BCEdAccess 2021 Presentation to Select Standing Committee On Finance and Government Services
BCEdAccess 2021 Presentation to Select Standing Committee On Finance and Government Services
#bced #BCBudget #HumanRights
BCEdAccess 2021 Presentation to Select Standing Committee On Finance and Government Services
#bced #BCBudget #HumanRights
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We are in the process of hiring, and are thrilled to be offer opportunities to students in our community. With support from the Government of Canada we are currently looking to hire a Research Assistant, as a part of the Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.
We are in the process of hiring, and are thrilled to be offer opportunities to students in our community. With support from the Government of Canada we are currently looking to hire a Policy Analyst, as a part of the Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.
An online rally backed by BCEdAccess Society calls for Ministry of Education and school boards to end the practice of restraint and seclusion in BC schools. The rally will be streamed April 15, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. Folks can get the link to the stream by joining the Facebook event::https://fb.me/e/4hxIJ2YfB.
A 1989 government promised to eliminate child poverty. 30 years later (2018 data) we still have 1 in 5 children living in povertyin our province. There are 26 concrete recommendations in this report from First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
Within the last year, BC parents paid for many services that should be provided in school or by Health or MCFD to be truly equitable, including tutoring, occupational therapy, psychoeducational assessments, and more.
This guest post was submitted by the Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education (PAN). BCEdAccess recognizes the critical role physical structures and spaces play in accessibility and inclusion for all students and we support PAN’s call to update these Standards.
Across all major parties there is very little reference to disabled children, youth and adults in their election platforms. We have a wish list that we hope will be enacted by the new government and we hope you will ask your local candidates about some of these things!
Exclusion of students with special needs and/or disabilities is a notable problem in BC K-12 schools. *Exclusion is, under the School Act, actually a suspension and the rules that govern this should be laid out in School Board policy in for each District.