#AdvoCon2021 Full Schedule – learn more about all the workshops, panels and fun events! About #bced but many sessions applicable to all of #cdned #InclusionMatters … More AdvoCon2021 Full Schedule
We’ve been hosting accessible social groups sessions and pop-up events online for free! Help us keep these events going in the fall with no fee for our attendees. … More Help us keep Social Groups going
AdvoCon is a great opportunity for businesses and organizations to reach our audience and let them know that you share their values. Our membership and follower base has grown significantly over the past few years, we’re reaching more people now than ever! … More Support AdvoCon
May 20 FREE online event – Oral Storytelling by Pune’luxutth Elder Florence James
#OralStorytellilng #bced #bcedchat #InclusionMatters … More Oral Storytelling by Pune’luxutth Elder Florence James – May 20
May 11 FREE online event – Author Ti’yuqtunat (Courtney Defriend) reads her poem If Instead Of A Person … More Reading with Ti’yuqtunat (Courtney Defriend) – May 11
May 1 FREE online event – Robin Stevenson reads her book Pride Puppy
#bcedchat #SOGI123 #author … More Reading with Robin Stevenson – May 1
BC school district budget proposals for 2021/22 are in the works or being finalized beginning this month.
MANY MEETINGS ARE TODAY OR TONIGHT, APRIL 12TH 2021
MANY MORE ARE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY
April 13th, 14th or 15th
BCEdAccess joins disabled people and their families around the province as well as organizations like Inclusion BC, Family Support Institute of BC in seeking a complete ban on restraint and seclusion. … More Safe, Inclusive Schools – Action Against Restraint and Seclusion
“There is never a good day to pass a bill this dangerous to disabled people, but doing so today is cruel. We have been fighting this bill non-stop for months. And now, instead of a chance to catch our breath and remember a document that says our lives and rights are important and should be supported and respected, the Canadian government is determined to communicate they aren’t and won’t be.” … More Media release – Canadian government set to pass (has passed) Bill that attacks rights of disabled people on the anniversary of Canadian government ratifying UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
By removing the speech services at a critical time like this pandemic, it sends a clear message
that it is dispensable. Children being able to effectively communicate is an integral part of
becoming an engaged and active member of the community. … More Some Speech and Language Services Suspended and Delayed During COVID-19
BCEdAccess Society 