Community Agencies call for Immediate Resolution to HandyDART Strike
by Bryce Schaufelberger  | 12/16/2009 12:05 AM |
The BC Association for Community Living (BCACL) has joined the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) and the Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC BC) in calling for an immediate end to the HandyDART strike in Metro Vancouver. The...
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Why Pick on People with Disabilities?
by Bryce Schaufelberger | 12/16/2009 12:01 AM |
They have been abused twice by BC government action, and inaction.
By Bill Tieleman, 8 Dec 2009, TheTyee.ca
Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life." -- Actress Emma Thompson
This is a column...
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Self-advocate leadership conference marks its 10th year
by Bryce Schaufelberger | 12/15/2009 11:58 PM |
The 10th Annual Self-Advocacy Leadership Conference and Retreat took place from October 30 to November 1 in Abbotsford at the Edenvale Retreat and Conference Centre.
The first event took place 10 years ago with 25 self-advocates from Mission, Abbotsford...
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B.C. to pay survivors of school abuse
by Bryce Schaufelberger | 12/15/2009 11:55 PM |
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government will pay about 1,100 survivors of sexual, verbal and physical abuse at a school for developmentally disabled people between $3,000 and $150,000 each in compensation.
The settlement comes eight years after former...
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B.C. government reaches proposed deal with those abused at provincial school
by Bryce Schaufelberger | 12/15/2009 11:52 PM |
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The provincial government has reached a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit for those who endured physical, sexual and emotional abuse at a provincial residential school for the disabled.
Attorney General...
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