BCEdAccess Society

BCEdAccess Society is a registered charitable organization serving families of students with disabilities and complex learners across British Columbia. Our parent peer support group has over 5000 community members, and we provide information and support for individual families, educators and organizations about the human right to equitable access to education, while advocating to government for systemic change. About BCEDAccess

Education is a colonial project, designed to exclude, and to sever Indigenous children and youth from their language and culture. We are committed to enacting and pushing for enactment of the calls to action from the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We recognize that systemic racism, ableism, other forms of discrimination, socioeconomic disparities and educational inequities have and continue to disproportionately harm the most systemically oppressed communities. We seek to address these historic inequities in how we work with each other, and those we serve, holding systems accountable for the same work if we want our education system to be more equitable and accessible to all. Read our full mission, vision, and values

Know your rights

If your child is being excluded, you are not alone—thousands of families across British Columbia navigate the same institutional barriers, the same cycles of accommodation denials and escalating difficulties, the same advocacy work required to secure rights already guaranteed under law.

School districts frequently present accommodation as discretionary and frame parental advocacy as adversarial. Understanding your rights under the Charter, the BC Human Rights Code, and provincial education policy equips you to advocate from a position of clarity. Know your rights

Connect with other parents

Peer support and accurate, rights-based information can transform how you navigate barriers to educational access.

• Facebook group: Search for ‘BCEdAccess’ to find and request to join the private Facebook group for parents and guardians of children with disabilities and complex learners in BC. Remember to answer all questions to be added. Join Facebook parent group
• Parent peer support :Connect with other families facing similar challenges at our free monthly online support group, held the third Sunday of every month from 6:30–7:30 pm. Join our online support group

Exclusion tracker

Most exclusion goes undocumented—children sent home early, denied field trips, excluded from classrooms, turned away from child care—leaving policy makers and researchers unable to see the true scale of the problem. The National Exclusion Tracker (NET)™ creates a permanent record of exclusion experiences, transforming individual stories into collective evidence of systemic patterns. Report an exclusion

Resources and tools

BCEdAccess provides comprehensive resources to support families navigating educational barriers, including advocacy primers, policy guides, letter-writing templates, conflict resolution frameworks, and connections to provincial organizations that provide specialized support. Our resource library includes exclusion tracker reports, submissions to government, guides to understanding Ministry policies and human rights frameworks, and tools for effective documentation and advocacy at every stage of the process. Explore resources and tools

Get involved

• Stay informed: Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates on advocacy priorities, new resources, and upcoming events. Add your email above to get updates.
• Share your story: Write a blog about your experience navigating the education system. You can remain anonymous. Contact secretary@bcedaccess.com to learn more.
• Volunteer: We periodically need support for specific projects and initiatives. Contact secretary@bcedaccess.com if you’re interested in being notified when volunteer opportunities become available.

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