Category Archives: Latest Announcements

Tracy Latimer: Now 30 Years Later

By Cam Dore | Published: October 26, 2023

Tracy Latimer was killed 30 years ago today. Tracy was a vulnerable 12 year old girl who was killed by her father. In an act of discriminatory violence Robert Latimer sought to unburden Tracy of life with a disability. Canadians with disabilities were disturbed not only by Tracy’s murder and copycat crimes that followed it, […]

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CLBC conducting a Series of Conversations on Community Living BC Services

By Cam Dore | Published: October 16, 2023

Community Living BC (CLBC) is beginning a series of discussions about community inclusion supports and services with individuals, families, service providers and key community partners. The purpose of these discussions is to identify best practices for community inclusion supports as well as recommendations for services and programs for people with diverse abilities in BC. Fred […]

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CLBC WOW Awards 2023

By Cam Dore | Published: October 6, 2023

WOW Awards 2023 Community Living BC (CLBC) is pleased to announce the four employers selected this year to receive a Widening our World (WOW) Award for their inclusive hiring practices and workplaces. This year’s WOW evaluation committee included self advocates, family members and CLBC staff. Due to the number of fantastic nominations, the selection committee […]

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CLBC Update for Individuals and Families Oct Edition, 2023

By Cam Dore | Published: October 6, 2023

October 2023 edition of CLBC’s Update for Individuals and Families Welcome to the October 2023 edition of CLBC’s Update for Individuals and Families. As a reminder, you can find all Updates (including past editions) posted on our website here. You can also check out CLBC’s Facebook page here and Twitter page here. If you know of anyone who would like to receive future […]

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New technologies reduce employment barriers for people with disabilities

By Cam Dore | Published: October 4, 2023

Victoria Wednesday, October 4, 2023 11:00 AM People with disabilities will have better employment opportunities with personalized technologies funded through a $1-million grant to CanAssist, an organization based at the University of Victoria (UVic).People with disabilities often face many barriers to being hired and remaining in jobs. Some individuals need customized assistive devices that meet […]

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Seventy new affordable homes coming for families, seniors in Saanich

By Cam Dore | Published: September 26, 2023

Saanich Tuesday, September 26, 2023 3:30 PM Families, seniors and people living with disabilities in Saanich will soon have access to 70 new affordable rental homes as the next stage of the Nigel Valley housing redevelopment gets underway. “These new homes will offer welcome relief for people in the Saanich area, especially families and people […]

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Spotlight on Arlene Schouten – A Champion of Self-Determination

By Cam Dore | Published: September 14, 2023

Our good old friend Arlene schouten feature from nidus website   We want to take a moment to celebrate Arlene Schouten’s remarkable contributions as the President of Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre. Arlene’s journey is a testament to the power of compassion and advocacy. Her role as a mother and fierce advocate for her daughter […]

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September 2023 edition of CLBC’s Update for Individuals and Families

By Cam Dore | Published: September 14, 2023

September Edition 2023 Welcome to the September 2023 edition of CLBC’s Update for Individuals and Families. We hope you and your families have had a safe and happy summer. Our thoughts remain with everyone in our province who has been impacted by the wildfires. As we move into the fall, we look forward to once again […]

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Province caps annual rent increase well below inflation

By Cam Dore | Published: September 11, 2023

Attention Self Advocates BC Govt Announced today Increasing  the rate from 2% to 3.5% as of Jan 2024  so if this affects you make sure contact your mla,s on this . This increase not good those on disability benefits low income again not listening to what is affecting the real people as tell you below […]

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Attending the 2023 Self Advocacy Leadership Institute in Kelowna BC

By Cam Dore | Published: September 3, 2023

On August 15-18, Inclusion BC collaborated with the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship and a number of self-advocacy organizations from across the province to co-host the Self Advocacy Leadership Institute at the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna. This was a learning event where self-advocates had the opportunity to learn about the self-advocacy movement from […]

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