To celebrate our 35th anniversary, BCCPD will be designing a new logo.

We’d like to know what people in the community think about us and our work. This will help us to brainstorm on the best way to communicate what we do in our logo design.

Please take a minute to give us your opinions and impressions, and your name will go in a raffle to win a gift certificate to a local coffee shop or bookstore.

Thank you very much for your feedback–we really appreciate it!

Deadline for feedback is September 19/12.

Click here to do our very short survey.

The BCCPD is very excited to present our new self-help Workbook, Going to the CPP Disability Review Tribunal. You can view the Workbook at the BCCPD website, on our Money and Income Supports page. The Workbook has been designed to help people whose Canada Pension Plan disability benefits application and Reconsideration Request have been denied, and are contemplating the next level of appeal–the Review Tribunal. Watch this short video overview of the Workbook.

If you would like us to mail you hard copies of the Workbook, please email Valerie Stapleton at feedback@bccpd.bc.ca or phone her at 604-875-0188 or 1-800-663-1278. Chinese and Punjabi translations will also be available soon.

Funded by The Law Foundation of Ontario, Access to Justice Fund. Thank you to the Law Foundation for their support.

Abilympics Canada Association needs experienced professionals to join its team to co-ordinate the first-ever National Skills Competition for Persons with Disabilities in photography. 

The event will take place in conjunction with the Skills Canada National Competition in June, 2013 at BC Place in Vancouver. The two-day competition will feature representatives from each province/territory who will compete for the chance to win gold at this large-scale event.

The purpose of the competition is to enhance the skills of the participants and showcase their talents to the thousands of spectators at the event.

Abilympics is seeking volunteers from the Vancouver area to represent British Columbia on its National Technical Committee. The committee, which is made up of five representatives from across Canada will design all aspects of the photography competition – the projects(s),  determining equipment, lead in the evaluation, judging criteria, etc. This position will also lead the planning for a provincial skills competition in B.C.

Sound interesting? This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to expand their network and work collaboratively with others to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in Canada.

For additional details, contact mattc@skillscanada.com or (902) 491-4734