community and has held many different jobs as well as taken a course at Selkirk College in the cooking program which has led me to the current position at a hot lunch program provided by a […]

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Self-Advocate Led Employment Training in the North

Hi, it’s David Johnston, Self-Advocate Employment Trainer from www.selfadvocate.ca , reporting back on my recent speaking tour in Dawson Creek and Prince George.  I have been practicing for a long time and finally had the chance to share my presentation called Passion to Purpose. My tour started in Dawson Creek on March 2nd and there […]

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Government provides Compass Cards to BC Bus Pass holders

Government is taking action to ensure that everyone who holds a BC Bus Pass will continue to have access to public transit systems across the province now that TransLink is closing its fare gates. There are about 100,000 people who have a subsidized BC Bus Pass and almost 80% of them live within the TransLink […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocates Newsletter April 2016 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.     April Edition  KSA  Newsletter 2016 contains     This month’s theme Welcome to April everyone! Readers and contributors: I would welcome your spring stories and what you are looking forward to this spring. Get involved in being in […]

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Special Olympics B.C. March 2016 Newsletter

Web Version  |    Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • March 2016 Newsletter • Team BC delivered at 2016 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games • New Car Dealers champion Special Olympics with Auto Show, annual auction • First Vancouver Polar Plunge for SOBC makes a big splash • Champions stand up for respect and against the […]

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I am a Strong Woman in Control of My Life

Hi there, My name is Erin Sinclair; I was born with Down Syndrome.   Down Syndrome occurs in about 1 in 700 births and it is an extra chromosome caused by an error in cell division.  Many parents of Down Syndrome children experience so many different emotions after the baby is born: such as confusion, hurt, […]

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