Written for Anti-Bullying Day on Anti-Bullying Day: February 25th 2015 by Jeff Stackhouse Today marks the 8th anniversary of “Pink Shirt Day” which began in Nova Scotia in 2008 after a boy in grade 9 was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school. Soon after the school rallied by his side and distributed […]
By Cheryl Fryfield I would like to talk about online safety dating tips for a person with a diversability. My experiences being online have been both good and bad. I’ve made mistakes along the way but have learned from them. When you are meeting people online, or anywhere else, don’t give out your phone number […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Westminster, B.C., February 18, 2015 – Another provincial budget has been tabled without any plan to raise disability assistance rates and help lift some of our most vulnerable citizens out of poverty. While Inclusion BC was pleased to see that child support payments will no longer be clawed back from […]
Welcome to the Personal Support Networks Newsletter 2015 U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self Feb 02, 2015 11:52 am | Aaron We’ve formed an interesting little coaching circle to participate in the online course, “U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self,” with Otto Scharmer. This is a course out of MIT which has attracted about […]
Social Development Minister Don McRae has resigned from cabinet, citing a family health concern. McRae, a two-term Liberal MLA from the Comox Valley, said the stress of a family member’s emerging health situation led him to ask Premier Christy Clark if he could be removed from her cabinet. “Professionally, you always try to do all […]
Marie Renaud, executive director of the LoSeCa Foundation, said new rules will result in a housing crisis for people with disabilities (CBC) Provincial housing safety standards will hurt the people with disabilities they’re supposed to protect, says an Edmonton non-profit group. “The damage it will do to individual and families’ lives is horrendous,” said Marie […]
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January 19, 2015 Avril Lavigne announced last week that she has written a song called “Fly” for The Avril Lavigne Foundation to support Special Olympics. The song will be released in advance of the Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will take place July 25-August 2, 2015. More details about the song will be available […]
