Events hosted by community partners from within BC. FSI is not responsible for the content, management or facilitation of these sessions. All inquiries and comments are referred directly to event organizers.
Events hosted by community partners from within BC. FSI is not responsible for the content, management or facilitation of these sessions. All inquiries and comments are referred directly to event organizers.
Join film screening and panel discussion on the past, present and future of community inclusion in B.C.
Join this self-advocate driven film screening co-hosted by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), BC People First, and BC’s Self Advocate Leadership Network on October 15 at the KPU Surrey Campus. The event will bring together members of the wider KPU community to acknowledge Community Inclusion Month. Key to the event is a keynote address by special screening of People First of Canada’s 2024 documentary, “These Four Walls: A documentary on the Manitoba Developmental Centre.”
Dr. Michael Bach, internationally renowned researcher and community leader on ways to advance the full inclusion and human rights of persons with disabilities, will be giving a keynote address. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Dr. Bach, self-advocate leaders Barb Goode and Bryce Schaufelberger, and Karla Verschoor, Executive Director of Inclusion BC.
Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Dr Bach, self-advocate leaders Barb Goode and Bryce Schaufelberger, and Karla Verschoor, Executive Director of Inclusion BC.
ASL interpreters will be present.
We will be having a low sensory space provided by LETS.
Morning coffee and lunch will be served.
