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AdvoCon2023 is around the corner!
Dive into AdvoCon2023 at earlybird prices! Get Tickets Here You can feel the excitement with just a few short weeks until AdvoCon2023! We’ll be diving deep into the theme of Breaking Barriers Together with our conference partner BC People First and we can’t wait to welcome you! AdvoCon2023: Breaking Barriers Together, presented by Title sponsor A Hybrid Event On Self-Advocacy and Disability in Education Hosted by BCEdAccess and BC People First Thursday, October 19th to Sunday, October 22nd on Whova and October 21st and 22nd at Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus, and broadcast on Whova FEATURING:– Minister of Education and…
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The Transformative Power of Community
We continue to share posts from parents and guardians like you. Reach out if you have a story to tell! Today’s blog is from a parent who wants to encourage other parents, and other disabled people, to connect with your community. They share about the transformative power of events like our upcoming AdvoCon2023 and other conferences and gatherings where you can discover other people who truly ‘get’ you and your experience. EMPOWERED BY COMMUNITY I know what it feels like to be in a room with 100 people and feel utterly alone. I also know what it feels like to…
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No Space For Hate: Safeguarding 2SLGBTQIA+ and Disability Rights In Schools
Concerns over growing hate rhetoric have been resonating in the parent community across Canada, and our community of 5500 parents and guardians of children with disabilities and diverse abilities from all over BC is no exception. I often say that people don’t come to BCEdAccess because things are going well. Families share many challenges that they and their children face when interacting with Education and other child-serving systems. Transphobia and homophobia feature highly among them. A Rights-Based Approach At BCEdAccess, we champion a rights-based approach to education, one that recognizes and upholds the inherent dignity and worth of every individual,…
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A New Era of Accountability for BC School Accessibility
We are excited to announce the launch of our permanent page dedicated to British Columbia School District Accessibility Plans.
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Advocon Sponsorship 2023
This conference is for parents/guardians, self advocates, educators, administrators, professionals, and all allies/accomplices in the pursuit of inclusion. Join us for workshops, panels, and presentations. Featuring greetings from the Minister of Education and Child Care, presentations from staff in this and other Ministries, workshops and panels by self-advocates and other experts with information on human rights, how to teach and support disabled students, and how to advocate within education and other systems, there is something to benefit everyone passionate about breaking barriers to improve accessibility and inclusion. Professional development credit available. “I am so grateful to this group for giving…
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#AdvoCon2023 EarlyBird Tickets Now Available!
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, save your seat here! Following a very successful 3-year shift to an exceptional online conference experience, we are ready to safely bring back an accessible in-person component to this year’s event while keeping the same great online experience you’ve come to expect: AdvoCon2023: Breaking Barriers…
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All Means All – Including On Field Trips
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 the field trip setting, the field trip should not be happening. No, parents and guardians do not have to attend in order for their child to attend. Like any other educational opportunity, supports must be provided so that these students can equitably access it. Excluding…
