After months of meetings, presentations and community visits led by Community Living BC’s CEO Seonag Macrae, a new strategic plan has been approved by the Board of Directors to help guide the organization until 2020. It sets goals for better quality of life outcomes and improved individual and family experiences, as well as more efficient […]
A bi-monthly update with news, stories and tips Where everyone knows your name: a parent’s creativity and determination helps build a welcoming community People recognize twenty-year-old Teaghan Collins everywhere he goes in Richmond. That’s thanks to a little determination and thinking outside the box work, says his mom Pam. Click here to read the full […]
CLBC recognizes all nominees for the 2016 Widening Our World (WOW) awards for their efforts to build inclusion, create employment opportunities, and increase people’s access to community and social networks. Below is a list of all nominees from across British Columbia. including this year’s four WOW Award Winners. You can click on each nominee’s name […]
January 18th, 2017 Four British Columbians have won a 2016 Widening Our World (WOW) award for their dedication, courage and ingenuity in supporting their communities to more fully include those served by Community Living BC. The four recipients were chosen out of nearly 40 deserving people; all nominees were recognized for their efforts to build […]
Fitness and friendship – Kellie-Ann Hart (left) stays healthy and connected by visiting her local recreation facilities in Coquitlam. Welcome to the Winter 2016-17 Edition of CLBC’s “Celebrate Diverse ABILITIES” magazine Celebrate Diverse ABILITIES is created under the guidance of the CLBC Editorial Board, which is made up of self advocates from across […]
New Editorial Board members talk about what good health and well-being means to them: “Going to places in our community where we feel safe and welcome and not judged.” Rob Tippe (Revelstoke) “Going to many different events in community, like poetry readings.” Aine Rathwell (Vancouver) […]
Truly Berge, facilitator in CLBC’s Dawson Creek Office, is devoted to helping those she supports, like Ralph Woidack, achieve their own personal successes. “I always wanted to be in a helping profession. It didn’t matter what it was going to be,” says Truly Berge, facilitator in CLBC’s Dawson Creek office. “It was just always in […]
A bi-monthly update with news, stories and tips Artist reborn: Teresa is celebrated by her new community When Franke James introduces her sister Teresa Pocock as an artist, Teresa will usually jump in to add that she’s also a poet, an author and a self advocate. Teresa recently published a book of her illustrations and poetry […]
With CLBC supports in place for her son Nicholas, Rachelle Rasolofo Czerwinski has been working on initiatives to help strengthen community both in Vancouver and her native Madagascar. “I can definitely say that without CLBC’s support towards my son’s needs, I would not have been able to pursue my other interests, broaden my horizons and […]
November 30, 2016 Dear friends and allies of the self advocacy community, December 3rd is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. We are happy to send you this update from CLBC and at the same time recognize the shared vision we have to live in a world where everyone is respected […]
