You may want to bookmark this post for future use! We are now into August, and even though we still have some summertime left until school starts, some of us may be feeling anxious about the upcoming school year for our children, our family and ourselves. Depending on how the previous years have gone, … More Taking Human Rights Back To School – a Primer
We’re delighted to announce that for our 9th annual advocacy conference, #AdvoCon203, we’ll be cohosting with BC People First, an independent voice of self-advocates in BC for over 40 years.. AND we’re going hybrid, with all 4 days online, 2 of them in-person and broadcast, at Simon Fraser University, Surrey! Early bird tickets now available, … More #AdvoCon2023 EarlyBird Tickets Now Available!
All students must be included on field trips. Yes, even disabled students. Yes, even students with complex support needs, challenging behaviour, physical disabilities. Schools must provide accommodations as outlined in their IEP, and according to their support needs. If the field trip will be unsafe for a student because their needs cannot be accommodated in … More All Means All – Including On Field Trips
“Pink shirt day is performative and nothing more.There is no actual work behind it and many kids who are bullied are confused as to why their bullies are wearing pink shirts.We need to do better than this.#PinkShirtDay” Twitter user @ ShantelSherwood The above Twitter post is the general feeling in our community of parents of … More From Pink Shirts to Systemic Change: Challenging Oppression in Our Schools
Do you have concerns about a decision the school or district made for your child/youth? Learn how to resolve them!
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An excellent step towards an accessible and equitable British Columbia would be to actually use the word disability in the mandate letter for the Ministry of Education and Child Care, and other ministries supporting children, youth and adults with disabilities. … More BCEdAccess Letter to Premier David Eby on Ministerial Mandate Letters
We’re pleased to share that our Executive Director, Tracy Humphreys, has been offered a position on offered a position on the Technical Committee for Accessible Service Delivery for the Accessible BC Act. See the announcement of the committees here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022SDPR0068-001813 And learn about the members of the main and technical committees here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/about-the-bc-government/accessibility/committees/provincial-accessibility-committee
November 17, 2022 To whom it may concern: The BCEdAccess Society is an organization of families of children and youth with disabilities and complex learners from all over the province of British Columbia. We champion and support these children and youth to reach their full potential in BC education, and in all aspects of their … More Letter to Vancouver School Board Regarding the School Liaison Officer Program
We join to support the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society and proclaim November #IndigenousDisabilityAwarenessMonth. BCANDS reminds us #IDAM brings awareness of barriers and issues for Indigenous peoples with disabilities and their families, and celebrates and recognizes their significant and valuable contributions to community. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Indigenous peoples living with disabilities often face … More INDIGENOUS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH
Dreaming Big About Education 2 at #AdvoCon2022 – don’t miss out on tickets to this event with 33 speakers over 4 days online at our online advocacy conference! #bced #bcedchat … More Dreaming Big About Education 2 at #AdvoCon2022
BCEdAccess Society 