Disability Rights Forum

March 10, 2020 by DABC

Join us at the Guildford Public Library on March 28th for an afternoon of information-sharing and empowerment, sponsored by MLA Garry Begg. You will learn how to access your disability-related benefits, understand your employer’s legal duty to accommodate your disability at work, how to file a disability-related human rights complaint, and so much more!

You’ll hear from leading community advocates, like
-Conni Kilfoil – Human Rights Consultant/DABC Board member
-Justina Loh – Exec Director: Operations, DABC
-Laura Track – Director of Education, Community Legal Assistance Society

This FREE event will have complimentary refreshments provided.

To register, call 604-586-3747 or email garry.begg.mla@leg.bc.ca.

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Open by Appointment Only

Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.

Since 1977, Disability Alliance BC has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia. Our mission is to support people, with all disabilities, to live with dignity, independence and as equal and full participants in the community. We champion issues impacting the lives of people with disabilities through our direct services, community partnerships, 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).

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.