What: Free financial workshop about identity theft

Topics will include:

• how to protect your banking passwords and PIN numbers
• how to be aware of financial scams
• responsible use of cheques and cheque fraud
• personal credit history

Where: Disability Alliance BC’s office at #204-456 West  Broadway in Vancouver (close to Broadway-City Hall Canada Line Station)

When: Thursday, November 20th from 1 pm – 2:30 pm

To register: Call Val at: 604-875-0188
Email: feedback@disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org

*This workshop has been made possible through the generosity of Vancity*

L-R: Giovanna Boniface (Managing Director, CAOT-BC), Jane Dyson (Executive Director, DABC), Susan Bonney (Recipient of CAOT-BC’s Outstanding Occupational Therapist of the Year Award)

Disability Alliance BC has received a Citation Award from The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), after being nominated by CAOT and CAOT-BC.

According to CAOT, “the purpose of the Citation Award is to acknowledge the contribution/accomplishment to the health and well-being of Canadians of an agency, program and/or individual within each province/territory, who is not an occupational therapist.” 

DABC Executive Director Jane Dyson accepted the award at the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists’ Awards Ceremony on October 25th. 

To learn more about the award, visit CAOT’s website: http://www.caot.ca/default.asp?pageid=1365

Thank you to CAOT for recognizing our work through this wonderful award!

Unitarian Centre of Vancouver, 49th Ave and Oak St. 

Friday, October 24th, 7-9 pm
Why Does BC Need the UN’s Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)?
With Vangelis Nikias (Council of Canadians with Disabilities/CCD), Erick Fabris (ethnographer/activist and author of Tranquil Prisons, coordinator of “Mad Canada Shadow Report”) and Adrianne Fitch (past Director West Coast Mental Health Network)

Saturday, October 25th, 1-4 pm
UNCRPD Shadow Report Story Gathering
with Erick Fabris and artist/rights activist Jewelles Smith
Participants may choose to share their stories of “pychosocial disability” for a cross-Canada alternative report on discrimination for the United Nations.

Saturday, October 25th, 7-9 pm
Mad Stories Connection with Erick Fabris
Story telling workshop for community building and fun.
(Limited to 16 participants, please register: info@vancouverunitarians.ca or 604-261-7204 ext. 0)