A bi-monthly update with news, stories and tips A family helps design a new support service Over the last three months Chris Dodds and her 20-year-old daughter, Darci, have been helping Community Living BC to design a new employment service.Click here to read the full story and learn how User-Led design puts families and people […]
Community Living BC is pleased to support an important resource offered by the Family Support Institute (FSI). FSI has created an online resource database called www.findsupportBC.com that connects families and individuals living with diverse abilities to more than 4,000 governmental and non-governmental resources in almost every region of British Columbia. Find Support BC was […]
Last call for WOW Award nominations There is just over one week left to enter someone for the 2017 WOW (Widening our World) Awards. 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 […]
November 1st, 2017 A message from CEO Seonag Macrae and CLBC’s Indigenous Advisory Committee. The Province has proclaimed November as the third annual Indigenous Disability Awareness Month in British Columbia, which recognizes the unique contributions First Nations, Métis and Inuit people living with disabilities make to communities throughout the province. View the B.C. Government News […]
October 31st, 2017 VANCOUVER – Community Living BC (CLBC) and the Douglas College Foundation (DCF) announced today they have renewed a partnership that is providing $10,000 in scholarships to support BC students who specialize in helping adults with developmental disabilities to locate and retain employment. The purpose of the scholarship is to build capacity of […]
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Office of the Advocate for Service Quality (OASQ). We’ve refreshed our materials to explain who we are and how we focus on improving the quality of service for adults and transitioning youth who have a developmental disability (including Autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) and their families. […]
October 18, 2017 The 9th annual Community Living BC WOW (Widening Our World) Awards are being officially launched today with a call for nominations by November 30, 2017. We are inviting you and your networks to nominate someone who makes your community a more welcoming place, and to show us, “What Does Inclusion Look Like […]
October 5, 2017 Dear members and allies of the BC Self Advocacy community, We hope you are well and have enjoyed your summer! We are pleased to send you this update about what’s new here at Community Living BC, including updates on: October is Community Living Month Self Advocacy Leadership Conference in Cranbrook 18th […]
October 2017 marks the 19th Community Living Month in British Columbia, an annual celebration of inclusion and a time to raise awareness of people with developmental disabilities as fully participating members of our society. Click here to read the official proclamation of Community Living Month by the Province of British Columbia. During October, CLBC will […]
Nathan Bodie celebrates at his graduation ceremony at the University of Victoria. Welcome to the Summer 2017 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 the province, as well as family members. The […]
