The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) will be giving an award in 2014 to a BC employer who has demonstrated excellence in the hiring and employing of people with disabilities. A Committee will select the Award winner and the winner of an Honourary Mention.
The names of the two winners will be announced at the BCCPD’s Swing into Spring Annual Fundraiser on April 9th 2014 and publicized through our magazine, e-news and more.
We Want To Hear From You: Nominate Your Employer
Nominations for this Award must be made by an employee with a disability of the nominated business or organization. We want to hear stories from people with disabilities who have benefitted from their employer’s approach.
And the Winner Is!
The purpose of this Award is to recognize an employer who has gone the extra mile to ensure that a person with a disability has been able to obtain and maintain employment. The Award winner and winner of the Honourary Mention will be the employers the Committee judges to have demonstrated extraordinary innovation and support for their employee/s with a disability.
This is an invitation to attend the consultation as part of the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation’s White Paper that is being held in Vancouver January 15th. This consultation is in addition to the other scheduled consultations across the province.
The Disability White Paper Leadership Team, made up of government, the disability community and the business community, wants to hear from you about how we, as a society, can increase accessibility and decrease barriers for people living with disabilities in B.C.
On December 3, 2013, the B.C. government launched a consultation with British Columbians to better understand how government, businesses and communities can increase accessibility and decrease barriers for people living with disabilities. www.engage.gov.bc.ca/disabilitywhitepaper
The online conversations have been themed around six areas: innovation, personal supports, work and contribution, housing and physical accessibility, support networks, and RDSPs/asset accumulation.
Your feedback and comments will help to inform the development of a White Paper – a document that reflects the voice of British Columbians – that will form the foundation for a Summit in June on the issues facing people with disabilities in British Columbia.
The approach is modeled after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities pledge to ensure that any discussion of disability issues be done with the disability community – ‘nothing about us without us’.
The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation asked the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities to help bring together a group of leaders in the disability community for an open discussion on this important issue. Thank you to the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities for their leadership and guidance in helping to make this event possible.
When: January 15, 2014
Noon – 5 pm (lunch will be provided at 1 pm)
Where: Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, BC
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities encourages the disability community to participate in the White Paper process and to express your opinions.
Join our upcoming webinar, a general overview of appealing the Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Benefit and other Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR)
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) will be giving an award in 2014 to a BC employer who has demonstrated excellence in the hiring and employing of people with disabilities. A Committee will select the Award winner and the winner of an Honourary Mention.
