Time sensitive! Register by Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) (www.hivandrehab.ca) has received funding to grant access to the Managing Episodic Disabilities: Accommodation Best Practices course to a maximum of 30 HR professionals in small/medium sized businesses free of charge ($349 value) over a 6 week period, beginning April 16th, 2012.

Participants in this 6 week course must work for a small/medium sized business. Continuing education credits will be available upon completion of the entire course for selected HR associations across Canada .

Participants in this program will be asked to post to an online forum on episodic disabilities in the workplace for HR professionals weekly during the 6 weeks of course access. Course access is available in both English and French.

For additional information see: http://tinyurl.com/7uy8mxm (overview available in English only) or contact Melissa Popiel at mpopiel@hivandrehab.ca.

For those interested in participating, a statement of interest (maximum one page) can be sent to mpopiel@hivandrehab.ca by email by Thursday April 12th, 2012.

The BCCPD delivered the Prepare to Survive – Prepare to Help workshop in Prince George on the 1st of March. Seventeen people – staff and clients – from seven disability organizations participated in the one-day workshop. The workshop involved interactive exercises and emergency scenarios and was very well received.

For more information about the Prepare to Survive workshop, contact Karen Martin, karen@bccpd.bc.ca.

The BCCPD recently facilitated a Money Skills workshop developed by Family Services of Greater Vancouver.

Workshop participants shared many great resources and money-saving tips:

• Clothes on Wheels: Free clothing – www.clothesonwheels.org
• Free Geek: Volunteer for 24 hours to get a free computer – http://freegeekvancouver.org/ – 1820 Pandora Street, Van. 604-879-4335
• UBC Dental School: Cheap and/or free dental work- www.dentistry.ubc.ca
• teksavvy.com– Internet for as little as 24.95
• Magazine & Comic Book Emporium (Broadway/Granville) – Cheap magazines (new: 50 cents)
• Dollarama: $1 store ($1 Shoe laces, $2 organic soup, pickled beets, Kalamata olives, hats gloves with double layers ($1.25)
• majicJack: Make long distance phone calls cheaply – www.majicJack.com
• Volunteer at thrift stores for 24hrs of service and receive a 40% discount
• Volunteer at discount food outlets (Quest) and receive free food
• FREE! – Free stuff in your area – www.freecycle.org
• Check out the ‘FREE’ column on Craigslist
• The Bay has a food floor on the lower level and it usually has discount dairy and perishables
• Green tea leftovers can be used for acne treatment

Many thanks to all our workshop participants and Family Services of Greater Vancouver.