Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) welcomes Ombudsperson’s investigation into student exclusions from BC public schools (January 14, 2025 – New Westminster, B.C.)— The Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) stands in full support of the investigation announced today by BC Ombudsperson Jay Chalke into the exclusion of students, particularly
<<Return to Family Voices Project landing page New Report Release: Helping Shape the Future of CYSN Services in BC We’re thrilled to share the Family Voices Project: Helping Shape the Future of CYSN Services, a comprehensive research report highlighting the voices of families and individuals with lived experience. This collaboration
Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) wishes Minister Grace Lore a smooth recovery and welcomes Minister Jodie Wickens into the temporary role (December 6, 2024 – New Westminster, B.C.)— The Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) is saddened to hear about Minister Grace Lore’s recent cancer diagnosis, announced via social
Rates of disability among Indigenous peoples are significantly higher than those in non-Indigenous populations. According to the Assembly of First Nations, Indigenous people in Canada are affected by disability 20‑50% more than non-Indigenous people. In November 2015, Indigenous Disability Canada/British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (IDC/BCANDS) launched Indigenous Disability
The Family Support Institute of BC (FSI) is a provincial non-profit society dedicated to empowering and supporting families who have a family member with a disability.
227 6th Street
New Westminster, BC
V3L 3A5
(604) 540-8374 ext. 523
Support Line:
1-800-441-5403
As a provincial organization FSI acknowledges that our work spans across all of the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories in BC. Therefore, we respectfully honour all First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, as well as their ancestors, who have lived here and cared for these lands. It is with gratitude that we can live, learn and do our work in the province now known as British Columbia.
