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Click here to download "Get the Vote Out", a BCACL publication that gives you information on voting.
Elections Canada has prepared information materials to tell voters about how they can vote. Click on the links below to read the material. Contact Katherine Gibson at 1-800-361-8935 for information in brail or for paper copies.
The BC Self Advocacy Foundation (BCSAF) is doing a provincial pilot training project to help improve how self advocates are served by the Ministry of Housing and Social Development. The training will be tested in two regions - Vancouver Coastal and the Fraser region. At this time, BCSAF will be supporting six self advocates to work with a professional trainer to give the training to Employment Assistance Workers (EAWs) in February, 2009. The self advocate trainers will start working with a professional trainer in October to learn how to give the training to the EAWs. The application deadline is September 30, 2008. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Karla Verschoor at 604-777-9100; kverschoor@bcacl.org. Click here to read the application form.
BCACL has some money to help self advocacy groups promote employment and real work for real pay. Self advocacy groups in BC can apply for money to do a project that promotes employment of youth and adults with developmental disabilities. You can ask for up to $750 from BCACL for your project.
Click here for the application form and for more information on this project.
'The Voice' is a newsletter produced by and for self advocates, providing news and views on issues that are important to people with developmental disabilities. Click here to read the latest edition (Spring 2008).
Highlights of the February edition include messages and reports from the BC Self Advocacy Foundation (BCSAF) and the BCACL Caucus, Upcoming Events, and a Transportation Review.