The Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction is looking to fill two vacancies on the Provincial Accessibility Committee (PAC). The role of the PAC is to give advice on accessibility to government.

Recruitment is now open and you can find comprehensive details about the role in the Notice of Position. The application deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025. The Minister is also looking to build an eligibility list for future vacancies on the committee.

The Surrey School district “is launching an exciting new four-part animated video series on accessibility to help students, parents and staff better understand language around accessibility, namely the terms disability, barriers, accessibility and inclusion.

Created by the Surrey Schools accessibility working group and advisory committee, the four closed captioned videos are intended to create a common understanding of these terms in school communities across Surrey and White Rock. The first video explores the term disability and how it conjures up specific ideas of what disabilities look like, when in actuality, disabilities can be quite complex, diverse and even unnoticeable.

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The videos are part of the Surrey Schools accessibility plan – a three-year roadmap that aims to improve the experiences for those with disabilities in the district and provide equitable access to opportunities – and serve as the first action item to fulfill one of the plan’s four main priorities: to establish a common understanding of accessibility terms.”

Learn more here: https://www.surreyschools.ca/_ci/p/183360

DABC worked in partnership with B.C. Council of Administrators of Inclusive Support In Education and Untapped Accessibility to support school districts in BC as they implemented the requirements of the Accessible BC Act (learn more about the Accessible Organizations Project: bcaccessibilityhub.ca), and we are very pleased to see this work continuing!

IPS, a public engagement group working with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Health Canada (HC), is currently working on a project regarding the use and sharing of health data, as well as the need to improve data literacy among Canadians.

IPS is holding an online virtual dialogue via Zoom, during which they’d like to hear from people with disabilities about the sharing of health data in Canada. For example, to allow doctors to share medical records, help patients monitor their own health, and improve health care. They’re particularly interested in hearing participants’ concerns, needs, and perspectives—especially as a member of an equity-deserving group—to increase how data is understood and to find ways to improve health data sharing.

The dialogue takes place on February 11th at 12pm ET and IPS is offering participants an honorarium of $100 for their contribution and time.

IPS would greatly appreciate your participation. If you’re interested, please register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1096385260829?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you have any questions or would like any assistance in the registration process, please feel free to email the event manager, Maura at mmartina@publivate.com.