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Actions and Updates
Role of Ministry called into question as family fights to keep daughter on life support
Inclusion BC is calling for an inquiry that would seek to understand how and why the Ministry of Children and Family Development intervened in a personal health matter with the intention of removing their child with disabilities from life support.
Watch: Faith Bodnar, Inclusion BC Executive Director speaks to CTV News;Vancouver
The interview with Faith Bodnar begins at the 14:30 minute mark.
Listen: Faith Bodnar, Inclusion BC Executive Director speaks to CKNW Radio To listen to the interview, select August 13 as the Audio Date and 6:00 PM as the Audio Time. The interview begins at the 34:45 minute mark.
Watch: Interview with lawyer Jack Hittrich
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Coroner's Inquest into Prince Rupert murder-suicide; Inclusion BC request for participant status
Inclusion BC has requested participant status for the inquest into the death of Angie and Robert Robinson. View our April 14, 2014 news release here.
Inclusion BC Federation Summit
Join us on Saturday, October 3rd for a Federation Summit, which will bring together our members from across the province to share ideas, successes and challenges and help to pave the way to the way forward in our movement. For more information visit our website.
If you're interested in attending the Summit, but not a member yet, it's easy to join. Here's how.
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Proposal Submitted to move individuals from George Pearson Centre
Inclusion BC has submitted a proposal addressing the urgent need to begin moving people out of George Pearson Centre. The proposal details Inclusion BC's commitment and comprehensive strategy to working with the Government of BC, its Ministries, Vancouver Coastal Health, individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, member agencies, experts and community stakeholders to deliver on our promise of de-institutionalization and full life in community, as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Inclusion BC part of Coalition to make Rental Affordability a Federal Election Issue
Together, members of the newly formed BC Rental Housing Coalition are calling for urgent action on an issue that impacts over a third of British Columbians.
Read more and watch the
Global TV interview here.
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Translink User Advisory Committee
From now until September 30, the TransLink Users’ Advisory Committee (UAC), will be accepting applications for members wishing to serve a three-year term commencing in January, 2016.
Applications are encouraged from people with various disabilities, seniors, and anyone with significant experience or networks in the area of accessibility.The application form and more information can be found here.
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Resources and Information
October is Community Inclusion Month!
The theme for Community Inclusion Month, Claiming Full Citizenship, is inspired by the international conference, "Claiming Full Citizenship: Self Determination, Personalization and Individualized Funding," hosted by the UBC Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship. Visit our website to view a Community Inclusion Month Calendar and more: www.inclusionbc.org/community-inclusion-month.
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Director of Employment Initiatives, Gordon Ross on CBC's BC Almanac
Documentary Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk and Inclusion BC's Gordon Ross speak on CBC's radio program BC Almanac on work for people with intellectual disabilities. Listen here (starts ~26:47).
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Employment Matters and Employment Matters Too
Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk's documentary series about inclusive hiring for people with intellectual disabilities, Employment Matters, aired on Aug 22, on CBC. The documentary explores the untapped market and huge potential of people with intellectual disabilities in the workplace and features workplaces in the Lower Mainland and Prince George. You can watch the documentary on the CBC website. Employment Matters Too is a documentary that discovers how large corporations benefit from hiring employees with intellectual disabilities and airs on Aug 29. Watch the trailers for both documentaries.
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Ready, Willing and Able National Website Launched
The Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), the Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance (CASDA) and their member organizations who make up Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) have launched a new website. The National RWA website includes information and resources on inclusive hiring, business case examples and success stories, as well as a national contact list to help employers connect with employment specialists.
Visit the National RWA site.
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Community Events
Employment Matters Too (a Documentary)
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Lifetime Networks Victoria, Annual Picnic
Saturday, August 29, 2015
· Victoria
2015 Early Reading Strategies Summer Institute
Monday, August 31, 2015 - Wednesday, September 2, 2015
· Vancouver
One Day Together
Saturday, September 12, 2015
· Victoria
Weaving the Ties That Bind - Personal Network Development: Online Course
Monday, September 14, 2015 - Sunday, October 25, 2015
Meredith & Cheryl's Diversability Speed Dating/Friending
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
· Vancouver
