April 4th, 2025

Disability Alliance BC (DABC) is excited to announce the creation of a new national non-profit organization: Disability Alliance Canada (DAC).

DAC is a separate, stand-alone non-profit operating under direct leadership from DABC’s Executive Director.

Additionally, several of DABC’s Board of Directors also sit on DAC’s board. In this way, DAC’s mission and mandate are intentionally aligned with DABC’s: DAC’s mission is to promote a more inclusive and equitable society for people with all disabilities across Canada through direct services, community partnerships, systemic advocacy, research, and publications.

Over the past several years, we have come to realize that the work DABC does, particularly in providing in-depth direct service support to clients, is not consistently provided in other provinces and territories. DABC’s level of knowledge and experience on supporting clients with our direct services is something of which we are especially proud to provide to the disability community in BC. Our aim in establishing DAC as a national non-profit is to expand our direct services across the country, starting with offering support for Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and Canada Pension Plan – Disability (CPP-D) applications.

This step marks a significant milestone in our efforts to extend our reach and further our impact on a broader scale across Canada. With the formation of this new, independent entity, DABC will continue our work in BC, while DAC will work to serve disability communities in all other provinces and territories.

We remain deeply committed to our mission and values, and we thank everyone who has supported us on this journey. Please stay tuned for more updates from DAC through our separate website, including new job openings.

For more information or inquiries, please contact info@disabilityalliancecanada.ca.

We encourage you to share this announcement amongst your networks – thank you for your support.

When: Monday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Where: nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch Library, 730 E. Hastings St.

Disability Alliance BC staff will be available for one-on-one appointments to help with Income Tax filing, Disability Tax Credit applications, or Person with Disabilities (PWD) applications.

FREE

Registration required: Register in person at nnə́c̓a ʔ mat ct Strathcona Branch Library or by calling 604-665-3967 (you can also call this number for more information).