Disability Alliance BC was pleased to welcome Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson yesterday to help us celebrate the U.N. International Day for Persons with Disabilities. We were proud to announce the 16 projects that will receive funding to promote greater accessibility in BC!
To read the media release, please click here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018SDPR0056-002319
DABC is hosting an online Holiday Auction, which will run from Friday, November 30th at 12:00 pm to Tuesday, December 18th at 12:00 pm. All funds raised by this auction will go toward DABC’s programs and services benefitting people with disabilities. All of the people we help live on very low incomes and many are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Bid on four exciting items:
– 4 x VIA Rail Vouchers valued at $500 – for a total of
$2000! Vouchers expire May 18, 2019.
– Framed watercolour painting by DABC Board member Michelle Hewitt
– Voucher for a Ziptrek Bear Tour for Two (from Ziptrek
Ecotours in Whistler)
– Christian Dior shirt worn and autographed by Michael
Buble, plus an autographed photo
Auction link: https://www.32auctions.com/DABC
Happy bidding, and Happy Holidays from all of us at DABC! Thank you for your support, and thank you very much to the donors!
Statistics Canada has released the results of the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability.
“The CSD is the main source of data on disabilities for those aged 15 years and over. For the 2017 survey, new questions were designed to ensure better overall coverage of persons with disabilities, especially for persons with disability types that are less visible, such as mental health-related and cognitive disabilities.”
Find the report here: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/181128/dq181128a-eng.htm?HPA=1
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Earlier this year, DABC Board member Sarina Mawji gave a 20-minute talk to kick off Lupus Society (BC)'S 1st in-person Annual Symposium. Sarina has decades
Listen to Lead: Communication is a Two-Way-Street
The 34th Annual Lupus Symposium, ft Sarina Mawji, Patient Expert & Advocate.
Since 1977, Disability Alliance BC has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia. Our mission is to promote a more inclusive and equitable society for people with all disabilities through direct services, community partnerships, systemic advocacy, research, and publications.
We acknowledge and have deep gratitude to work together on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Selíl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations of the Coast Salish people. We honour the many territorial keepers of the lands.
DABC is a proud member of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)and BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
DABC is proud to be certified as a Living Wage Employer by Living Wage for Families BC! We are glad to be able to support our staff to feel valued in their roles and provide them with the opportunity to thrive in their communities.
