Medicines Access Coalition – BC (MedAccess BC) has shared some of their recent initiatives with DABC.

• Here is a YouTube video outlining the issue with medication access in BC and here is its accompanying report.
• There is also a news release on the subject on the MedAccess BC website.

The above materials have been presented to representatives from BC PharmaCare and MedAccess BC is working to share them with MLAs.

Are you a Disabled Person with lived experience of the Family Law Act? An Invitation to join a dialogue about Family Law in BC.

B.C.’s Ministry of Attorney General (the Ministry) is pleased to invite People with Disabilities with lived experience in topics related to families to participate in an upcoming regional dialogue session on the modernization of the Family Law Act. The topics of the discussion will be:

• Parents’ and guardians’ responsibilities for making decisions about a child and spending time with a child
• Protection from family violence
• Parenting assessments and reports on the needs and views of a child

The session will be in person and limited to a small group of individuals with lived experience.

WHEN: April 8, 2024  1:30-3:00 PM

WHERE:
City Centre Branch of the Surrey Public Library
Room 401 – 10350 University Drive
Surrey, BC  V3T 4B8

For Those Who Live Outside the Lower Mainland

There is also an opportunity to register for a one-on-one Zoom conversation with Jewelles Smith about your experiences.

Participants will receive a $70 honorarium.

More information about the dialogue and how to register is available here: https://www.procnenavigation.com/family-law-act

Researchers with the Pandemics and Borders Project (Simon Fraser University) and the Border Policy Research Institute (Western Washington University) are conducting a survey to better understand the impact of public health measures applied to travel between Canada and the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, between March 2020 and May 2023. They are, in particular, interested in the experiences and perceptions of equity-deserving communities including people with disabilities. 

They are studying the impacts of four types of travel measures: travel restrictions (to control who is and who is not allowed to travel), testing requirements, quarantine (to separate infected or potentially infected travellers), and vaccination (to limit travel by unvaccinated individuals). Their research will support policy-making about the effective use of cross-border measures during pandemics.

You can participate by filling out a survey, which is available here: https://pilotsurveysfu.limesurvey.net/855841?lang=en. To be eligible to complete the survey, those interested must be 18 years or older and have resided in the US or Canada between March 2020 and May 2023.

More information about the research project can be found here: https://www.pandemics-borders.org/projects/equity-canada-us-border-measures

The survey is confidential and will take approximately 15 minutes. All participants can enter a draw to win one of 100 $25 gift cards.